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On March 19, 2020, when the Morrison government said it would shut Australiaâs international borders, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was grilled on how long the gates would stay closed. Six months or more, the Treasurer said, although he stressed it would depend on medical advice and the borders wouldnât open âuntil it is safe to do soâ.
On Tuesday, Frydenberg delivered a budget which assumes the border will stay more or less shut until the middle of next year, which would be 27 months. He was speaking at a time when Australia had done something almost unthinkable â stopping even its own citizens from coming home from India with the threat of jail.
The Australian Breastfeeding Association says the resource was created for an LGBTQ+ audience and there are no plans to adopt the ‘chestfeeding’ term more widely.
After the two largest deficits in history, Josh Frydenberg is forecasting another four record-breaking shortfalls and some economists fear the budget won’t recover from the pandemic spending splurge.
After less than a week in police custody, Sony was rendered a quadriplegic
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Six days after being taken into police custody, Aboriginal man Sony Ray Austinâs spinal cord was severed and he was rendered a quadriplegic.
Sonyâs story, uncovered in documents made public for the first time, detail a rarely reported aspect of incarceration: when Aboriginal people are disabled in the course of their confinement.
Sony Ray Austin, prior to his injury while in police custody.
In 2018, the 26-year-oldâs mental state had deteriorated after he was picked up by police over a family violence matter in Bendigo on February 16. Three days later, Sony was transferred to a holding cell beneath the Melbourne Magistrates Court in the CBD as he awaited a magistrate.
Albanese rebuffed: Supreme Court judge blocks Labor preselections amid infighting
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The Labor Partyâs preselection of candidates across 22 federal seats in Victoria has been blocked until at least the end of May after a Supreme Court judge temporarily upheld a challenge by 10 unions against the party.
The decision reverses Labor leader Anthony Albaneseâs demand for the national executive to fast-track the preselection process and choose candidates by Friday.
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese wanted candidates preselected by Friday.
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