Defence Minister Peter Dutton (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)
Peter Dutton is still setting out his stall in his new role as defence minister. But according to Niki Savva’s column in
The Australian today, given Scott Morrison’s lamentable performance over quarantine and vaccination, as well as concerns over his apparent “Labor lite narrative”, that may not be all: There is growing hope inside the ranks, including among those who couldn’t vote for him in 2018, that Peter Dutton will use his status as a conservative standard bearer and his considerable internal power to quietly at first, then more publicly if necessary, branch out into other areas, including the economy, to at least provide a stronger Liberal flavour to a Labor lite narrative.
How Free Sanitary Products In Schools Could Help Tackle Period Poverty
Today is international Menstrual Hygiene Day and still kids go to school without regular access to pads or tampons in Australia.
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Getting your period in your primary or high school years can be painful, stressful and scary. Yet only half of our states and territories help students by providing them free sanitary items.
Period poverty, or the inability to access period products due to “financial barriers, lack of resources, or discrimination” can become a serious barrier to education, Junkee reported in February.
13th May 2021 6:23 PM Former Attorney-General Christian Porter faces a fresh push to establish a commission of inquiry into whether he is a fit and proper person to remain a minister. News.com.au has confirmed the Greens Senator Larissa Waters has circulated a notice in the Senate today signalling her intention to introduce legislation on the matter following allegations that Mr Porter raped a teenage schoolgirl when he was 17 at a debating conference in Sydney. Mr Porter completely rejects the rape allegations as utterly baseless. He has commenced defamation proceedings against the ABC over the original story - that did not name him - but revealed a senior cabinet minister was accused of a historical rape in the 1980s.
A clash between protesters and the Queensland State Government over the future of the s0-called Gympie Pyramid site has been avoided today, with work at the section of the $1 billion Section D of the Cooroy to Curra Bypass on pause until a ruling is handed down on an Indigenous claim for cultural protection under Federal law. Protesters fighting to stop the destruction of the site, also called Djaki Kundu, issued a call-out for support on social media on Sunday night saying they had not yet been given word the site would remain untouched on Monday, May 10. We hope that DTMR are leaving their decision until the last minute just to annoy us, however we can t be sure they are not intending to move in with their bulldozers, a post on the Kabi Dreaming Facebook page said.
Refugee advocate to âvigorously defendâ against Dutton claim The refugee advocate Peter Dutton is suing for falsely calling him a rape apologist says the MP s a fascist and that suing people wonât change this .
Politics by Matthew Killoran
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Subscriber only The refugee advocate Peter Dutton is suing for defamation for falsely calling him a rape apologist just a month prior said the Minister was a fascist and that suing people won t change these facts . Lawyers for the man, Shane Bazzi, this afternoon revealed he intended to vigorously defend the claims and that he was expressing an honest opinion .