Tag: Campbell Newman

Over 10,000 Australians Planning to File COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims

Around 10,000 Australians are planning to file compensation claims for injury or loss of income resulting from COVID-19 vaccines. Since Sept. 6, residents have begun registering their interest to make a claim under the federal government’s no-fault COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme, according to a Department of Health statement issued to The Epoch Times. The scheme—announced…


Court Gives Australian Health Service Greenlight to Dismiss 90 Unvaccinated Nurses

One of Australia’s largest public health services has received the go-ahead by the Federal Court to take disciplinary action, including dismissal, against a group of nurses who failed to meet Victoria’s mandated vaccine deadline. Around 90 nurses tried to block the action arguing they had the right to be consulted about Monash Health’s mandatory vaccination…


Infighting, Weak Leadership Weighing Down Australian Public Health System: Former State Leader

Weak political leadership has allowed competing interests to fester in Australian hospitals, leading to extended delays and poorer outcomes for patients, according to a former state leader. The comments come after video emerged in September showing the extensive “ambulance ramping” at one Melbourne hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ambulance ramping is the time patients spend…


Opposition MPs Afraid to Challenge Governments on Lockdown Effectiveness: Senate Hopeful

Opposition leaders have been reluctant to challenge the reasoning behind government-mandated lockdowns or restrictions against COVID-19 that have had a serious impact on small businesses and the mental health of Australians, according to Senate hopeful Campbell Newman. The former Queensland premier and long-time Liberal Party member, who quit in July over its policies on COVID-19…


Right-Leaning Splinter Parties Could Hand Labor-Greens Government: Former Prime Minister

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned frustrated conservative voters not to give up on the Coalition (Liberals or Nationals) for newer right-leaning parties, saying it would simply fracture the centre-right vote and hand government to the Labor and Greens parties. Abbott also said Australia’s preferential voting system made it difficult for a dark horse…


Minor Political Parties Face Higher Membership Requirements Under Proposed New Law

Minor parties are upset over proposed electoral changes that could restrict the involvement of small or fringe political parties in upcoming federal elections. Last week, Ben Morton, the assistant minister for electoral matters, introduced four Bills to Parliament aimed at reforming the electoral process. One of the new Bills would see the requirement for membership…


Newman Announces Senate Run With Liberal Democrats

BRISBANE, Australia—Former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has joined forces with the Liberal Democrats to run for the federal Senate. Newman, who was premier from 2012 to 2015, quit the Liberal National Party at the end of the state conference by issuing a statement two weeks ago saying that the Coalition had failed to honour the spirit…


Former Aussie MP Quits Over Governments Support of COVID Restrictions, Joins New Party

Former Liberal Party MP, and ex-Sky News commentator, Ross Cameron has joined the Liberal Democrat Party, citing disappointment with the governing Coalition and its support of using lockdowns to tackle the CCP virus in Australia. His announcement follows the decisions of fellow Liberal Party members John Ruddick and Campbell Newman to quit the party. Cameron,…


Former State Premier Quits Party Over ‘Heavy-Handed’ COVID-19 Response

Former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has resigned from the Liberal National Party, citing disappointment with the response of state and federal governments to COVID-19. In a statement released on July 26, Newman said, “I have in recent months become dismayed that the political wing has failed to stand up for our core values of fiscal…