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Australia news live: Daniel Andrews in hospital for X-rays after fall; Oprah interview prompts renewed calls for republic
Australia news live: Daniel Andrews in hospital for X-rays after fall; Oprah interview prompts renewed calls for republic
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James Merlino holds press conference on ‘truth-telling’ commission in premier’s place
James Merlino holds press conference on ‘truth-telling’ commission in premier’s place
Morrison has been asked about the interview given by Julie Bishop on ABC’s 7:30 late night where she made some colourful comments about the culture within parliament.
Reporter:
Morrison:
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Morrison:
Morrison says he still has not read the documents provided to his office which outline the details of the allegation made against Porter.
More questions on Porter headed Morrison’s way:
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Morrison:
The second question off the mark and the prime minister has been asked about Christian Porter.
Last week the mood from the Liberal party was that Porter’s press conference was meant to be the end of the matter. That well and truly has not happened.
Morrison was asked if he has spoken to the attorney- general who is one stress leave following accusations levelled against him of historical rape which he emphatically denies.
Morrison is officially annoucing that the government will remove the cap on apprenticeship wage subsidies, an economic support package introduced during the pandemic.
The prime minister is speaking now.
I suspect this topic will be covered again at the press conference but Scott Morrison has again ruled out an independent inquiry into rape allegations against the attorney general, Christian Porter, while speaking at a business summit this morning.
Porter has categorically denied allegations that as a 17-year-old he raped a 16-year-old girl while in NSW for a debating competition.
We are just standing by for a press conference with the prime minister where he will discuss the expansion of the apprenticeship commencement wage subsidy.
We are just standing by for a press conference with the prime minister where he will discuss the expansion of the apprenticeship commencement wage subsidy.
The Queensland government will provide funding to help school students visit the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to revitalise the region’s tourism industry.
The Queensland government will provide funding to help school students visit the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to revitalise the region’s tourism industry.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the new funding will support operators and allow more than 6500 Queensland students to learn about the reef, making the announcement ahead of the end of federal Jobkeeper payments.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the new funding will support operators and allow more than 6,500 Queensland students to learn about the reef, making the announcement ahead of the end of federal jobkeeper payments.
The premier made the announcement on Twitter:
The premier made the announcement on Twitter:
Each eligible student from primary or high school will receive $150 from the start of term 3.
Each eligible student from primary or high school will receive $150 from the start of term 3.
More from Merlino:
More from Merlino:
For people just joining us, the Victorian premier Daniel Andrew was meant to be making this announcement today but had a fall while getting ready for work and has gone to the hospital for precautionary X-rays.
For people just joining us, the Victorian premier Daniel Andrew was meant to be making this announcement today but had a fall while getting ready for work and has gone to the hospital for precautionary X-rays.
Merlino says the “truth-telling” commission could take up to three years to deliver its final report into the ongoing impact of colonisation on Indigenous communities in the state:
Merlino says the “truth-telling” commission could take up to three years to deliver its final report into the ongoing impact of colonisation on Indigenous communities in the state:
Acting Victorian premier James Merlino is speaking now from Healesville launching a “truth-telling” commission into the current day effects of colonisation on Victoria’s Indigenous community.
Australia actor Hugh Jackman has come out in support of Prince Harry and Meghan after the Duchess spoke out about her struggles with suicidal ideation and mental illness while living in England.
In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14.
The Victorian opposition leader, Michael O’Brien, sent his well-wishes to Daniel Andrews on Twitter as the premier is taken to hospital as a precaution after a “concerning” fall.
The Australian part of Greensill Capital, the Bundaberg-headquartered financier that bankrolls the Whyalla steel mill, among other things, has followed its UK arm into administration.
It’s not clear yet what impact this will have on the Whyalla mill, which is owned by British businessman Sanjeev Gupta and employs thousands of people. We’ve gone to Gupta’s company, GFG, seeking comment.
As recently as Friday, GFG was saying it was not concerned and was working on refinancing its business.
In addition to financing Gupta’s operations around the world, Greensill engaged in what’s called supply chain financing or reverse factoring, where suppliers to big companies get paid early (or on time) in return for Greensill taking a cut.
As we reported last week, some $10bn in insurance backing these deals is under investigation.
During a court case over some of the insurance, Greensill said tens of thousands of jobs were at risk if it collapsed.
The UK arm, which does most of the financing work, went into administration overnight, with accounting firm Grant Thornton doing the job.
Grant Thornton’s local arm has the job here too. The Australian operation is confined to Greensill’s parent company, which Grant Thornton said in a statement “provides administration and head office support to the group but operates only in a limited capacity”.
In a statement, the administrator, Matt Byrnes, said:
The boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a shallow grave in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges has been charged with murder and failing to report a death, reports AAP.
The woman was reported missing on Saturday and on Monday her body was found by detectives in a shallow grave at Moralana Creek, north of Hawker, police said.
Her 20-year-old boyfriend was arrested on Sunday and had taken detectives to the grave site.
The Kurralta Park man is set to appear in Port Augusta magistrates court on Tuesday.
Morrison has been talking a lot about a book by Bill Gates he read while on holidays that talks about “driving the nexus between innovation, supply and demand” when it comes to energy. (Whatever that means.)
Prime minister Scott Morrison has been speaking at a business breakfast in Sydney this morning, where among other things he annouced the expansion of the apprenticeship commencement wage subsidy.
He is now discussing Australia’s energy plan in the wake of climate change:
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then it’s unlikely that you are a sacoglossan sea slug (apologies to Rudyard Kipling).
Scientists in Japan have discovered that this species of sea slug can decapitate itself and then regrow an entirely new body, complete with a beating heart and other vital organs.
The process, from shedding all of itself below the neck to regrowing a new body, took less than a month, in an extreme example of a process known as autotomy.
Sayaka Mitoh, of Nara Women’s University, said: “We were surprised to see the head moving just after autotomy.”
You can read the full (and very strange) story below:
OK, the Victorian premier’s spokeswoman has confirmed to me that Daniel Andrews fell while getting ready for work today.
He has not sustained any head injuries but he has gone to the hospital to get X-rays as a precaution. We don’t know exactly what his injuries are at this point but they don’t appear to be serious.
Deputy premier James Merlino will take over today as acting premier and will conduct the press conference planned for about 9.30am in Andrews’ place.
This is expected to be an important press conference with the Victorian government slated to launch a “truth-telling” commission into the current day effects of colonisation on Victoria’s Indigenous community. This inquiry, backed by the powers of a royal commission, is intended to help guide the state’s treaty negotiations.
The ABC is reporting that the Victorian premier has been taken to hospital after a fall.
