Albanese on skipping Cop27: ‘I can’t be everywhere without delay’
The PM is now defending his determination to not attend the key international local weather convention COP, which begins this weekend:
I can’t be everywhere without delay. It’s so simple as that. If we may – if we may try this, then I’d obtain it and I’m positive, subsequently, if I used to be going, individuals would say why aren’t I attending price range. We had Parliament final week. This COP is one in all implementation. It’s not one in all a brand new coverage and program.
Australia shall be represented by Local weather Change and Vitality Minister Chris Bowen and assistant minister Jenny McAllister. Albanese:
My criticism of the previous Authorities was that they went to a convention, gave an empty speech to an empty room that didn’t decide to something new. The Glasgow Convention was about an elevated contribution for 2030.
The previous authorities failed to try this and it most likely would have been higher off in the event that they hadn’t had gone in any respect as a result of it simply uncovered to the world that Australia wasn’t stepping up at a time when different international leaders have been.
Parliament is sitting on the similar time that’s scheduled with the leaders assembly and I’ll be assembly all of the leaders of the 20 largest economies on the planet on the G20 in Bali.
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The Division of Human Companies progressed its proposal for the robodebt scheme, regardless of critical authorized doubts inside one other division, after it earned the backing of Scott Morrison, a royal fee has heard.
The royal fee is investigating the failed debt restoration scheme, which ran from July 2015 till November 2019 and culminated in a $1.8bn settlement between the federal government and tons of of hundreds of individuals issued illegal Centrelink money owed.
College of Melbourne to again pay $22m to fifteen,000 workers
The College of Melbourne will again pay $22 million to about 15,000 present and former informal workers after many have been incorrectly paid for minimal engagements or weekend work.
It really works out to a median of $1,476 per employee, together with curiosity and superannuation.
Impacted employees have been employed underneath 2013 and 2018 enterprise agreements, with about 60% of instances involving the wrong fee throughout informal minimal engagements.
Virtually 30% of instances associated to pay for weekend or public vacation extra time, with the discrepancies picked up throughout a Deloitte evaluate of greater than 3.2 million payslips.
Prof Duncan Maskell, vice-chancellor, stated the college was decided to resolve the problem.
“We apologise to any previous or current staff who haven’t been paid accurately for work they carried out,” Maskell stated in an announcement.
“We stay dedicated to strengthening the College’s governance buildings, methods and processes and this continues to be an space of focus for our establishment.”
– through AAP
Australia and Thailand ink strategic pact
Australia has signed a brand new strategic partnership settlement with Thailand after talks with the Asian nation’s deputy prime minister.
The settlement comes as Australia and Thailand commemorate 70 years of diplomatic relations.
The settlement signed by international minister Penny Wong on Tuesday consists of cooperation on net-zero emissions, well being, commerce and safety.
Wong met with Thai deputy prime minister Don Pramudwinai throughout a go to to Bangkok.
She stated Australia would proceed to work intently with Bangkok on areas like defence and regional safety.
“Some 19 Australian businesses have made commitments to work with Thailand underneath this partnership on many areas of sensible cooperation,” she stated.
“As middle-sized international locations, what I might say is we share lots of the similar aspirations for the area through which we dwell. In the end, Australia seeks, and I imagine Thailand additionally seeks, a area that’s peaceable and predictable.”
– through AAP
Nino Bucci
Accomplice of former Hawthorn participant gained’t participate in ‘culturally unsafe’ AFL racism evaluate
The companion of a former Hawthorn participant who says the soccer membership demanded that she terminate a being pregnant says she won’t participate in an AFL investigation into the claims.
The Gunditjmara and Bunitj lady, often called Amy, launched an announcement on Wednesday morning saying that the investigation introduced into claims made by First Nations gamers and their companions was based on an “unsafe course of”.
Christopher Knaus
Prosecutors decline to touch upon whether or not ATO whistleblower expenses shall be dropped
Commonwealth prosecutors have declined to say whether or not they’ll drop a few of the 24 expenses laid towards tax workplace whistleblower Richard Boyle.
Boyle, who labored within the Australian Taxation Workplace’s Adelaide workplace, blew the whistle in 2018 on its aggressive use of extraordinary powers to pursue money owed, which he stated was destroying the lives of small enterprise house owners and households. He’s now dealing with 24 expenses within the South Australian district courtroom, together with for allegedly recording non-public cellphone calls and making data of protected data.
Boyle is making an attempt to make use of whistleblower protections to protect himself from prosecution, invoking the Public Curiosity Disclosure Act in a approach that’s largely unprecedented. At a listening to final month, prosecutors argued that Boyle was not entitled to PID act safety.
