Overview and Introduction

The Social Agenda: Everyone Wins. By Creating harmony and energy in the flow of wealth throughout our Society. A bottom up approach that has a straightline between need and policy. Rewarding people who have vision energy and industry, protecting people who are vulnerable, inspiring people who are begining.

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Treatment of Australian sheep in Jordan under investigation
15 August 2020
Footage taken by local investigators for Animals Australia as well as market sellers at 10 sites across Jordan shows sheep with Australian national ...
Ruby Princess inquiry will lead to border changes in future, says Peter Dutton
15 August 2020
“This is Australia's border,” he said. “What is really clear from the Ruby Princess is that this is fundamentally a failing in relation to the Australian Border ...
Coronavirus: Defence confirms 100 troops were on standby for Victoria
15 August 2020
“The support to quarantine compliance within Australia is conducted in... Rachel Baxendale writes on state and federal politics from The Australian's ...

WTTC seeks tourism collaboration
15 August 2020
The letter called on Australia's leadership during these critical times and was also sent to Marise Payne, Simon Birmingham, Anthony Albanese.
'As a longstanding friend', Australia wishes India on its Independence Day
15 August 2020
Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese arrives for a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Anthony Albanese
15 August 2020
Anthony Albanese · Just now ·. Imagine graduating as a healthcare worker in late 2019. Who could have known 2020 would be like this? They're ...

SA's proposed new electoral boundaries make it easier for Premier Steven Marshall's Liberal Party ...
15 August 2020
Labor's bid to make Steven Marshall a one-term Premier has been given a slight... plan that would see about one in five South Australian voters shift electorates. A draft plan means a 1.9 per cent swing to Labor could see them win ...
Privatisation of power in the Northern Territory a hot topic as election looms
15 August 2020
ALP, CLP, Greens and Territory Alliance have told ABC they will not... "What are the plans by parties to privatise Jacana Energy, Power Water Corp, ...
Qld Attorney-General's stunning about-turn on media gag order feared to impinge on press freedom
15 August 2020
Mr Mander said it suggested there was a something the Labor Party was trying to hide. “You could only wonder that there's some pending scandal ...

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Matters of Public Importance: Morrison Government (17 Jun 2020)
15 August 2020
Tim Ayres:...knees, with the Reserve Bank begging the government to actually do something. Fiscal policy was in all sorts of trouble, and there was no plan. On all sorts of other policy areas, like the federal ICAC the government promised they would deliver-no delivery. On energy policy, Senator Canavan's favourite thing, there are plenty of policies-there have been 17 of them-but...
Constituency Statements: Democracy (17 Jun 2020)
15 August 2020
Graham Perrett:...always need checks and balances. In Queensland we have the Crime and Corruption Commission; in Victoria they have the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission; in New South Wales they have ICAC, the Independent Commission Against Corruption. But there is no federal equivalent. It's 2½ years since the Morrison government claimed to have started work on its own weak,...
Statements by Members: Morrison Government (15 Jun 2020)
15 August 2020
Andrew Leigh:...promise that the Prime Minister will likely fail to deliver on. The coalition promised a draft bill to establish a national integrity commission by last Christmas, but for those who want a federal ICAC there was nothing under the Christmas tree. This government promised immediate support for bushfire victims. Months later, only four per cent have received help. They said six million people...

Coronavirus Discovered On Frozen Chicken Wings
Two Chinese cities have found traces of the coronavirus in imported frozen food and on food packaging, raising fears that contaminated food ...
In It Together Campaign for Coronavirus Pandemic Support
Northern Grampians Shire Council is launching an “In It Together” campaign this week to offer support to the community during the Coronavirus ...
Man in his 20s among Victoria's latest coronavirus victims
As reported earlier, there have been 372 new cases of coronavirus confirmed today. Premier Daniel Andrews announced 492 active cases are in ...

S&P/ASX 200 gains 0.50% as gold miners shine
15 August 2020
Australian economy. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe spoke today about the state of Australia's economy to the House of Representatives ...
“Shameful”: 'The Australian' Is Under Fire For A Cartoon, This Time About Kamala Harris
15 August 2020
Some of those who have criticised the cartoon include Mark Dreyfus, a member of the House of Representatives, and news presenter Michael Rowland.
Lowe: Opening Statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics
15 August 2020
We have experienced a global pandemic, the biggest peacetime contraction in the Australian economy in nearly a hundred years and extraordinary ...

Brendan Murphy rejects 'ludicrous' criticism of government's Covid-19 response at aged care royal ...
15 August 2020
... royal commission. Australia's former chief medical officer denies to Senate committee that government had failed to plan for coronavirus outbreaks.
Top health officials to face virus inquiry
15 August 2020
Australia's most senior health officials will be grilled on aged care after the... Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy is due to face a Senate ...
NZ reports 13 new cases, NSW nine
15 August 2020
The Australian Medical Association said the Senate Select Committee last heard from Victorian health workers in May when the virus appeared to be ...