DAVID LIPSON: First, to more disturbing claims of sexual abuse within Defence. The full report from law firm DLA Piper has now been released and, among other things, outlines 24 cases of rape in the late ’90s alone and none of them are believed to have gone to trial. Also, claims that sections of…
CHRIS KENNY: I want to go to this other issue that was spruiked about by the Government on Sunday and Monday and that, of course, was the future of Whyalla Whyalla, the town that Tony Abbott and a prominent union leader said would be wiped off the map by the carbon tax. Now,…
PETER VAN ONSELEN: I’m joined here in the Sky News studio by Labor’s Bruce Hawker… can we still call you Labor’s Bruce Hawker after you were backing Kevin Rudd and not the Prime Minister? BRUCE HAWKER: A bit of a Labor outsider in some parts of Canberra but, yeah, still loyal. PETER…
CHRIS KENNY: Well, there we have it. After 100 years or so of Federation we’ve still got states and federal governments at loggerheads over the future of the Murray-Darling Basin. I must say we have got bids in to speak to the Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke. He is available but because of various…
NATASHA STOTT DESPOJA: Well, some of you may have seen that there’s a big debate going on in Federal Parliament yet again about same-sex marriage and two pieces of legislation are being debated in the House of Representatives. Today in the House of Representatives a report came down into the issue and a majority…
JULIE DOYLE: Hello and welcome to Capital Hill. I’m Julie Doyle. Politicians, business leaders and unions are gathering in Brisbane for the Prime Minister’s economic forum which starts tonight. It’s a busy agenda but will the forum be more than just another talkfest? Joining me today to discuss this, we have Labor Senator Glenn…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: A couple of points I want to make today… firstly, Tony Burke has said that he believes this Plan isn’t necessarily the right Plan and that he reserves the right for changes. If Tony Burke has changes in mind to this Plan, he should say right now what those changes are that…
KEITH CONLON:Murray-Darling Basin Authority [revised] draft Plan is out … it came out just over an hour ago … what do you make of it so far? SIMON BIRMINGHAM:There’s some good news in there and there’s a lot of details still to get through … the good news for South Australia is that…
KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now, I’ve got Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham and Labor MP Andrew Leigh. Gentlemen, good morning. ANDREW LEIGH: Morning, Kieran. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning, Kieran. KIERAN GILBERT: First of all to you, Andrew, on the Thomson matter, the AEC Commissioner, the Australian Electoral Commissioner, last night said his…
NICOLE CHVASTEK: Well, are you recovering from one of Victoria’s semi-regular natural disasters? Perhaps you’ve lived through a flood and there are plenty of Victorians still trying to reclaim their lives and livelihoods after nature’s forces swept them away. Well, yesterday we heard from Castlemaine Senior Constable Grant Healey, who threw on his uniform…