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The UK Government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange imperils journalists everywhere, says the union for Australia’s journalists
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Bridget Archer: "In 2022 I can't believe we're even having this conversation. The Bill is an overreach. In its current form I cannot support the Bill"
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The Morrison Government has today launched an outrageous authoritarian-style assault on Australian democracy in a report into the 2019 Federal Election, Labor's Don Farrell
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Statement from Rosie Batty: this unspeakable act of violence should give pause for all our elected leaders to think deeply about their leadership on this epidemic
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Dietitians Australia is pleased to advise the Prime Minister that a 1L bottle of milk and standard loaf of bread currently costs around $5.75. This is on par with the average spend on food per resident in aged care which is $6 per day.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland
@MarinSanna
to Australia next week. This will be the first visit by a Finnish Prime Minister to Australia
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BREAKING: The Senate has passed legislation to legalise same-sex marriage. The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 received 43 Ayes and 12 Noes. It will now go to the House of Representatives for debate next week
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#MarriageEquality
On the recommendation of the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, the Governor General today appointed Professor Glyn Davis AC as the new Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Opposition Leader
@AlboMP
"And I say to this Prime Minister, who himself declared months ago he was campaigning and not governing: Call the election. Call it now. And let the Australian people decide."
#budget2022
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Member for North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman will support Labor amendments to the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021. "I could not live with myself if I did not."
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“The Greens have put the Coalition, Palmer’s United Australia Party, One Nation and other extreme right wing parties last across every seat in Australia. In a number of Liberal seats, we’re recommending people vote 1 Greens then preference an independent."
@AdamBandt
#ausvotes
NSW Teachers Federation Executive met this morning and unanimously endorsed the following: "Normal school operations must end to put the health and safety of students and staff first on school sites."
#auspol
#nswpol
#COVID19au
Shadow Home Affairs Minister
@KKeneally
: "This must prompt the question, why did Mr Morrison's Government grant him a visa to come to Australia in the first place?"
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NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns and Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park will hold a press conference at 11:00am to comment on the current COVID-19 crisis in New South Wales
#nswpol
#Covidnsw
Greens
@SenatorSiewert
on the Cashless Welfare Bill passing the second reading stage: "Centre Alliance didn't even have the guts to vote with the Government, they just didn't turn up."
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Shadow Minister for Government Accountability
@KKeneally
has written to the Auditor-General asking him to consider conducting a performance audit of Peter Dutton and the Safer Communities Fund
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"I have been informed by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet that between March 2020 in May 2021, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison was appointed to five additional portfolios."
@AlboMP
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The Government has released the report of the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs regarding the decision of the former government to direct the public announcement of SIEV 915 on the day of the 2022 federal election
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The Australian Government will introduce pre-departure testing for COVID-19 for people travelling to Australia from the People’s Republic of China including Hong Kong and Macau
@Mark_Butler_MP
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The head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission the Hon Dr Gary Johns has announced he will step down from the role at the end of July.
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Statement from Home Affairs Minister
@ClareONeilMP
: "I am aware of reporting regarding communications between Mr Michael Pezzullo and Mr Scott Briggs. Last night I referred this matter to the Australian Public Service Commissioner, Dr Gordon de Brouwer."
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Bridget Archer's speech on the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021. "When young people feel they do not belong, and are unable to live and flourish as their authentic selves, the results can be catastrophic."
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Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) is calling on city protesters to stop thinking only of themselves, stop the violence and put the health and welfare of the Victorian community first
#COVID19
#springst
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has recommended that mask wearing no longer be mandated in airport terminals from 11.59pm this Friday 17 June. Masks will still be required on all flights.
@Mark_Butler_MP
#COVID19
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Labor Leader
@billshortenmp
: "The Australian people loved Bob Hawke because they knew Bob loved them, this was true to the very end. With his passing, the labour movement salutes our greatest son. "
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The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), will conduct a swearing-in ceremony at Government House, Canberra at 9:00am
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ABC's
@AntonyGreenElec
predicts Labor will win the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, giving the Government 76 seats in the House of Representatives
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The Greens have secured agreement from the government on amendments to the National Reconstruction Fund Bill that will prevent future governments using the fund to invest in coal and gas projects or log native forests
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Premier Daniel Andrews has extended the pandemic declaration to apply to the state of Victoria from 11.59pm Wednesday 12 January for three months
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Motion to censure the Member for Cook for failing to disclose his ministerial appointments to the House of Representatives, the Australian people and the Cabinet
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Motion to censure the Member for Cook for failing to disclose his ministerial appointments to the House of Representatives, the Australian people and the Cabinet
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The Prime Minister will recommend an amendment to the Constitution and a referendum question for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament at
#garma2022
tomorrow
@ulurustatement
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Nature Conservation Council CEO Chris Gambian said: “Wanting to retain the right to kill koalas is an extraordinary hill for the Nationals to want to die on, but here we are. The departure of Mr Barilaro from the government benches could only be good news for nature..."
#nswpol
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
responds to the Treasurer: It's all about the politics with this bloke. That's all he does. He is not a leader, he is just a Liberal."
#springst
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With Vic case numbers in low single digits, it’s time for small businesses to reopen in a COVIDsafe way - creating jobs & getting Victorians back to work.
Every day of the lockdown, 1000+ jobs in Victoria have on average been lost.
The government has secured 450,000 doses of the new third-generation monkeypox virus (MPX) vaccine by Bavarian Nordic. The first delivery of around 22,000 doses will arrive in Australia later this week. The remainder will arrive later this year and in 2023
@Mark_Butler_MP
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An Albanese Labor Government will encourage cheaper, cleaner transport by establishing a new Driving the Nation Fund, building a National Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Network, and investing in Hydrogen Highways for heavy transport
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"Australians have chosen and they have chosen change. Australians have chosen and they have chosen hope. Australians have chosen and they have looked to the future."
@SenatorWong
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Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is in Melbourne today with the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, and will launch The Alfred’s Melanoma and Cancer Centre, 10am
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