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A strong no vote could hold back reforms in Indigenous affairs, Wyatt says
Ken Wyatt said he doesn’t think the government has made a mistake deciding against legislating the voice if the referendum is defeated, but he fears what a strong no vote will mean for the future of Indigenous affairs:
We’ve got to respect what Australians are saying if there is an overwhelming no majority …
The fear I have now is with a strong no, whether the government will become reticent to be adventurous on doing significant reforms in the future in the Aboriginal affairs portfolio, and on programs and policies that could reshape the landscape of Aboriginal affairs and the way in which Aboriginal people access the plethora of services that we all take for granted across this nation as our inherent right.
Arnold to meet Football Australia chiefs in early January as L’Equipe puts him in top spot following last-16 achievement
Graham Arnold will sit down with Football Australia chiefs in early January to thrash out a new deal that is expected to see him remain in charge of the Socceroos, with the coach’s bargaining power having received a fillip after he was named the best coach of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Highly regarded sports newspaper L’Equipe put the out-of-contract Australian in top spot on its rankings, above the likes of Lionel Scaloni of Argentina and France’s Didier Deschamps.
Australia’s historic World Cup win over Denmark sparked wild celebrations across the country in the early hours of the morning as the team progressed to the knockout stages of the finals for only the second time.
Thousands of fans had gathered in Melbourne’s Federation Square to watch the match in the middle of the night and erupted in ecstasy when Mathew Leckie scored to put them into the lead after an hour.
Jackson Irvine hoping to inspire in win-or-bust playoff with Peru
Trent Sainsbury skips training but Adam Taggart does light duties
Jackson Irvine hopes Australia can reward fans who get up early to watch their World Cup playoff against Peru and inspire the next generation of Socceroos’ with victory. The one-off clash for a spot in the Qatar finals kicks off in Doha from 9pm on Monday, meaning fans in Australia will need to rise in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to catch the game on screens at 4am AEST.
“It seems like a lifetime ago but in a different time that was me getting up and watching games in the morning,” Irvine said in Doha. “Hopefully the younger generation will be waking up and some future Socceroos can tell their own story about how they saw us qualify and come live it themselves.”
32 min Australia have five shots, none on target, and one-third of possession, which sums up this half quite well so far in a way stats do not always. Saudi are content and comfortable to let their visitors play. Fornaroli is down under a challenge but dust himself off.
28 min Ajdin Hrustic, who was so good against Japan last week, has a free kick. It lofts up beautifully and is heading towards the top-left corner, but lands on the roof. Mabil opens up another channel, this time from left to right in the centre of the park and Boyle is onto it. Yet again an Australian attack ends with a shot which rolls marginally wide of the back post.
Scrutiny on coach intensifies ahead of Saudi Arabia clash
Australia face tough route to qualify for Qatar World Cup
Under-fire Socceroos coach Graham Arnold insists he’s “fine” heading into a World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia which may be his last match in the position.
Speculation is rife Football Australia is considering firing Arnold after Tuesday’s (Wednesday AEDT) game in Jeddah with hopes of automatic qualification for this year’s World Cup in Qatar dashed after a 2-0 home loss to Japan last week.
Uruguay-born striker could debut for Australia at age of 34
Atkinson, D’Agostino in squad to face Japan and Saudi Arabia
Bruno Fornaroli is in the running to make an unlikely Socceroos debut at the age of 34, after the Uruguay-born striker was included in an extended squad for Australia’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Saudi Arabia.
Fornaroli, who was recently granted Australian citizenship after arriving in the country in 2015, has opted to switch his national allegiance in the twilight of his career, having already represented Uruguay’s under-17 youth team in 2003.
Striker, 34, expected to be named in extended Australia squad
Must-win games coming up against Japan and Saudi Arabia
Perth Glory coach Richard Garcia predicts Bruno Fornaroli will become an asset for the Socceroos, with the Uruguayan set for a call-up for Australia’s crucial World Cup qualifiers. Fornaroli played for Uruguay’s under-17 youth team in 2003, but a change in the Fifa eligibility rules in 2020 means the 34-year-old is now eligible to represent the Socceroos.
Football Australia on Tuesday refused to confirm the star striker’s inclusion, but he is expected to be named on Wednesday morning in Graham Arnold’s extended squad for the crunch matches against Japan and Saudi Arabia this month.
"Is this what the prime minister meant when he said his own government was a Muppet show?" Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek. @TimWattsMP Extraordinarily, Scott Morrison begins his first #qt as Prime Minister by confirming that the latest change in the leadership of the Liberal Party has nothing to do with the Australian public.
Refugee supporters hold up a banner as they gather in Sydney on October 5, 2016 to mark the milestone of 200 days of continuous protests in the detention camp on the Pacific island of Nauru. Source: Peter Parks/AFP Self-immolation, hunger strikes, self-harm and suicide are preferred by many children over living in Australia's refugee camps on Nauru, while the government continues to assert "children grow up happy and healthy on our island."
London: Community anxiety about economic security and inequality is presenting an unprecedented challenge to Western democracies and the international rules-based order, The secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Martin Parkinson, told an audience of politicians, diplomats, businessmen, academics and selected journalists, that the world has weathered major challenges like the Great Depression and the Cold War but was now confronted with a new phenomenon. "For starters, the threat is multifaceted and is not all from outside.
Missing gangster's body 'was dumped in a barrel and dissolved in acid' after he was lured to a meeting by a friend - as police say his body will never be found Police believe that missing gangster Raphael Joseph's body may have been 'dumped in a barrel and dissolved in acid' after he was lured to a meeting by a friend. They received information that his body was either dissolved in acid in a 44-gallon drum, buried under concrete, or buried in the bushland.
A group of around 20 protesters occupy PM Malcolm Turnbull's electoral office, demanding the end to the policy of offshore detention of asylum seekers, in Sydney, October 14, 2015 [Reuters] , President Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for the Australian policy of refusing entry to asylum seekers who arrive by boat. It is official Australian policy to detain future arrivals through systematically cruel treatment in offshore detention centres.
AUSTRALIA is sinking $35 billion into the purchase of nine ultra-modern frigates. So what is it that makes them so necessary, and what will be their place in future battles? AUSTRALIA is sinking $35 billion into the purchase of nine ultra-modern frigates.
Toys R Us will be no more after next week. The toy retailer, which started liquidating in March, has said that all Toys R Us and Babies R Us locations will close on or before next Friday, June 29 via posts on the company's social media pages.
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Here in Australia, "Question Time" has long been one of my favorite exercises of parliamentary democracy. The prime minister and government ministers appear before other elected members in support of their policies, while the opposition asks pointed and sometimes funny questions in an effort to belittle those policies.