Sally Sara: Hello and welcome to The World Today. In a rare act of bipartisanship in what could be the last sitting week before a Federal election, the Coalition backed Labor's bill that also enshrines legal rights for aged care recipients. CEO of Peakbody Group, the Aged and Community Care Providers Association, Tom Symondson, says it will relieve financial pressure …
Rachel Mealey: Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe made her request to the King abundantly clear earlier this week. Jane Bardon: She saw Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe tell King Charles in Parliament this week she wants a treaty and she couldn't agree more. Jane Bardon: Deena Britcher Gundy thinks a treaty is needed because it could give Indigenous communities more power to …
In the halls of Parliament House, she's known as "Senator Malarndirri McCarthy". Indigenous Media NT owner Tamara Giles, who was a journalist with the National Indigenous Times when she met Senator McCarthy, described her as a "force to be reckoned with" in the media industry. Former cabinet colleague and now Darwin Lord Mayor, Kon Vatskalis, defended Senator McCarthy's performance, saying …
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use a major speech to express his confidence the No campaign in the Voice referendum is "underestimating Australians", who will not "succumb to their appeals to fear". Key points: Federal parliament spent last week debating a bill that will enable the Voice referendum The prime minister says he is confident the No campaign will not …
