NDIS Minister Bill Shorten wants the House of Representatives speaker to look into a private event which falsely promoted him as a keynote speaker and used the Great Hall at Parliament House.
Community legal services provide advice and representation for those unable to afford private lawyers, but their services are being stretched thin, a new survey reveals."They are stretched, they are overburdened by demand," he tells ABC's Afternoon Briefing.
"This event was branded as being about the NDIS review and policy of the Australian government, but it was charging attendees $185 to attend online and more than $700 to attend in person at the Great Hall.""We're very concerned that a politician or a minister could be used to promote an event a month after he had made clear he wasn't attending and using the Great Hall of the Parliament for commercial purposes to mislead attendees.
"The Member for Wannon, due to his seniority, gets a bit more licence than others but he's what we call a serial offender getting up and giving speeches," Speaker Milton Dick says. Mr Clare says his government will focus on getting students from outer suburbs and regionally a fair "crack" at higher education.Peter Dutton has made some remarks to Jason Clare during his response about education and HECS debt.'It has to stop': Dutton receives rebuke from speakerHe says it has "never happened at all before from the position of the leader of the opposition".
"We, on the other hand, have been working to put in place coal and gas caps to see prices come down," Mr Bowen says.The proposed act would enforce stronger rules and more transparency around lobbying, and also make ministers' diaries publicly available. "While we will consider the private members bill introduced today I want to be clear to the house about some of the powers that exist under the Online Safety Act which came into force when those opposite were in government.
Paul Sakkal from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has been presented the award for his work on the Voice referendum.Previous winners include Patricia Karvelas, Daniel Street, Jessica Wright and Ashleigh Gillon.Paralympian swimmer says NDIS crackdown needs to work with people with disabilities"We don't want to see unintended consequences," she told ABC News Channel."Sometimes there's a good reason something costs more.
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