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Increase in religious schools, home schooling could prevent ‘kids mixing’
A rise in faith-based education and home schooling risks Australian children growing up without any meaningful exposure to peers outside their cultural and ethnic groups, a Labor frontbencher says. Source: The Guardian.
Politicians urged to support repatriation of relatives of ISIS fighters
Catholic Social Services Australia has expressed concern over Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s announcement that his government will not support the repatriation of a group of Australian relatives of ISIS fighters trying to return home from Syria.
Private health premiums to rise at fastest rate in almost a decade
Private health insurance premiums will rise at their fastest rate in almost a decade after the Albanese Government approved a 4.41 per cent average increase from April. Source: ABC News.
Taylor vows to ‘fight for our nation’ and ‘stay true’ to Liberal values
Angus Taylor has vowed to “fight for our nation” as Opposition Leader after toppling Sussan Ley in the Liberal Party’s leadership spill. Source: Canberra Times.
PM addresses ‘terrorist attack’ during Closing the Gap speech
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the “shock and fear” felt by First Nations communities, in the wake of the alleged January 26 attack, during his Closing the Gap speech in parliament on Thursday. Source: SBS News.
Hate speech inquiry recommends limited change
The New South Wales Parliament has tabled the final report of its inquiry into slogans that incite hatred, recommending a limited change to the law focused on a single phrase rather than a broader expansion of hate speech offences. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Government offers to delay start of NDIS autism program
The Albanese Government has offered to delay the start of a new program for early intervention autism services and provide budget top-ups for smaller states, part of efforts to secure an overdue deal on hospitals and disability funding. Source: The Guardian.
Seniors left waiting as $5b in incorrect age pension payments revealed
Australia’s $62 billion age pension system has been found to be only “partly effective”, riddled with administrative failures that led to $5 billion in incorrect payments and left seniors waiting weeks for help. Source: The Age.
PM blames Senate for Labor abandoning hate speech reform
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not pursue racial vilification reform despite criticism from Labor MPs and the recommendation of his own antisemitism envoy, blaming the government’s abandonment of the changes on not being able to control the Senate. Source: The Age.