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The election of former journalist, and anti-salmon campaigner and impartial Peter George to the Tasmanian parliament has been hailed as a reminder that independents are “a drive to be reckoned with” by key backer Local weather 200.
A longtime ABC reporter and producer, George went to the election advocating for fiscal duty, anti-corruption, and environmental restore – notably round salmon farming, after greater than 1,000,000 salmon died in a bacterium outbreak at south-east Tasmanian fish farms earlier this yr.
His marketing campaign was the primary backed by the fundraising physique Local weather 200 to focus on a seat held by a federal Labor minister. He was thought of solely an outdoor likelihood to win the seat of Franklin.
Byron Fay, government director of Local weather 200, stated in an announcement on Sunday:
Peter George’s victory is one other reminder that group independents are a drive to be reckoned with.
His victory is a win for the numerous voters who imagine the main events are out of contact and exhibit that Tasmanians need real illustration and stronger motion on local weather change, integrity and gender equality.
Local weather 200 thanks the numerous members of our group who dipped into their pockets so quickly after the federal election to assist Peter George’s marketing campaign.
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Investigation launched after motorcyclist dies in crash throughout police pursuit
NSW police have declared a essential incident and launched an investigation after a person died in a crash throughout a police pursuit within the state’s Lake Macquarie area on Saturday night time.
In an announcement early Sunday morning, police stated they tried to cease a motorcycle on King Road in Hamilton about 7.30pm on Saturday, because it didn’t seem to have quantity plates
When the automobile didn’t cease as directed, a pursuit commenced, police stated.
The assertion stated:
The pursuit travelled south on the Pacific Freeway at Charlestown, the place the male rider got here off the bike a short while later.
The rider – a person believed to be aged in his 20s – was handled by NSW Ambulance paramedics however died on the scene. He’s but to be formally recognized.
The investigation might be topic to an impartial evaluation by the Skilled Requirements Command and oversight by the Regulation Enforcement Conduct Fee, police stated. A report might be ready for the coroner.
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Up to date at 19.54 EDT
Jonathan Barrett
Why younger Australian households are turning away from foster care
Robyn and Nick Lloyd have been foster carers for a decade, welcoming greater than 30 youngsters into their residence. There’s a monetary and emotional toll to being a carer, but additionally pleasure hooked up to offering a secure atmosphere for a few of society’s most susceptible members.
A number of the foster kids stick with them a number of days, others for months. They cared for one little boy for 2 years.
Nick and Robyn Lloyd’s massive home has enabled them to foster dozens of youngsters. Nevertheless, the subsequent era of potential carers typically lack the identical further house, leading to excessive shortages. {Photograph}: Remi Chauvin/The Guardian
The Sydney couple, who’ve three organic daughters, have drawn on assist networks throughout their time as foster carers, together with their native Anglican church members and an older fostering couple down the road who had been fill-in grandparents for a number of the youthful foster youngsters.
Robyn additionally recurrently meets a gaggle of about 20 carers residing in her space. However she has observed that the group is never replenished with youthful members, elevating issues that the subsequent cohort of carers has gone lacking.
Australia’s residing and housing prices are so excessive that youthful households – primarily millennials – who would usually symbolize the subsequent era of carers have neither the time nor spare bed room to foster. And there are excessive shortages of carers for giant sibling teams, teenagers and kids with complicated wants.
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Australian GPs again authorities’s ‘staunch defence’ of PBS as US tariff risk looms
The height physique for Australian medical doctors has vocalised its assist for the Pharmaceutical Advantages Scheme and the federal authorities’s defence of it within the face of doable US tariffs.
The Royal Australian School of GPs (RACGP) stated in an announcement on Sunday that the PBS was one in every of Australia’s most necessary applications for well being entry and fairness.
Its president, Dr Michael Wright, stated:
The PBS, together with inexpensive entry to high-quality specialist common follow care, is a vital a part of the Australian well being system and demanding in making certain everybody has inexpensive entry to the care they want.
As GPs, we all know our sufferers can’t and shouldn’t pay the worth of US-style healthcare. The PBS means once we prescribe the remedies our sufferers want, we all know they are going to have the ability to entry them at an inexpensive worth.
