ScoMo responds to Aussie of Yearâs swipe Grace Tame was perplexed by the Prime Ministerâs reaction to her speech. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
News by James Hall 24th May 2021 2:51 PM | Updated: 4:04 PM
The Prime Minister has defended his choice of words to Grace Tame after the sexual assault advocate delivered her powerful and emotional speech on receiving the Australian of the Year Award.
Ms Tame, who has become a leading voice to force sexual abuse reform and social change, has been widely admired for her now iconic speech in January.
But speaking on the Betoota Advocate podcast, she revealed to the satirical hosts that she was perplexed by the Prime Ministerâs reaction.
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison has talked his way around answering why there has been so little change in Parliament House since the alleged rape of Liberal staffer
Brittany Higgins two years ago.
During Question Time on Monday, Opposition Leader
Anthony Albanese asked the Prime Minister why Parliament House has seen next to no change in terms of its response to serious incidents.
“This morning, Senate estimates were told that more than two years after the reported sexual assault of Brittany Higgins in this building, there have been no changes in the way that this building responds to serious incidents and none of the reviews that the Prime Minister ordered have concluded,” Albanese said, as per The Guardian.
A fresh internal stoush over the ALP’s climate and energy policies is poised to erupt on the federal stage after the party struggled to a 20 per cent primary vote in the NSW’s electorate of Upper Hunter, behind the victorious Nationals.
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While it commended the federal government’s commitments for 2021, the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) said that budgetary measures need to go further in order to have any meaningful impact on economic recovery.
The announcement of the latest federal budget revealed several moves from the government to support property, including assistance for single parents, first home buyers, new home builders, retirees and downsizers, renovators and beneficiaries of public housing.
The REIQ has welcomed these commitments as Queensland continues to rise as a high-performing property market, with prices rising at the fastest monthly rate in over 30 years and interstate migration adding unprecedented pressure on housing stock.