The Social Agenda

18 February 2020

• Senator Jacqui Lambie calls for Australians to 'trust' her on Q+A after calling out Morrison ...
  18 February 2020
  Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has in one breath agreed it's hard to trust politicians in the current environment, while in the next telling the ...
• China accuses Australia of political bias against Huawei
  18 February 2020
  The Australian government's decision to ban tech giant Huawei from its 5G rollout is "politically motivated," according to the Chinese ambassador ...
• Bushfires 'affected 75pc of Australians'
  18 February 2020
  He said the drop in confidence over a short period of time meant challenges not only for the government, but also for Australia's political system.

18 February 2020

• AFP searches for digital health record system
  18 February 2020
  The Australian Federal Police is set to introduce an agency-wide electronic health records system to better manage the health information of its ...
• Taking Justice: Press freedom in Australia draws a crowd in Bendigo
  18 February 2020
  Taking Justice: Press freedom in Australia draws a crowd in Bendigo... event happened to fall on the same day the Federal Court dismissed a legal... She said one of the worst aspects of the raid was when police read through ...
• 3 Unexpected Upskilling Opportunities You Could Encounter As A Border Force Officer
  18 February 2020
  The ABF works closely with other agencies including the Australian Federal Police, Australian Defence Force, the Department of Agriculture, Water ...

18 February 2020

18 February 2020

• Coalition's handling of bushfires causes 'substantial decline' in support, ANU poll finds
  18 February 2020
  Labor leader Anthony Albanese recorded a “small but significant increase” from 4.87 in June 2019 to 5.04. Confidence in the federal government also ...
• Coal-fired power stations create jobs and give a free kick to rivals MATT CANAVAN
  18 February 2020
  This week Anthony Albanese has compared new, job-creating, coal-fired power stations to unicorns. Without new coal-fired power stations, thousands ...
• Last Post, February 18
  18 February 2020
  The more we hear from Anthony Albanese the greater the confusion. Does he support a change from coal or does it depend on his audience at the ...

18 February 2020

• PM eyes technology investment climate push
  18 February 2020
  Australia is expected to argue technology is the best way to meet a net zero goal that... "Labor is a party that supports the resources industry and its workers across the nation, as well as supporting action to reduce emissions.
• ALP disendorses mayor
  18 February 2020
  By Evelyn Leckie –. CITY of Whittlesea Mayor Emilia Lisa Sterjova has been ousted by the Australian Labor Party two months into her leadership role.
• Casey council to be sacked after report
  18 February 2020
  Premier Daniel Andrews said at the time of the hearings he was confident that all donations to the ALP have been "appropriately declared in ...

18 February 2020

• Documents: Community Sport Infrastructure Grants Program; Order for the Production of Documents (12 Feb 2020)
  18 February 2020
  Mehreen Faruqi:...will satisfy the community outside of this chamber. The shameless Morrison government is rotten to its core. They are compromised right from the top down. That is why they run scared from a federal ICAC. That is why they hide behind secret reports. That is why they betray the public in rort after rort. We will keep holding Scott Morrison and his cronies to account. We will keep doing...
• Constituency Statements: Coalition Government, McEwen Electorate: Basketball (12 Feb 2020)
  18 February 2020
  Rob Mitchell:..., claiming cabinet confidentiality, even though cabinet did not actually instigate it. This government is not being honest with the Australian people. That's why Labor has been calling for a federal ICAC. Australians are being crippled under the weight of falling real wages. Real wage growth is going backwards. Job security is fast becoming an unreachable dream. The cost of feeding the...
• Bills: National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2); Consideration of Senate Message (11 Feb 2020)
  18 February 2020
  Adam Bandt: I move: That all words after 'That' be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: 'the message be considered immediately'. This is our chance to have a federal ICAC-

18 February 2020

• Monash is first—Australian universities are coming to Indonesia
  18 February 2020
  Monash is first—Australian universities are coming to Indonesia... But the trade pact, ratified by the House of Representatives earlier this month, ...
• Australian MPs cancel UK trip in dispute over Huawei
  18 February 2020
  Australian MPs cancel UK trip in dispute over Huawei... Late on Saturday, the Australian House of Representatives tweeted that the British trip had ...

18 February 2020

• Give these children a chance to have a life
  18 February 2020
  The Australian government could respond to the families of Islamic State... Likewise would the Labor Party employ a Liberal Party member in their ...
• UK PM Boris Johnson's Huawei decision 'terribly wrong': Kroger
  18 February 2020
  ... out the UK is “diminishing Australia's national interest by their behaviour”. Former Victorian Liberal Party President Michael Kroger said although UK ...
• Call to halt second probe into SA MP Duluk
  18 February 2020
  Sam Duluk was banished from the parliamentary wing of the Liberal Party by the premier on Friday over allegations of inappropriate behaviour at a ...

18 February 2020

• Bushfires scorch confidence in Morrison and the government
  18 February 2020
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing the bushfire recovery fund during the bushfire crisis, with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and ...
• To like or not to like, that is the problem for Scott Morrison
  18 February 2020
  It will be no surprise to Scott Morrison that his handling of the bushfires was a major political setback, and the latest set of polling only confirms the ...
• Is tech back on the political agenda?
  18 February 2020
  'Innovation' has been on the nose since the 2016 election and 18 months into the top job, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shown little interest in ...