Tag: Australian Parliament

Australian Liberal Party Divided Over PM’s Call for Female Quotas

The Australian Liberal Party has not decided whether to go with gender quotas for its preselection of political candidates, despite the call from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other members of Parliament over the past week. The call by some Liberal politicians comes as the Morrison government is under increasing scrutiny over its handling of…


Australian of the Year Calls For Education and Awareness Campaigns to Combat Child Sexual Predation

Australian of Year Grace Tame has used her first public address to call for young Australians to be educated on how to recognise the stages of sexual grooming and psychological manipulation to protect themselves from child sexual predators in the community. Speaking at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Tame said that the silence surrounding child…


Tight Vote in Australian Senate to Raise Cap for Sexual Abuse Redress

A close vote in Australia’s Senate has shown there is interest to increase the cap on redress payments for survivors of child sexual abuse. Existing payments are currently capped at $150,000, but Labor has been pushing for an increase in the limit to $200,000. An amendment to the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual…


Federal MPs Weigh up Virus Limits Ahead of Parliament Sitting

Most federal MPs are expected to face no COVID-19 hurdles in coming to Canberra for the start of parliament in early February. Members of parliament from all states and territories apart from some areas of NSW and Victoria, on current advice, face no restrictions in coming to the ACT. But ACT Health advice is that…