Nauru detention camps鈥 water reserves are close to running dry, leaked emails showed on September 10.
A Transfield operations manager wrote in an email: 鈥淲e are currently nearly out of water 鈥 Due to recent outages at the DIBP RO [immigration department reverse osmosis facility] we have not been able to build up stock so have been slowly going backwards.鈥
Ellie Thomas
Radical changes to university and TAFE education were announced in the federal budget on May 13.
These changes include removing the cap on university fees and changes to welfare payments. People under 25 are no longer eligible for the Newstart allowance.
Treasurer Joe Hockey said the theme of the budget was "contribution and building" and "sharing the pain", but it will make it even tougher for struggling families.
Sue Bolton was elected to Moreland City Council in north Melbourne in November 2012 on the platform of 鈥渃ommunity need not developer greed鈥.
As a member of the Socialist Alliance, Bolton sees it as important to take up the 鈥渂read and butter鈥 issues as well as broader social justice issues.
Bolton does not seek to just represent residents, but encourages residents to get involved in local community campaigns and feel empowered to take up issues with the council themselves.