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Queensland nurses are set to stroll off the job, after 96.5% of union members voted to strike this week.
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union has been locked in negotiations with the state authorities for a brand new enterprise bargaining settlement for months. Sticking factors embrace the wage supply, but additionally what the union says is strikes to eradicate clauses guaranteeing parental go away preparations, versatile working preparations, and session rights amongst others.
The state authorities threatened to strip nurses and midwives of eight weeks’ backpay in the event that they took half within the poll for protected industrial motion.
Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union Secretary Sarah Beaman mentioned nearly all members who voted within the poll voted sure:
This overwhelming sure vote for Protecting Industrial Motion within the face of threats and the elimination of rights highlights the collective energy of public nurses and midwives state-wide.
The union mentioned it’s going to meet with Queensland well being this week to proceed negotiations.
It’s the primary enterprise settlement negotiated by the brand new, Liberal Nationwide Get together authorities, because it gained energy final October. It’s seen by many as setting a precedent for public sector relations broadly; the final LNP authorities, beneath premier Campbell Newman, sacked 1000’s of nurses and different public servants.
Norweigan princess to review at College of Sydney
Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra will transfer to Australia to review on the College of Sydney, the Norwegian royal home has introduced.
The 21-year-old is second in line to Norway’s throne after her father, the crown prince and inheritor obvious. She’s going to dwell in a scholar residence on the college’s inner-Sydney campus, finding out a three-year Bachelor of Arts specializing in worldwide relations and political financial system.
Ingrid Alexander, who’s the niece of high-profile Norwegian princess Märtha Louise, is worked up for the transfer, the royal home mentioned in a press release:
Her Royal Highness seems to be ahead to dedicating herself to her research within the years to come back.
Ed Husic calls for presidency to maneuver past phrases on Israel
Former Labor minister Ed Husic has known as for the federal government to maneuver past phrases to motion, and mentioned sanctions on Israel are “probably under consideration”.
After Anthony Albanese on Monday mentioned Israel’s blockade of support into Gaza was “an outrage”, Husic mentioned the prime minister’s feedback have been vital however the authorities ought to do “whatever we can”. He instructed ABC Radio Nationwide:
We’ve received to the brink the place there’s an expectation we transfer past phrases … We ought to be talking up, however past talking up, I believe it’s vital that we act, and I actually assume it’s very important our authorities joins with others to have the ability to try this.
Husic repeated his requires the federal government to name in Israel’s ambassador to Australia and emphasise expectations Israel stop limits on the availability of support. He additionally speculated the federal government may be drafting a listing of focused sanctions after the UK, France and Canada threatened to behave towards Israel over its navy motion in Gaza.:
The third space I believe we ought to be actively contemplating, and I think it’s in all probability into account, is drawing up a listing of focused sanctions the place we are able to be a part of with others … we ought to be prepared to maneuver when others transfer as properly, to have the ability to exert most worldwide stress to cease this blockade and to assist individuals in Gaza.
Rural support CEO warns will probably be ‘weeks or months’ earlier than meals manufacturing in flooded NSW can return to full manufacturing
It will likely be months or extra earlier than farmers within the flooded mid-north coast of New South Wales will return to full operations, the Rural Help chief government has warned.
John Warlters mentioned individuals working throughout agriculture had been badly hit by the floods and it could take extra than simply weeks to see oyster farmers, livestock house owners and dairy farms get again on their ft. He instructed the ABC:
Getting dairy backs and productive is vital. Getting them again to pre-flood just isn’t about days and weeks. That is months and longer to actually see these enterprises again the place they wish to be.
Warlters additionally warned droughts have been hitting main producers simply as laborious throughout South Australia, Western Australia and western Victoria:
Floods come alongside and so they’re devastating however they seize consideration and we reply to that. Drought is completely different however the ache these persons are experiencing is simply as nice as on the mid-north Coast and different locations. …
The important thing factor is that they want the short-term assist however they actually need to have the ability to hear from our trade and authorities and leaders that assist might be ongoing. It shouldn’t simply run out when the headlines fade, however be there for the very long time.
Emergency companies minister will ‘work with’ Catastrophe Aid Australia as various to ADF
The federal government will “work with” the veteran-led organisation on the frontline of catastrophe restoration on funding bids, the emergency companies minister, Kristy McBain, has mentioned.
Catastrophe Aid Australia (DRA) is pushing for a brand new funding deal because it positions itself as a substitute for the Australian Defence Pressure within the aftermath of main floods, fires and cyclones.
