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The nine Lower House MPs who didn't vote on same-sex marriage - NEWS.c…
08-12-2017 Australia The Editor
JUST a few days ago Barnaby Joyce was elected by the people of New England to represent them in the parliament. Then on Thursday, when the first opportunity arose for the reinstalled Deputy Prime Minister to put forward a vote since being eligibly elected, he abstained. Mr Joyce was among nine politicians in the House of Representatives who decided not to participate in the historic vote on the Marriage Act. Much has been made of the four MPs who cast their vote against the bill when it finally came time for the House to decide yesterday. Their lonely figures couldn’t be missed against the mass of 136 politicians. These were politicians who were adamantly against the bill that would make same-sex marriage legal and allow for some protections to be claimed by religious institutions that didn’t agree with those unions. There were others like them on the other side, who despite their...Read full article on News GN Australia
Read moreCouncil orders Brunswick block owners to fix flammable cladding - The …
08-12-2017 Australia The Editor
Owners of an apartment block in the inner north covered in combustible cladding have received an emergency order to make their building safe within three months. The order required immediate action that will cost owners around $250,000. Play Video Don't Play ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading consumers Play Video Don't Play Video duration 01:55 Previous slide Next slide Video duration 01:26 Grenfell warning for Australia Grenfell warning for Australia Warnings have been issued about Australia's lax building laws and the risk of a Grenfell style fire happening here, during a Senate inquiry into non-compliant cladding. ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading consumers Play Video Don't Play Video duration 01:55 Video duration 01:55 ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading ... ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading consumers The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is...Read full article on News GN Australia
Read moreCouncil orders Brunswick block owners to fix flammable cladding - The …
08-12-2017 Australia The Editor
Owners of an apartment block in the inner north covered in combustible cladding have received an emergency order to make their building safe within three months. The order required immediate action that will cost owners around $250,000. Play Video Don't Play ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading consumers Play Video Don't Play Video duration 01:55 Previous slide Next slide Video duration 01:26 Grenfell warning for Australia Grenfell warning for Australia Warnings have been issued about Australia's lax building laws and the risk of a Grenfell style fire happening here, during a Senate inquiry into non-compliant cladding. ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading consumers Play Video Don't Play Video duration 01:55 Video duration 01:55 ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading ... ACCC sues Voltaren for misleading consumers The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is...Read full article on News GN Australia
Read moreGeoffrey Rush responds to allegations of inappropriate behaviour - NEW…
08-12-2017 Australia The Editor
VETERAN Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has broken his silence on the allegations of inappropriate behaviour being made against him, dubbing the claims “intolerable” and announcing he’s filed a defamation lawsuit. Rush, 66, faced media in Melbourne on Friday where he denied the claims that allegedly occurred during his time with the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of King Lear in 2015. The actor said he would be taking legal action against The Daily Telegraph for publishing reports about the claims, which he dubbed “false”, “demeaning”, and “intolerable”. “It is an action I’m taking in order to redress the slurs, innuendo and hyperbole that they have created around my standing in the entertainment industry and in the greater community,” he said. “This has created irreparable damage to my reputation, has been extremely hurtful to my wife, my daughter and my son and to my extended...Read full article on News GN Australia
Read moreGeoffrey Rush responds to allegations of inappropriate behaviour - NEW…
08-12-2017 Australia The Editor
VETERAN Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has broken his silence on the allegations of inappropriate behaviour being made against him, dubbing the claims “intolerable” and announcing he’s filed a defamation lawsuit. Rush, 66, faced media in Melbourne on Friday where he denied the claims that allegedly occurred during his time with the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of King Lear in 2015. The actor said he would be taking legal action against The Daily Telegraph for publishing reports about the claims, which he dubbed “false”, “demeaning”, and “intolerable”. “It is an action I’m taking in order to redress the slurs, innuendo and hyperbole that they have created around my standing in the entertainment industry and in the greater community,” he said. “This has created irreparable damage to my reputation, has been extremely hurtful to my wife, my daughter and my son and to my extended...Read full article on News GN Australia
Read moreQueensland election: Townsville win delivers Labor 48 seats but LNP re…
08-12-2017 Australia The Editor
4338133 queensland-election-townsville-win-delivers-labor-48-seats-but-lnp-refuses-to-concede-abc-online Related Story: Greens claim first seat win at a Queensland election The embattled LNP leader Tim Nicholls is again refusing to concede he has lost the Queensland election, despite Labor winning its 48th seat. The ABC's election computer has awarded the knife-edge seat of Townsville to sitting Labor MP Scott Stewart over the LNP's Casie Scott.That gives Labor a more comfortable majority of 48 seats over the LNP's 39.In his victory speech on Thursday afternoon, Mr Stewart said he won by 214 votes. Contacted by the ABC on Thursday, the LNP again refused to concede defeat, and said the party was waiting on results from other north Queensland seats.Mr Stewart said it was clear the LNP could not form government. "I think Tim Nicholls should stand up, make...Read full article...
