Kuku Yallanji woman Pat O'Shane has criticised the federal government's Great Barrier Reef funding election promise while proposing a series of climate-related policies that would help save it. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Kuku Yallanji woman and Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O'Shane condemned the shallowness of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's January 28 announcement about Reef funding. Morrison traveled to Cairns with environment minister Sussan Ley to announce $1 billion in funding for the Great Barrier Reef. The money will be divided over nine years and is primarily for ground and water
Distinguished Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane is running for Socialist Alliance in the seat of Leichhardt. A retired barrister and a former New South Wales magistrate, she spoke to Alex Bainbridge about what fires her up and why she decided to contest the federal election.
Delegates and members across Australia took part in the 16th National Conference of the Socialist Alliance on January 15-16. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Pat O’Shane, a Kuku Yalanji woman from Mossman, will run for the Socialist Alliance in the Far North Queensland lower house seat of Leichhardt in the federal election. Jonathan Strauss reports.