Australia s Olympic hero and flagbearer Patty Mills has quietly been donating huge portions of his NBA salary to struggling indigenous communities across the country.
Mills, who is currently leading the Boomers towards a first Olympic basketball medal for Australia, has just signed a two-year US$12million (AU$16.2million) deal with the Brooklyn Nets - linking up with Kevin Durant who he will face in the semi-finals.
The 32-year-old, who has become a vocal activist for a number of causes, has been putting his money where his mouth is.
Mills donated the $1.5million he earned from participating in the NBA s pandemic bubble last year to social justice bodies, including Black Lives Matter Australia, The We Got You campaign and Black Deaths in Custody.
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Bill Shorten has publicly backed the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as a path out of lockdowns as Labor leader Anthony Albanese continued his reluctance to encourage take-up of the vaccine.
The shadow spokesman for government services and former party leader declared the vaccine the “cure to getting out of lockdown” as he carried an Australian flag into the manufacturing site at CSL in Melbourne, where he met workers and posed for photographs.
“I’m here today to see the magic bullet to get out of lockdown, the AstraZeneca vaccine. I’m here to see how Australian made is going to break the lockdown and help stop the spread of COVID,” Mr Shorten said.
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Johnathan Davis, ACT Greens spokesperson for Drug Harm Reduction responds to the Canberra Liberals robocalls on drug decriminalisation.
Today Johnathan Davis MLA spoke to the media about last night’s robocall poll by the Canberra Liberals on the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021.
This comes as the ACT Legislative Assembly’s Select Committee, of which Mr Davis is a member, concludes public hearings on the bill which seeks to decriminalise the personal possession of drugs.
Quotes attributed to Johnathan Davis MLA, ACT Greens spokesperson for Drug Harm Reduction
“When the 25 members elected to serve Canberrans in this Legislative Assembly are trying to have an informed, evidence based and nuanced conversation with the Canberra community we don’t need a hard lined socially conservative senator trying to rile up discontent and outrage in our community.
Australia s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is suing Nine newspapers
Afghanistan veteran and VC recipient claims he was portrayed as a war criminal
The 42-year-old spent three weeks in the Federal Court witness box last month
Mr Roberts-Smith could claim millions in damages if he proves he was defamed
His trial was suspended on June 29 due to Sydney s ongoing Covid-19 lockdown
It has resumed for a week to take evidence from three Afghan witnesses in Kabul
Australia s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is suing Nine newspapers
Afghanistan veteran and VC recipient claims he was portrayed as a war criminal
The 42-year-old spent three weeks in the Federal Court witness box last month
Mr Roberts-Smith could claim millions in damages if he proves he was defamed
His trial was suspended on June 29 due to Sydney s ongoing Covid-19 lockdown
It has resumed for a week to hear evidence from four Afghan witnesses in Kabul