However the prosecution’s arguments throughout final month’s listening to might have undermined a few of the expenses it can search to convey towards Boyle at trial. The courtroom heard it might rethink whether or not to proceed with a few of the expenses.
The CDPP declined to touch upon whether or not it deliberate to drop any expenses towards Boyle when approached by the Guardian.
The Workplace of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions won’t be making public touch upon this matter as it’s nonetheless at the moment earlier than the Court docket.
Prosecutors have already lowered the variety of expenses Boyle is dealing with by a considerable quantity. When he was first charged in 2019, prosecutors introduced 66 expenses. That was lowered to 24 in 2021.
Queensland’s system for screening individuals who work with youngsters is “re-traumatising” for Indigenous individuals
Queensland’s blue card system is a “modern-day injustice” for Indigenous individuals residing in distant communities that needs to be reformed, a parliamentary report says.
A parliamentary committee rejected a Katter’s Australian get together invoice to overtake the system to use to work with youngsters however has backed trials of a few of the proposals.
The committee chair, Peter Russo, stated making use of for blue playing cards may be “exhausting and re-traumatising” for Indigenous individuals on account of intergenerational trauma, language limitations and sophisticated ID necessities.
Some face important disadvantages in making on-line purposes on account of an absence of services or web entry, which contributes to inequity and delays.
As world decarbonises mining trade should put and finish to corruption, convention hears
The mining trade has been urged to do extra to stamp out corruption, and respect land and water rights because it expands to satisfy international demand for crucial minerals, AAP experiences.
Limiting international warming to under 2C is estimated to require a four-fold enhance within the provide of minerals for clear power applied sciences in coming many years.
The chair of the worldwide Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, has used her keynote tackle at a prestigious mining summit to name for extra accountability.
Amid the most recent mining increase, she instructed the Worldwide Mining and Assets Convention in Sydney the important thing danger is across the awarding of mining licences, notably when they’re fast-tracked.
To not put too superb a degree on it, bribes could also be used to affect decision-making or preferential therapy may be given to politically related firms.
The extra bold the world is in its decarbonisation efforts, the extra mining it’s going to want.
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Victoria has 74 flood warnings in place as above-average rainfall continues
From AAP:
Heavy rainfall is about to ease briefly within the coming days as emergency providers and volunteers round Victoria battle to comprise flood injury and help individuals in want.
There are 74 flood warnings in place throughout the state, revised down from greater than 90 yesterday, and an evacuation order stays in place at Echuca.
Regardless of the short-term reduction in climate situations, above common rainfall is anticipated to proceed for the subsequent six to eight weeks.
The Murray Darling Basin Authority elevated its day by day water launch at Hume Dam from 50GL to 75GL a day to free-up area on the dam on Tuesday.
Emergency Victoria has warned residents in flood-affected areas are susceptible to mosquito-borne ailments, water-borne ailments and sickness referring to mould publicity.
The environmental well being coordinator for the Metropolis of better Bendigo, Jason Barnes, stated residents ought to take away stagnant water round the home, put on loose-fitting clothes and use insect repellents containing Deet or picaridin.
Uncertainty round AFLW grand ultimate venue
Hiya everybody, that is Cait! A giant thanks to Natasha for taking us via the morning.
First up I’ve information concerning the AFWL grand ultimate – at this level, nobody appears positive the place will probably be held.
Brisbane’s minor premiership has created a possible grand ultimate fixture dilemma for the AFLW, AAP has reported.
The AFLW have been left with a attainable headache ought to Brisbane attain the grand ultimate, because the highest-ranked AFLW workforce has grand-final internet hosting rights.
Metricon is already booked for non-football occasions on the 26-27 November grand ultimate weekend, whereas the Lions’ new Springfield facility seems unlikely to be prepared in time.
A Sheffield Defend sport is scheduled for the Gabba from 1 December.
Talking at Monday’s finals launch, the AFLW boss, Nicole Livingstone, stated the grand ultimate internet hosting rights “does imply there’s a little bit of last-minute planning”.
We gained’t make any bulletins round [the] grand ultimate proper now. As a result of we nonetheless want to attend to see who’s going to make the grand ultimate.
We’ll proceed to work with all stakeholders. We’ve got a terrific relationship with cricket, so we’ll proceed to speak to cricket and in addition speak to the Queensland authorities [about the Gabba].
However I don’t need to put the cart earlier than the horse – we have to make it possible for Brisbane are going to be the hosts.
Ikon Park and Marvel Stadium are the 2 choices if a Melbourne workforce qualifies to host the grand ultimate.
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Thanks on your consideration on what has definitely been a day of surprises with lions on the free and snow in November. That’s it from me because the fantastic Cait Kelly will take you thru the remainder of this afternoon!