McBain refused to substantiate whether or not DRA can be given a brand new injection of funds to safe its future and develop a ten,000-strong volunteer arm. Talking to ABC Information from Port Macquarie, she mentioned:
We’ll proceed to work with them on what that appears like however we see Catastrophe Aid Australia as having an enormous half within the clean-up in disasters going ahead.
Guardian Australia’s Dan Jervis-Bardy has revealed DRA has written to the federal government in search of a four-year, $87.5m funding plan to develop its numbers to 10,000, up from greater than 5,500. You possibly can learn extra about that right here:
McBain was talking after visiting areas of the New South Wales mid-north coast, which remains to be recovering from extreme flooding final week that killed 5 and left 50,000 remoted for days.
The precedence was to supply direct assist to the group instantly, after months of rain had “taken its toll” on the world, McBain mentioned. She dedicated to listening to group considerations together with over evacuation notices and unprepared infrastructure in coming weeks:
We’ll get an image of the general price and total harm throughout this area because the [State Emergency Service] completes these assessments. … It’s actually vital, I believe, that we hold our eyes on the duty at hand at this time limit and that’s helping individuals with clean-up and that these direct helps that they’re going to wish now …
However after any catastrophe, there’s going to be some classes realized and it’s actually vital, I believe, to listen to immediately from lived expertise on these classes so we’ll search these out within the coming days, weeks and months.
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Police crackdown to cease looting in flood-hit NSW
Police are pouring assets into Australia’s flood-ravaged cities to forestall a breakdown in regulation and order after two males have been arrested for alleged looting, Australian Related Press experiences.
NSW police deputy commissioner, Peter Thurtell, mentioned further officers have been on the beat in NSW’s mid-north coast and Hunter areas after the boys, each aged 20, have been arrested for allegedly stealing property amid flood clear up.
“If we find anyone taking advantage of this community we’ll throw the book at them,” Thurtell mentioned in a press release yesterday.
“The impact of this weather event has been unimaginable and to think they now have to be concerned about hanging on to whatever property they have left is a disgrace.
“Stealing from people vulnerable during hard times like these is un-Australian.”
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Stephanie Convery
Coalition insurance policies ‘buried’ by ‘campaign headquarters’, Liberal senators say
Andrew Hastie has blamed the poor dealing with of coverage points for the Liberal debacle.
For the reason that election, Liberal social gathering candidates have positioned a sure proportion of blame for the Coalition’s loss on sure mysterious failures from marketing campaign headquarters that noticed their insurance policies disappear right into a black gap.
This narrative arose once more on 4 Corners final night time, with MP Andrew Hastie, and senators Sarah Henderson and Jonathon Duniam all suggesting that one thing was going mistaken from that quarter.
Hastie, who had beforehand spoken in regards to the lack of defence coverage, mentioned “there was a level of frustration” with the growing delays to the coverage, which “hasn’t been explained yet”.
Henderson mentioned she was “very proud of the education policy that we delivered” but it surely was “buried” and “we only had the opportunity to announce a few measures”. Requested who buried it, she mentioned:
I don’t know. It was performed by marketing campaign headquarters the Thursday night time earlier than the election. My media launch was withdrawn and a variety of unimaginable laborious work by my staff and plenty of others proper throughout the Coalition, sadly, didn’t see the sunshine of day. There have been too many insurance policies that have been left on the cutting-room flooring, and I believe that was a very large drawback, not simply in schooling, regardless of the superb work of many shadow ministers – too many taxation insurance policies that weren’t pushed ahead, housing coverage delivered on the run, a defence coverage trying like an afterthought.
In the meantime, Duniam instructed somebody, although it’s not clear precisely who, ought to maybe think about falling on their sword:
One thing went off the rails, and I believe it was centred in marketing campaign headquarters. We have been, frankly, in a really aggressive place … and that utterly evaporated to the purpose the place we’re at an historic low as an opposition. And I believe there are some individuals who may wish to think about their futures because of that.
Tradition battle price us seats, senior Liberals inform 4 Corners
Stephanie Convery
Present and former Liberal social gathering MPs and senators have mentioned the social gathering’s concentrate on tradition battle has seen their inner-city constituencies abandon them and contributed to their election loss in what one known as “fairy floss politics”.
Talking to ABC’s 4 Corners on Monday night time, former NSW Liberal president Jason Falinski, former senator George Brandis and NSW senator Maria Kovacic criticised their social gathering’s concentrate on small, hard-right constituencies and tradition wars.
The social gathering alienated girls, particularly those that wished to make money working from home, offended public servants, multicultural communities, individuals within the inside cities, college students and “other minority groups as well”, Brandis mentioned:
It was nearly as if we have been operating out of latest individuals to offend.
