People with ADHD face stigma, barriers: Senate report Many Australians living with ADHD want better support as they navigate stigma, inadequate or expensive treatment and diagnosis services, and other issues. AAP · Nov 6, 2023
What Is Australia’s Stance On Israel-Palestine? Albo’s Shifting View, Explained About 1,400 Israelis were killed in Hamas' attack on October 7. Since then, more than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel's bombardments. Pedestrian.tv · Nov 3, 2023
Afternoon Update: US mass shooting kills at least 16; Sydney woman found dead identified; and Gen Z want less sex on screen A man is reported to have opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Maine’s second-largest city of Lewiston in the US The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023
Wong acknowledges ‘widespread suffering’, stops short of describing Israel’s Gaza siege as collective punishment Challenged to concede Israel was inflicting ‘collective punishment’ on Gaza, foreign minister Penny Wong used her own words to describe the ‘distressing crisis’ unfolding in the Palestinian exclave The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023
Greens must explain support for protest 'celebrating atrocities': Libs The ACT Greens condemned the action of Hamas in Israel. The Canberra Times · Oct 11, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Jordon Steele-John on the disability royal commission and Bill Shorten's NDIS reforms The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive Australia. The Conversation · Oct 6, 2023
Phase out of segregated schools 'wildly inadequate' A Greens senator wants special schools for students with disabilities to be phased out by 2030, rather than the 2051 deadline proposed by a royal commission. AAP · Oct 1, 2023
Sydney records hottest ever 1 October – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2023
Climate activist disobeyed cops amid fears for her job A climate activist fighting data access charges disobeyed a WA police order over fears she would be sacked by her employer, the Australian Greens. AAP · Sep 21, 2023
Scars from atomic weapons tests still being felt today A delegation of Aboriginal people and veterans is visiting Canberra to call on the prime minister to sign the treaty to ban nuclear weapons. AAP · Jun 13, 2023
Greens say Israel is 'practising crime of apartheid' and call for boycotts of far-right figures The Greens adopt a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid". ABC News · Jun 5, 2023
Labor’s $15bn NDIS savings push sparks concerns of service cuts Bill Shorten says savings possible through tackling rorts, spiralling costs and rip-offs, but disability advocates remain sceptical The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2023
Ministers should explain ‘legal basis’ for Australia going to war to avoid another Iraq, inquiry says Committee recommends changing government’s processes but stops short of calling for binding parliamentary vote The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2023
Senate inquiry to investigate support for Australians with ADHD Greens senator Jordon Steele-John says people with condition struggle with ‘cost, wait time and stigma’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 29, 2023
ABC News · Mar 27, 2023 Greens senator Jordon Steele-John calls on Australia to question AUKUS pact as Jacinta Price continues to rail against Voice on Q+A The former secretary of the US Navy and South Australia's premier take Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John to task over him questioning Australia's relationship with the USA and the AUKUS agreement.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023 John Howard’s 2003 march to war with Iraq appears to have taught our current parliament little Coalition senators offered both vague laments and staunch justifications, while the Greens found an unlikely ally
The Guardian - AU · Mar 19, 2023 Labor’s opposition to Iraq war ‘vindicated’, Richard Marles says Defence minister says any decision to engage in armed conflict should be better debated and scrutinised
The New Daily · Nov 22, 2022 Lowering the voting age: Will Australia follow the trend? A court in New Zealand ruled the voting age was discriminatory. Countries have already lowered the age to 16, so will Australia follow?
AAP · Nov 10, 2022 Decision on COVID hospital funding looming A decision to extend COVID-19 funding for hospitals could be made within weeks, amid warnings the burnout of healthcare professionals is "extremely profound".
ABC News · Nov 8, 2022 AFP sharing intelligence with Myanmar police over drug trafficking after coup The AFP says it is critical to maintain intelligence sharing even after the military coup because 70 per cent of the methamphetamine that ends up in Australia comes from Myanmar.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2022 Coalition warns against requiring parliamentary vote to commit Australia to war Reform advocates to tell Labor-led inquiry into military deployment that MPs should be accountable for consequences of conflict
The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2022 New NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley says participants must be able to ‘see themselves’ in the agency The three-time Paralympic gold medallist says ‘trust with the organisation itself is a visceral thing’
Pedestrian.tv · Sep 8, 2022 Adam Bandt’s Wife And Sarah Hanson-Young Slayed Last Night’s Midwinter Ball W/ Anti-Coal Dresses The Greens slayed the Midwinter Ball returned with best dressed no-doubt going to leader Adam Bandt and wife Claudia Perkins.
AAP · Sep 7, 2022 Aust political class gather at glitzy ball The press gallery's midwinter ball in the nation's capital brings together Australia's journalistic, political and corporate heavyweights for one big bash.
ABC News · Aug 4, 2022 Hannah Diviney reveals being trolled after calling out Beyoncé for ableist slur as Q+A panel asks for greater disability representation A conversation about ableist lyrics in a Beyoncé song leads to calls for more people with disability to be appointed to senior roles in the NDIS and Australian politics.