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Push to reopen borders accelerates
27 October 2020
... blanket closure still being imposed by the Western Australian government.... open her border with NSW on Sunday, the day after her state election.
Fletcher claims Coalition has taken the politics out of NBN
27 October 2020
No politics here: Minister Paul Fletcher and NBN CEO Stephen Rue... Elsewhere under Fletcher's purview, the Australian Communications and Media ...
Minister shirks fault for aged care deaths
27 October 2020
The minister in charge of Australia's aged care system doesn't feel... "The approach taken by the Australian government more broadly has saved lives.

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27 October 2020

Boys believed to be the first twins born to an Australian sitting member of parliament
27 October 2020
Shortly after the arrival of Ossian and Dashiell last week, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese told the House of Representatives that it was ...
Victorians deserved a bit of grace but with Josh Frydenberg's outburst, adolescent rancour prevailed
27 October 2020
The Labor leader Anthony Albanese bowled up a motion at the start of question time commending Victorians for the sacrifices they had made during ...
Parliament struggles to bridge growing gulf in the answer to pandemic
27 October 2020
Anthony Albanese opened question time on Tuesday with an unusual move. Rather than challenge Scott Morrison with questions, the Labor leader ...

27 October 2020

Labor, LNP and Australian Party promise cheaper water for Queensland farmers ahead of election
27 October 2020
Labor joined the party to announce a 15 per cent reduction in water charges for farmers accessing the state-owned irrigation schemes, and half-price ...
Coal squabble reignites ahead of Queensland poll
27 October 2020
"The Queensland Premier's Labor Party does not support you,'' he said to... The stoush came as Japan became the latest of Australia's large energy ...
Air of suspicion against Chinese-Australians damaging
27 October 2020
A Labor Party-aligned candidate, Li Zhang, running in a Melbourne council ward said she no longer wanted to win after being accused of being a ...

27 October 2020

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Bills: Australian Federal Integrity Commission Bill 2020; Second Reading (26 Oct 2020)
27 October 2020
Helen Haines:...and improve. This bill is the culmination of over a decade of prior consultation, over a decade of committing inquiries and over a decade of evaluations of the strengths and witnesses of the ICAC laws that exist in every jurisdiction in this country except this one. A decade ago I was a nurse and a rural public health researcher in Wangaratta who cared about good outcomes for good people....
Bills: Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2020-2021, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021; Second Reading (21 Oct 2020)
27 October 2020
Justine Elliot:...do that at the moment. That's just outrageous! The government have been stalling on this for far too long. In my community and, indeed, right throughout the country, people are calling for a federal ICAC, for a national integrity commission. We see, despite the sports rorts and this ongoing airport-land scandal, the Morrison government just refuses to act. We really did see highlighted,...
Questions without Notice: Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (21 Oct 2020)
27 October 2020
Mr Tony Burke:...to his previous answers, where he's been connected to scandals on water buybacks, the destruction of critically endangered grasslands, a fake City of Sydney document and, for the second time now, an ICAC investigation-this time, about land near Western Sydney airport. Can the minister please name which scandals from this government he has not been involved with?

27 October 2020

Coronavirus: SA-Victoria hard border could be softened within weeks
Coronavirus: SA-Victoria hard border could be softened within weeks. There is hope South Australia's hard border with Victoria could be softened if ...
Coronavirus: Melburnians counting down final hours of lockdown
Coronavirus: Melburnians counting down final hours of lockdown. Melburnians are counting down the final hours of lockdown as Victoria records a ...
Green light for Coronavirus Supplement extension
The coronavirus supplement for welfare recipients is expected to be extended into 2021, Scott Morrison says. Independent MP Andrew Wilkie on ...

27 October 2020

Boys believed to be the first twins born to an Australian sitting member of parliament
27 October 2020
Picture: Mark Cranitch. The Australian Labor Party member said the arrival of her sons was part of a recent “Labor baby boom” in the federal parliament, ...
Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks during House of Representatives Question Time at ...
27 October 2020
Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 27 ...
Statement - House of Representatives
27 October 2020
But for Victorians, this time has been a time like no other in Australia have really had to endure, Mr Speaker. And so it is right for our Parliament to ...

27 October 2020

Asic admits it acted at 'glacial' pace over rent payments to deputy chairman
27 October 2020
Acting chair Karen Chester confirms at Senate inquiry that some of the... Documents tabled in parliament show the Australian National Audit Office ...
'Total mess': ASIC grilled over expenses
27 October 2020
It was revealed in a Senate estimates on Tuesday the Australian National Audit Office flagged potential issues with the payments in August last year.
Reserve Bank indicates recession is over
27 October 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia says its “best guess” is Australia's economy will grow... At senate estimates on Tuesday, RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle said... When questioned by Labor senator Katy Gallagher on the pandemic's ...

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