The NSW Independent Casino Commission handed Star Casino a reduced wrist-slap fine and yet another extension on its still-suspended licence, claiming its latest reprieve is 鈥渋n the public interest鈥. Suzanne James reports.
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Suzanne James speaks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme which passed in August.
NT Greens Member of the Legislative Assembly Kat McNamara鈥檚聽office said voluntary assisted dying聽is an important right and that she would look at the option of a private members bill if the new government does not stick to its former commitment. Suzanne James reports.
Bill Shorten, the outgoing National Disability Insurance Scheme minister, should have addressed the disabled community鈥檚 concerns about a debt collection function buried in his new law. Suzanne James reports.
Labor faces internal division, advocate fury and community outrage over its Faustian love-in with the gambling industry, which seeks to water down bi-partisan support for advertising bans. Suzanne James reports.
WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John has slammed Labor鈥檚 failure to act on the disability royal commission鈥檚 key recommendations, saying the party has failed the disability community. Suzanne James reports.
With 71% of Territorians supporting the right of the terminally ill to die with dignity, and such laws in every state and the ACT,聽it is inevitable the NT will eventually have its world-first VAD rights restored, argues Suzanne James.
Suzanne James talks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about the Albanese government鈥檚 betrayal of the disability community by ignoring the bulk of the royal commission鈥檚 recommendations while defunding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Suzanne James gives a status update on the Price Waterhouse Coopers scandal since the release of the Senate inquiry鈥檚 final report.
Advocates are pleased that the long-awaited聽Northern Territory Voluntary Assisted Dying Expert Advisory Panel Final Report聽recommends it be made available in the territory. Suzanne James reports.
What happened at PwC is the entirely predictable result of the聽Australian Public Service聽being sacrificed for the politically expedient, but false, economy of聽outsourcing to the private for-profit sector, writes聽Suzanne James.
NT citizens are hoping that the new ACT voluntary assisted dying law leads to them also gaining the democratic human right to compassionate end-of-life choices. Suzanne James reports.
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