Albanese targets Coalition cabinet ministers as he spruiks Qld infrastructure projects11/02/2021|5min
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has accused the Morrison government of not being on the side of Australians, targeting two cabinet ministers as he spoke to media in Queensland.
Mr Albanese underlined two events - revelations about Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton s alleged interference in the community safety program and a claim Health Minister Greg Hunt used a Liberal Party logo in relation to vaccines - in his attack. If you want to underline how the government is not on the side of Australians but on their own side, there have been two events in the last 24 hours, he said.
Australia s first convicted terrorist leader will remain behind bars despite finishing his sentence, with fears he might reoffend if let back onto the streets.
Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 60, and 15 other men were charged in 2005 for plotting to blow up the MCG on AFL Grand Final day.
Benbrika also planned to carry out terror attacks on several busy Melbourne landmarks and Sydney s Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, and was discussing assassinating then-Prime Minister John Howard.
The notorious Jihadi was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2009 with a non-parole period of 12 years.
Benbrika completed his sentence on November 5 but was kept in custody after the Victorian Supreme Court found he still held extremist views and had a high risk of reoffending.
Peter Dutton s office fast-tracked one-off grant proposal days after donation given to support him
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Peter Dutton awarded a one-off grant to the National Retail Association.
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton s office fast-tracked a one-off $880,000 grant proposal to a retail association eight days after it made a $1,500 political donation to the Queensland Liberal National Party at an event Mr Dutton attended for the purpose of personally supporting him.
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The National Retail Association (NRA) made a $1,500 donation to the Queensland LNP, saying it was to support
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One week later Mr Dutton asked that an application by the NRA for a funding grant be considered sooner
Peter Dutton slashed funding for highly regarded community safety projects. Then he selected his own list to fund
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton overruled his department s recommendations on grant funding for the Safer Communities program.
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton personally slashed millions in grant funding from organisations that were strongly recommended by his department to improve community safety, and used the funds to support his own handpicked list that did not follow his department s recommendations.
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The Home Affairs Department recommended funding a list of 70 community safety projects using a merit-based assessment