by Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Shadow Minister for Government Services In August 2020, one of Melbourne’s luxe bayside suburbs, Albert Park, was the site of a terrible and sad tale. In the middle of the city’s second hard lockdown, the residents of a privateRead More →
by Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for Government Services & the National Disability Insurance Scheme For Australian taxpayers the JobKeeper profiteering rorts are an ongoing disgrace. JobKeeper payments were meant to apply to businesses that suffered a slump and give them a revenue lifeline to keep trading and keep Australians employed.Read More →
Each day of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought us something new for all of us to think about. As we Aussies queue up to vaccinate in order to meet the Doherty Institute’s recommended 80 per cent vaccination rates for “full metal” lockdowns to end, our focus turns to life beyondRead More →
by Senator Kim Carr This is Science Week, when Australia celebrates the work and achievements of its scientists. The Morrison Government’s preparation for Science Week, however, was to deny Parliament access to independent scientific advice and support. Last week – the same week that the IPCC delivered a dire healthRead More →
There’s an unfolding education crisis in India, as the pandemic highlights the inequalities faced by students, teachers and families trying to learn online By Dr Amanda Gilbertson, Joyeeta Dey, Dr Andrew Deuchar, and Professor Nathan Grills, University of Melbourne As India continues to struggle with the catastrophic health impacts ofRead More →
Opinion piece by Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia Around 11 million doses of the COVID 19 vaccine have now been administered. We are now tracking at around 1 million doses a week. Sure, we’ve had our problems. Not all the calls we have made have turned out like weRead More →
Scott Morrison had two jobs in 2021: Roll out the COVID-19 vaccine, and fix the nation’s broken quarantine system. The Prime Minister has bungled both. It is sobering to think how far behind the rest of the world Australia is when it comes to the rollout of COVID vaccinations. AboutRead More →
By Jason Clare MP On a walk through streets of Sydney with Father Chris Riley’s street team, I heard the story of a young girl they found addicted to heroin and living on the street. She was injected with heroin for the first time by her mum when she wasRead More →
by Matt Keogh, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry We are a country that punches well above our weight in so many things. We traditionally finish in the top 5 in the Olympics, despite being so much smaller than our competition. We invented WiFi, the Blackbox, spray on skin and theRead More →
by Catherine King, member for Brand In the 1890s, following the sudden death of his wife, my great-great-grandfather Eli Pizer packed up four of children and his life in Melbourne to join the luck of the gold rush in Kalgoorlie. Eli Pizer wasn’t a miner but he started a hansomRead More →