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Premium Content Subscriber only The Federal Government is splashing the cash in an attempt to improve telecommunication standards across Central Queensland. Under a $90 million program, people living and working in Benaraby, Bluff, Dingo and Duaringa can look forward to place-based solutions to digital connectivity issues. Flynn MP Ken O’Dowd on Monday announced the details of the project, which will be issued through a range of mobile and broadband services. “I’m thrilled that residents and businesses will enjoy the benefits and opportunities that improved digital connectivity brings,” Mr O’Dowd said. “This project in Flynn will provide people in that community with access to improved broadband services and data, delivering fast, affordable and reliable connectivity. ....
âWhat it was about was a political hit job carried out by Labor Senator Kitching, who asked this question in estimates. There were other ways to handle it if she had that information and she wanted to raise it with a view to resolving it rather than achieving a political hit,â Fletcher said on Sky News. Kitching, who also welcomed Holgateâs resignation at the time, rejects the suggestion that she loaded the gun. âThe truth of it is that Scott Morrison panicked as he often does, and prioritised politics and was willing to act rashly in order to avoid defending an undoubtedly embarrassing decision by a senior executive working for his government,â she says. ....
Scott Morrison has defended his intemperate language in parliament against Christine Holgate last year, saying he had to protect taxpayers’ money and Labor was calling for her resignation. Pressed to respond to the former Australia Post CEO’s accusations of bullying, Morrison said he regretted the distress his strong words had caused her but he did not see the need to apologise, or to contact Holgate personally. However former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, speaking on Network Ten, said this had been “horrible, misogynistic bullying”, and Morrison should apologise. He said Holgate should be reinstated. Holgate, after appearing before a Senate inquiry, told the ABC on Tuesday Morrison’s October 22 parliamentary performance was “one of the worst acts of bullying” she’d ever seen. She urged him to call her and apologise. ....
MIL-Evening Report: Scott Morrison won't say 'sorry' to Holgate but 'regrets' the hurt foreignaffairs.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foreignaffairs.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by Ben Pike Premium Content Subscriber only As father of three Chris Turton watched The Gloaming on TV he started shouting at the screen somebody help her . Mr Turton found his 17-year-old boy, who had used the same method depicted in the Stan program. Daniel died in Northern Beaches Hospital a week later. It certainly wasn t evident as we started watching the program that suicide was going to be involved and be so, so graphic, Mr Turton, 55, told The Sunday Telegraph. Anybody who has been touched by suicide, either first-hand or otherwise, is very sensitive to those kind of triggers. ....