Read moreUS Senator Al Franken to quit over sexual misconduct claims - NEWS.com.au
MINNESOTA Senator Al Franken has announced he will resign from Congress in the coming weeks following a wave of sexual misconduct allegations and the collapse of support from his Democratic colleagues, a swift political fall for a once-rising Democratic star. “I may be resigning my seat, but I am not giving up my voice,” Sen. Franken said in the otherwise-hushed Senate chamber. Franken quit just a day after new allegations brought the number of women alleging misconduct by him to at least eight. On Wednesday morning, one woman said he forcibly tried to kiss her in 2006, an accusation he vehemently denied. Hours later,…
Southern California wildfires trigger mass destruction, hurting families, economy - Fox News
Thousands of people in Southern California were forced to evacuate as wind-whipped wildfires continued to blaze across Ventura County. Officials said that the so-called “Thomas Fire,” which started Monday about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, has now caused at least 50,000 people to evacuate, destroyed at least 150 structures and has scorched roughly 96,000 acres so far. At least 15,000 additional structures are threatened by the wildfire as well, according to officials. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. No fatalities have been confirmed yet, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said Tuesday. One unnamed firefighter has reportedly been injured…
Same-sex marriage bill passes House of Representatives - NEWS.com.au
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hailed the passage of same-sex marriage legislation in Canberra as a “huge success” in a “day of joy”. “What a day. What a day. What a day in history. What a day for love,” the Prime Minister said on The Project. “What a day to put our arms around same-sex couples and say we love you, we respect you, you have all the rights that everyone else has had for so long — now we’re all at one.” MORE: MPs on the ‘wrong side of history’ While he acknowledged the postal survey had a “few critics”, Turnbull said…
Newcastle Anglican Diocese had 'do-nothing' approach to child sex abuse claims, royal commission finds - ABC Online
4336991 newcastle-anglican-diocese-had-do-nothing-approach-to-child-sex-abuse-claims-royal-commission-finds-abc-online The royal commission into child sexual abuse has found powerful paedophiles in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle were operating under weak church leadership.Today's report follows another into the national Anglican Church which found that every church diocese in the country, bar one, had received complaints of child sexual abuse in the past 35 years.The commission looked at alleged child abuse, bullying and cover-ups within the Newcastle diocese, producing a report of more than 400 pages just on the…
Tel Aviv or Jerusalem? Victorian political leaders make the issue their business - ABC Online
4336987 tel-aviv-or-jerusalem-victorian-political-leaders-make-the-issue-their-business-abc-online While US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital has heightened international tensions, the location of the Jewish state's capital has also triggered a slanging match between the Victorian Labor Government and the Coalition Opposition.Last week Matthew Guy's Opposition pledged that if he won next year's election his government would open a Victorian trade office in Jerusalem.But yesterday Premier Daniel Andrews, who is visiting Israel, opened a trade office in Tel Aviv, the country's tech…
Same-sex marriage legalised in Australia as Parliament passes historic law - The Sydney Morning Herald
4336979 same-sex-marriage-legalised-in-australia-as-parliament-passes-historic-law-the-sydney-morning-herald Australia has officially become the 26th country to legalise same-sex marriage after the law was passed on Thursday with the overwhelming backing of the Federal Parliament. Thirteen years after changing the Marriage Act to explicitly forbid same-sex unions, federal politicians voted to undo the last major piece of discrimination against gay and lesbian Australians. Play Video Don't Play Same-sex marriage passes Play Video Don't Play Video duration 02:29 Previous slide Next slide Video duration 01:08 Parliamentary proposal Parliamentary proposal During the same-sex marriage debate, Liberal MP Tim Wilson proposes to his long term partner Ryan Bolger. Same-sex marriage passes Play Video Don't Play Video duration 02:29 Video duration 02:29 Same-sex marriage passes Same-sex marriage passes After a long debate, marriage equality has passed the…
Donald Trump, Jerusalem recognition: Why is US moving embassy? - NEWS.com.au
DONALD Trump has done what no other world leader has. However, the United States President’s provocative move recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital isn’t without risk. It also isn’t necessarily what everyone in Israel may even want. That’s according to Lydia Khalil who said the move is likely to be seen in the Muslim world as the US siding with Israel. Ms Khalil, a research fellow at the Lowy Institute’s West Asia program, also said Mr Trump’s move could hinder rather than help the peace process in the Middle East. Mr Trump officially recognised the holy city as the capital of Israel and declared his intention…
Boy swept out in rip near Port Macquarie, rescuers searching 'until we find something' - ABC Online
4335715 boy-swept-out-in-rip-near-port-macquarie-rescuers-searching-until-we-find-something-abc-online A young boy is missing after being caught in a rip on the NSW mid-north coast that also swept his 17-year-old brother…
Boy swept out in rip near Port Macquarie, rescuers searching 'until we find something' - ABC Online
4335717 boy-swept-out-in-rip-near-port-macquarie-rescuers-searching-until-we-find-something-abc-online A young boy is missing after being caught in a rip on the NSW mid-north coast that also swept his 17-year-old brother…
China blasts Australia over Turnbull Government's foreign interference laws - ABC Online
4335713 china-blasts-australia-over-turnbull-government-s-foreign-interference-laws-abc-online China has reacted furiously to proposed foreign interference laws, accusing the Australian Government of making "irresponsible" comments which have hurt "political mutual trust". Key points:China reacts to the Turnbull Government's overhaul of espionage…
China blasts Australia over Turnbull Government's foreign interference laws - ABC Online
4335711 china-blasts-australia-over-turnbull-government-s-foreign-interference-laws-abc-online China has reacted furiously to proposed foreign interference laws, accusing the Australian Government of making "irresponsible" comments which have hurt "political mutual trust". Key points:China reacts to the Turnbull Government's overhaul of espionage…
David Feeney thrown a political lifeline - 9news.com.au
A senior Labor frontbencher has reluctantly thrown a lifeline to his embattled colleague David Feeney should the High Court send him off to a by-election. Mr Feeney has been referred to the court to clarify his citizenship status, because he could not find documentation relating to the renunciation of his UK citizenship back in 2007. He is the second Labor MP to be referred to the court, following Senator Katy Gallagher. Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke expressed little sympathy for Mr Feeney in an ABC radio interview on Wednesday evening. "When it came time to actually find the document, one of the documents…
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