Individuals who felt the social gathering wanted to lean tougher into the tradition wars have been “nuts”, Brandis mentioned:
The individuals you need to persuade are the individuals who didn’t vote for you final time however are open to persuasion. And people individuals dwell within the centre floor of Australian politics. And in the event you spend your time consuming your personal political bathwater and solely residing in an echo chamber of far-rightwing opinion, you’re by no means going to get them.
Falinski mentioned that “fairy floss politics” – that’s, “high-calorie, low-nutrition politics” resembling copying Donald Trump’s Division of Authorities Effectivity, or Doge, idea – was “not healthy for us”.
Kovacic mentioned:
I don’t assume that on a regular basis Australians are significantly excited about tradition wars. Folks have deserted us within the cities as a result of our messaging doesn’t resonate with them, and so they haven’t gone to the fitting. They voted for Labor and the teals as a result of what we’re promoting them isn’t aligned with them.
Coalition wished to erase Aboriginal individuals from nationwide reminiscence: Dodson
Pat Dodson has additionally decried what he known as the “new assimilation” insurance policies pushed by the Coalition throughout the election marketing campaign, saying it’s one other manner of attempting to erase Aboriginal individuals from nationwide reminiscence.
Talking to 7.30 on Monday night time, Dodson mentioned:
For those who checked out what they have been speaking about within the opposition on the final election, eliminating land councils, revising an entire vary of symbolism, throw out the welcome to nation, do away with the flags, rescind the ambassador. Something that signifies the presence of Aboriginal individuals would have gone. That’s what the brand new assimilation’s about, is finishing the obliteration of Aboriginal individuals from the panorama.
Cultural heritage is one other essential side of that. The extra you smash and destroy the cultural heritage of Aboriginal individuals, the better it’s to say that there’s a substantive argument to say that they’d a substantive presence right here, as a result of there’s no proof – you’ve blown it up.
Stephanie Convery
Labor ought to return to ‘treaty-making process’, Pat Dodson says
Yaruwu elder and former Labor senator Pat Dodson has urged the Albanese authorities to “go back to the treaty-making process” as a way to proceed the venture of reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, arguing the “resounding victory” of Labor on the election gave them a brand new alternative.
Talking to ABC’s 7.30 on Monday night time, Dodson mentioned he was “very confident” Albanese may lead that course of, however it could require going again to the Uluru assertion from the guts.
Dodson mentioned:
That doesn’t imply they need to go down the constitutional path for a voice. Nevertheless it does imply that they’ve received to honour the 2 features of the Makarrata fee. That wasn’t voted on by the individuals. That wasn’t a part of the availability that we voted on, to vote down. So that they have to return to the treaty-making course of and the truth-telling course of. And so they can try this, as a result of it doesn’t require constitutional referendum. That may be performed by means of laws.
Reality-telling wanted to be a two-way road, Dodson mentioned, and it wanted to end in a “national narrative” that was not merely “Captain Cook came here and no one was here”.
Dodson continued:
I believe that the federal government’s come again with a powerful victory. The horror that they anticipated [of electoral defeat] handed by. They’ve now received the arrogance of the Australian individuals. The Australian individuals wish to see unity. They don’t wish to see hatred. And so they wish to dwell with a nationwide sense of Australian satisfaction.
The time has come. We are able to’t hold kicking it down the highway, and even the prime minister was saying throughout the referendum – if not now, when? So, OK, the referendum went up and it went down. That doesn’t imply that that’s the finish of reconciliation. Reconciliation is in regards to the substantive points.
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Good morning and welcome to our dwell information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer with the highest in a single day tales after which it’ll be Luca Ittimani with the primary motion.
Present and former Liberal social gathering MPs and senators have mentioned the social gathering’s concentrate on tradition battle and a failure to correctly develop and current insurance policies price the social gathering the election. Talking on 4 Nook final night time, former NSW Liberal president Jason Falinski mentioned “high-calorie, low-nutrition politics” – so-called “fairy floss politics” – had proved pricey. Extra particulars arising.
Now we have an unique story this morning from the veteran-led organisation on the frontline of catastrophe restoration calling for federal authorities assist to assist set up a ten,000-strong volunteer military. It comes as police are pouring assets into flood-ravaged cities in NSW to forestall a breakdown in regulation and order after two males have been arrested for alleged looting. Extra arising.
In one other unique, one of many architects of the Indigenous voice to parliament, Megan Davis, who says Aboriginal Australians more and more really feel the federal government just isn’t listening to their views on legal guidelines and coverage design, warns towards closed-shop public consultations within the wake of the referendum defeat.
