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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called for the federal government to crack down on university executives’ wasteful spending after revelations of a lavish party for a departing vice-chancellor. Monash University threw a $127,000 party at the National Gallery of Victoria for Margaret Gardner when she left her role as vice-chancellor last year. The … Continued
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The voters of Dunkley have honoured Peta Murphy’s legacy by electing a Labor candidate, now it’s time for the Albanese Government to do the same and accept all of the recommendations of the online gambling inquiry that she fought so hard to deliver, even in her last days. “Certainly, the cost of living was a … Continued
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Friday 1 March 2024 Today’s response by the Energy and Climate Ministerial Council to Andrew Dyer’s Community Engagement Review means Australia can move forward in securing an energy transformation that delivers long-term benefits to regional Australia. RE-Alliance is an independent community-based organisation working with regions navigating renewable energy projects for more than a decade. Andrew … Continued
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The Federal Government should step in to stop the Northern Territory government continuing to offer a tax haven to multi-billion-dollar foreign online gambling operators. It makes no sense for the Northern Territory government to effectively be the online gambling regulator for the nation. The chief executive of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, Carol Bennett, said … Continued
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Under the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will consider two new proposed works: Parks Australia – Muṯitjulu Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Northern Territory, Essential Services Project – $91.87million The Director of National Parks (DNP), within the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) portfolio, is responsible for the provision (supply … Continued
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“…those that already have enough get more, those who don’t have enough don’t get enough to survive… there is nothing fair about this, but it is the way this country works.” – 12-year-old Ben, quoted in the Senate Inquiry report At a time when people across Australia are faced with the dire impacts of a … Continued
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International Justice Mission (IJM) Australia welcomes the announcement today from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that Australia has committed a $20 million investment to support the Philippines to reform, and improve access to, its justice system. Attorney Samson Inocencio, National Director of IJM Philippines and Vice President of IJM’s global program to counter online sexual exploitation … Continued
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Homelessness Australia has strongly endorsed the Federal Government’s decision to plug a $73 million funding shortfall for homelessness services. Funding for the Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) supplementation for homelessness services to cover the wages of the workforce was due to expire in July 2024 Homelessness Australia CEO Kate Colvin congratulated the Government for … Continued
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On 27 February 2024, the Defence Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade will conduct its first public hearing into the Department of Defence Annual Report 2022–23. The Subcommittee will hear evidence from the Department of Defence on the inquiry’s first focus item: Assistance to Ukraine. Chair of the Subcommittee, Mr Julian Hill MP, … Continued
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The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) will hold a public hearing today for its inquiries into two Universal Postal Union treaty actions: Acts of the Universal Postal Union adopted by the 2nd Extraordinary Congress: Tenth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union and Second Additional Protocol to the General Regulations of Universal Postal … Continued
