Australia is the only continent still free of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Nampijinpa Price on Voice referendum, one year onThe shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, was on ABC News Breakfast earlier on the first anniversary of the Voice referendum.We have been calling for an inquiry into statutory authorities for the last 18 months, which we believe need to be looked at closely because of their failures to … well, not all statutory authorities, but some, in terms of their failures of how they’re supposed to serve the interests of those that they are supposed to represent.And this has been ongoing now and something that the Albanese Government has continued to ignore. But those voices – especially of Traditional Owners – that I have been speaking to, are growing louder, with more concern. And, really, there is a need to fix the structures that currently exist, and it begins with an inquiry.There’s no evidence at all that current laws led by the Albanese government are stifling businesses from employing people. In fact, we’ve actually created nearly 1 million jobs since coming to office a bit over two years ago … So unfortunately, for some of the leading business groups calling for this, the evidence of what’s going on in the economy just doesn’t back up their wish list. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-10-13 21:28:46
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