A shocking report has detailed widespread rates of abuse and neglect facing millions of Australians living with disability and made a bombshell call to phase out special schools and group homes nationwide. On Friday, findings from a four-and-a-half-year-long investigation into Australia’s disability care sector was released to the public. TheContinue Reading
A long-awaited report on the disability royal commission will contain “disturbing” findings. The government is set to hand down findings from a four-and-a-half year-long investigation into violence and abuse against people with disabilities in Australia on Friday. Since it began in 2019, the $599m inquiry has heard harrowing accounts ofContinue Reading
A fleet of helicopters has been retired – 15 months ahead of schedule – after a four soldiers were tragically killed. The MRH-90 Taipans, which were due to be withdrawn by December next year, were grounded after a helicopter impacted waters near Hamilton Island in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre.Continue Reading
Billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer has pledged $2m to the No campaign in the final weeks before the Voice to parliament referendum. The bulk of that money is set to be used for a last-minute advertising blitz in South Australia and Tasmania, both considered must-win seats for both sides ofContinue Reading
Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson has received a baptism of fire after being accused of trying to channel her predecessor Alan Joyce to filibuster a senate inquiry. The new chief executive and chair Richard Goyer fronted a marathon three and a half-hour committee hearing on Wednesday, raising concern that they couldContinue Reading
Senior transport bureaucrats have repeatedly dodged “critical” questions about what role Qantas had in the government’s decision to block Qatar’s bid to double its flight offerings. Senators spent Thursday morning trying to determine whether Transport Minister Catherine King met with Qantas bosses earlier this year when she first received aContinue Reading
Noel Pearson has said enshrining an Indigenous Voice into the Constitution is not about race but about recognising the first peoples of Australia in a momentous speech that took aim at No claims that an advisory body would divide the country. Mr Pearson on Wednesday addressed the National Press Club,Continue Reading
A key architect of the Uluru Statement has decried Warren Mundine’s claims that the Voice has declared war on modern Australia as “disappointing and inflammatory.” Megan Davis, a co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, spoke out after Mr Mundine’s address to the National Press Club which heard himContinue Reading
Climate change could cost Australia about $1.8bn in crop losses alone within 30 years if drastic action isn’t taken, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned. In a speech to the national drought forum in Rockhampton, Dr Chalmers unveiled the latest Treasury modelling which reveal the economic impact of inaction. Dr ChalmersContinue Reading
Dissatisfied Qantas pilots are calling for the head of chairman Richard Goyder, after it was revealed he accepted a $100k pay rise while staff are asked to stomach a two year wage freeze. After a tumultuous few months that resulted in former chief executive Alan Joyce vacating the role early,Continue Reading