Australia news live: Closing the Gap numbers ‘simply aren’t up to scratch’, PM says; temperatures climb towards 50C in parts of WA
Western Australians are continuing to swelter through a heatwave, with remote areas facing near 50C temperatures into the weekend. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastO’Neil makes housing announcements in lead-up to electionThe housing minister, Clare O’Neil, is in Parramatta today and will travel to Bennelong later, announcing 28 new social and affordable homesFunding is incredibly important here. I know all of our Australians at home who are watching are really deeply concerned about those devastating differences we see between health outcomes, even important things like infant mortality.All of the indicators that we use to determine equality of life are very different between our First Nations communities, particularly in remote areas.I think our prime minister has been quite sober and rational about this, but it is not a reasonable idea, and it’s not shrewd as described by Peter Dutton.So I think the prime minister has done the right thing. And Peter Dutton is out there playing politics.But the issue, I think, here that we’re missing is that Gaza has completely been destroyed … It’s devastating to see those kind of images. So there needs to be a rebuild. There needs to be a place that people can come back to in a safe haven for them to call home. Continue reading...
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Western Australians are continuing to swelter through a heatwave, with remote areas facing near 50C temperatures into the weekend. Follow the latest news live
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O’Neil makes housing announcements in lead-up to election
The housing minister, Clare O’Neil, is in Parramatta today and will travel to Bennelong later, announcing 28 new social and affordable homes
Funding is incredibly important here. I know all of our Australians at home who are watching are really deeply concerned about those devastating differences we see between health outcomes, even important things like infant mortality.
All of the indicators that we use to determine equality of life are very different between our First Nations communities, particularly in remote areas.
I think our prime minister has been quite sober and rational about this, but it is not a reasonable idea, and it’s not shrewd as described by Peter Dutton.
So I think the prime minister has done the right thing. And Peter Dutton is out there playing politics.
But the issue, I think, here that we’re missing is that Gaza has completely been destroyed … It’s devastating to see those kind of images. So there needs to be a rebuild. There needs to be a place that people can come back to in a safe haven for them to call home. Continue reading...
