Te whaka-kanohi mai o rātou
mā,
Ru-ruku-tia i runga i te ngākau
whakapono,
Ru-ruku-tia i runga i te ngākau
aroha,
Waitaha, Ngāti Mamoe, Ngai Tahu, nāu rā te
reo pohiri.
Tena tātou katoa.
To
this large gathering of respected leaders in many
fields
We gather on the platform created by
those who have gone before us
We have come
together to bind in belief and hope
We have
come together to bind in love and
understanding
On the pohiri of waitaha, Ngāti
Mamoe and Ngai Tahu, greetings to us all.
As
individuals we will falter.
WEST Yorkshire’s police and crime commissioner has spoken of the “immense honour” he has felt serving the people of Keighley and the region. Mark Burns-Williamson’s role has come to an end, with the commissioner duties being picked-up by the new West Yorkshire mayor – who will be revealed following today s count. He was first elected to the police and crime commissioner post in 2012 and then re-elected four years later. “I am proud of what has been achieved,” he said. “It has been a really varied, interesting and at times challenging role – covering community safety and support for victims and working with criminal justice, local government and many other valued community partners, as well as providing strategic policing governance and making tough decisions through austerity and other difficult times.
Peter Dutton of cancelling her trip to Christmas Island, where
Guardian Australia reports she was due to meet the Bileola family of four in a centre they have been detained in since August 2019.
22 minutes after receiving permission from Australian Border Force yesterday to meet with
Priya, Nades and their daughters as part of a trip with a joint standing committee next week, Keneally was told the “defence minister has determined that the special purpose aircraft can no longer be made available for the committee’s travel”. The secretariat of the parliamentary committee reportedly advised committee members that the defence minister’s decision had been triggered by “competing government travel requirements”.
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Australia s auditor-general is investigating the administration of a community grants program overseen by Peter Dutton.
Auditor-general Grant Hehir on Wednesday wrote to Labor Senator Kristina Keneally to confirm the audit is taking place after she requested a review of the program, the Safer Communities Fund.
The fund came under scrutiny earlier this year after it was revealed Mr Dutton, then the home affairs minister, had rejected his department s advice when he reduced funding from some applications and diverted it to other projects, at least one of which was in his Brisbane electorate.
Mr Dutton - now the defence minister - has strongly denied any wrongdoing and defended his management of the program.