More than half a million dollars’ compensation for a Liberal Minister’s mistress, but nothing to save elderly victims of ASIC from eviction?
To make a political problem go away, the Morrison government has expedited the payment of more than $500,000 to compensate a former Liberal Party staffer who had an affair with a senior government Minister.
On 4 April Labor’s Shadow Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones met with some Sterling First victims in Mandurah, WA. Before he arrived, one of the victims wrote on Facebook in anticipation: “Senior politicians do not invite over 100 people to a 2 hour meeting a few weeks out from an election to tell them ‘sorry I cannot help you’.”
Julian Assange is the ultimate test of the independence of Australia’s foreign policy. Australians have until 20 April to unleash a shock wave of pressure on the UK to release him.
On 20 April, a magistrate at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London will issue the order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States.
Former Australian diplomat John Lander is speaking out in retirement to warn that the current direction of Australia’s foreign policy is leading to war with China. In an interview that every thoughtful Australian should find alarming, Lander explains how the strategic dynamic that has triggered war in Ukraine is also at play in the Asia-Pacific, and risks pushing Australia into a war with our biggest trading partner.
Support a national bank to fund the full Bradfield Scheme.
First the good news: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced $5.4 billion to fund the Hells Gate Dam on the Burdekin River, northwest of Townsville.