The RACGP stated it supported the federal authorities’s “staunch defence” of this system. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, launched the defence after US drug corporations attacked it in a US authorities submission throughout commerce talks earlier this yr. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, echoed his issues on the G20 summit this week.
Wright stated:
The ability of the PBS to ship inexpensive medicines can’t be up for negotiation. The PM and Treasurer are proper to again it within the face of stress from abroad pursuits.
Healthcare is a elementary proper, and we must always all be steadfast in our assist for the PBS.
Australia is a small piece of the worldwide marketplace for medicines, however the PBS means we converse with a robust voice. Medicare and the PBS each should be sturdy to ship inexpensive healthcare.
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Up to date at 20.11 EDT
Race to kind minority authorities in Tasmania as Labor scores worst-ever lead to state
To the Tasmanian election now, which has delivered one other hung parliament, and each the Labor and Liberal events dealing with a negotiation interval to kind authorities.
A roughly 3% swing to the Liberals secured them 14 seats to Labor’s 9 – the worst-ever lead to Tasmania for the Labor social gathering, at simply 26% of the first vote.
The Tasmanian Labor chief, Dean Winter, on Saturday night time. {Photograph}: Chris Kidd/AAP
The Labor chief, Dean Winter, stated:
The results of this election is that the Liberals may have probably the most seats, however it’s unsure as to how they are going to obtain a majority. One other election is just not an possibility, which implies we have to determine this out.
The Greens have retained at the least 5 seats, whereas three independents have received seats. Counting is predicted to increase for as much as weeks to find out the result of 4 undecided seats. Rockliff would want to work with left-leaning independents on the cross-bench to control.
Independents Kristie Johnston and Craig Garland, who each voted for the June no-confidence movement in opposition to Rockliff that triggered the election, have been returned.
Johnston urged the subsequent premier to be extra collaborative and stated she wouldn’t enter into a proper deal for confidence and provide with both main social gathering. She informed AAP:
They should negotiate and respect the views of parliament.
Anti-salmon activist and impartial Peter George has been elected after a powerful marketing campaign within the federal election.
The Greens chief, Rosalie Woodruff, has known as on Winter to “have a dialog” about forming an alliance along with her social gathering. Nevertheless, Winter has repeatedly dominated out doing a take care of the Greens and on Saturday night time additionally stated he wouldn’t “be buying and selling away any of Labor’s insurance policies or our values”.
– AAP
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Up to date at 19.59 EDT
Man lacking after fishing on NSW south coast
A sweeping search is below method for a fisher lacking on the New South Wales south coast.
Emergency companies had been known as to Batemans Bay Marina about 8pm on Saturday after a person, 56, didn’t return from a day’s fishing journey, NSW police stated in an announcement on Sunday morning.
The person had left the marina about 6am in an 8m Arvor cruiser and was final heard from about 10am, police stated. Emergency companies had been alerted about 7.20pm when he didn’t return.
The Marine Space Command launched a search operation, which continued all through the night time, involving vessels from the command, Marine Rescue NSW and a fixed-wing plane and helicopter. Neither the person nor the boat have been discovered.
The search continues with extra help from Surf Life Saving NSW.
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Up to date at 19.25 EDT
Good morning
Good morning, of us. My identify is Stephanie Convery, and I’ll be bringing you all of the reside information and updates you possibly can want on this Sunday, 20 July.
We’re going to start out in Tasmania, the place yesterday’s state election has resulted in one other hung parliament. The Liberal chief and incumbent premier, Jeremy Rockliff, declared victory on Saturday night time after his social gathering secured 14 seats to Labor’s 9, however each are in need of the 18 required for a majority.
Rockliff stated he would ask the governor to recommission his authorities. Nevertheless, the Labor chief, Dean Winter, didn’t concede defeat and appeared to go away the door open to governing if the Liberals couldn’t make it work.
Extra on that story shortly.
It’s been a frosty and chilly begin to the day in lots of components of Australia, however hopefully some information – and a pleasant huge mug of espresso – will begin to heat you up. Let’s get caught in.
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Up to date at 19.30 EDT
