Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called for a national women s summit to examine a multitude of inequalities faced by Australian women.
Ms Palaszczuk plans to write to Prime Minister Scott Morrison today, requesting him and other state leaders to back the proposal and support discussions on gender inequality.
The proposal comes amid recent damning allegations involving the treatment of women across the nation, including in Parliament House.
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The premier said she would like the proposal of a summit to be placed on Friday s National Cabinet agenda.
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The Morrison government’s claim that national cabinet deliberations are exempt from freedom of information laws will be challenged in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, setting up a test over the new body’s immunity from scrutiny.
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) will file a case with the tribunal as it seeks to access information on at least 15 environmental approvals “fast-tracked” by the federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, a task so far stymied by the government’s insistence the documents fall under traditional cabinet rules.
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has insisted national cabinet deliberations are treated the same as those in the federal cabinet, which are kept confidential and not subject to freedom of information legislation.
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Council joins fight to protect vulnerable platypus
Whittlesea City Council is doing its part in the nation-wide fight to save the iconic platypus from becoming an endangered species.
A new project, ‘Water Quality Monitoring in Merri Creek’, will help ensure that the creek continues to be a healthy and habitable environment for aquatic animals including the platypus.
The project is a partnership between the City of Whittlesea, RMIT and Merri Creek Management Committee and is part of Council’s new Whittlesea Water For All water strategy, which was formally endorsed at the December Council Meeting.
The Merri Creek project follows the Victorian government announcement of $300,000 to restore key platypus habitat sites and create a long-term action plan. The State has also formally listed the platypus population in Victoria as ‘vulnerable’.
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There has been significant recent growth in Australia s energy storage sector and indications suggest that the pace of development is only going to increase.
Recent examples have included the expansion of the Hornsdale Power Reserve, commencement of work on the 300MW/450MWh Victorian Big Battery, and announcement of a pipeline of nearly 3GW of new battery storage projects by other developers.
Why are we seeing such growth in the energy storage sector?
Renewable generation continues to increase
Australia s energy industry is in rapid transition from a centralised coal generation system to a highly diverse and de-centralised system dominated by large and small scale renewable generation.