The Northern Territory and the ACT stand alone in taking steps to raise the age of criminal responsibility. NSW needs to take swift and decisive action.
A number of Liberal figures may be axed from the government’s revamped Administrative Appeals Tribunal if they cannot satisfy new “merit-based” criteria.
While the scheme opens to terminally ill residents next month,efforts to dump federal laws banning doctors from remotely aiding suicide are yet to deliver.
Fiona Meagher was appointed to the troubled tribunal by former Liberal Attorney-General Michaelia Cash. Now she is gone.
The attorney-general said it was appropriate to provide financial assistance for Scott Morrison,given the inquiry related to his former duties as social services minister,treasurer and prime minister.
Parliament will soon pass laws to set up the National Anti-Corruption Commission,but human rights advocates say whistleblower protections need wholesale reform.
The bill to establish the federal National Anti-Corruption Commission is on track to pass parliament this sitting fortnight,with the government and Coalition expected to team up to defeat a push by the crossbench and Greens to remove the limits on holding hearings in public.
A new taskforce between the AFP and the Australian Signals Directorate to disrupt cybercriminals before they attack has been launched by the federal government.
Labor will most likely choose the Coalition to overwhelm calls for a watchdog with more teeth. After all,they have a shared interest.
A National Anti-Corruption Commission is on track to be legislated by the end of the year,but crossbenchers have voiced concerns over the agency’s limited ability to hold public hearings.
A parliamentary committee has also heard that 19 members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had been the subject of bullying,harassment or discrimination complaints over the past six years.