Julia Gillard at Jo Cox memorial: Women in public life are threatened 'almost daily'
Former PM Julia Gillard has spoken out about misogyny in politics, and the 'almost daily' threats of violence now faced by women in the public eye.Speaking at a memorial for slain British Labour MP Jo Cox, who was allegedly shot and stabbed by an ultra-nationalist during the UK's Brexit referendum campaign, Gillard recalled how the tragedy was felt on the other side of the world. Julia Gillard. Photo: Nic Walker "Women friends of mine, who were campaigning in Australia's election, were p..>> view original'I beg you, do not just put it in the filing cabinet', witness pleads at NT Royal Commission
The survival of Indigenous people in the Northern Territory depended on the outcome of the Royal Commission into Child Protection and Detention, a witness told the commission hearing in Darwin.Pat Anderson, co-author of a 2007 report on protecting young Indigenous people from sexual abuse titled Little Children Are Sacred, begged commissioners to be firm saying the issues they were considering had been talked about many times before. Commissioners Mick Gooda and Margaret White AO. Photo: G..>> view originalNatural disasters are costing more but killing less
Radical change is needed in the way natural disasters are managed as they become bigger and more frequent due to climate change, the Red Cross warns.Disasters killed 32,550 people last year, including 16 Australians, and affected 108 million people across the globe, the organisation's annual World Disasters Report says. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Haiti desperate for help No Brexit blues for UK tourism Pick-up truck ploughs into Native..>> view originalKelly O'Dwyer accidentally endorses bill criticising Turnbull Government in procedural bungle
Kelly O'Dwyer accidentally endorses bill criticising Turnbull Government in procedural bungle Updated October 13, 2016 00:16:01 The Federal Government has been embarrassed by a procedural bungle in Parliament, after accidentally endorsing a bill amended by Labor, which criticised the Government.Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer was seeking to pass the International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill 2016 through the House of Representatives on Wednesd..>> view originalBoy terror suspects' 'beheading plot'
ONE of two schoolboys arrested yesterday as they were allegedly preparing to behead someone in Sydney’s southwest is the son of a convicted terrorist.Police swooped on the 16-year-olds in a laneway behind a Bankstown mosque about midday, hours after the pair allegedly bought two bayonets at a gun shop.The threat of an attack was considered imminent and police wearing protective vests descended on the prayer hall after officers received information about the alleged purchase of the knives.media_..>> view originalBaird backflips on sharks a day after dogs
Gemma NajemAustralian Associated PressMike Baird has performed a second policy backflip in as many days, announcing he will pursue a six-month trial of shark nets along NSW's north coast after another shark attack.After resisting calls to install nets, which kill other marine life, the premier announced the policy change on Wednesday, a day after he reversed a ban on greyhound racing.The premier says he will lobby the federal government to install shark nets along the state's north coast after a..>> view originalAustralia facing questions at UN over post-2020 climate change stance
Australia is facing renewed international pressure to explain what it is doing to tackle climate change, with a United Nations review finding its emissions continue to soar and several countries calling for clarity about what it will do after 2020.Countries including China and the US have put more than 30 questions to the Turnbull government, asking for detail about how Australia will meet its 2030 emissions target and raising concerns about a lack of transparency over how the government calcul..>> view originalGable Tostee trial: Murder accused ordered pizza after Warriena Wright's fall, court hears
Gable Tostee trial: Murder accused ordered pizza after Warriena Wright's fall, court hears Updated October 12, 2016 20:49:12 Gable Tostee ordered a slice of pizza while walking alone around Surfers Paradise shortly after Warriena Wright fell to her death from his apartment balcony in 2014, a Brisbane court has heard.Tostee, 30, pleaded not guilty to murdering the 26-year-old New Zealand tourist, whom he met that night via dating app Tinder.The pair's exchange on Tinder ..>> view originalElderly man dies after vehicle smash
Moderate Liberals say Tony Abbott's party democracy push will backfire
Like other Liberals in the dominant "moderate" faction, Trent Zimmerman worries that plebiscites would lead to branch stacking. Andrew Meares Winning the endorsement of regular Liberal Party members for a federal seat shouldn't have been hard for Trent Zimmerman.After all, he was a popular local councillor and man about town, had worked for the even more popular outgoing MP, and happened to be the acting president of the NSW division of the Lib..>> view original
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