Gladys Berejiklian has described revelations of her secret relationship with a fellow parliamentarian as “humiliating and embarrassing”.
She then proceeded to discuss the details at length in a media blitz in which she was asked if she had engaged in same-sex encounters; confessed she had given up on love ; and said she wanted to marry the man she was having a relationship with but who was not her boyfriend.
After a week of damaging revelations at the corruption commission raising questions about her judgment over a secret relationship with disgraced MP Daryl Maguire that threaten her grip on the top job, the Premier conducted interviews with Sunday Telegraph gossip columnist Annette Sharp, radio s Ben Fordham and FM radio duo Kyle and Jackie O.
Scott Morrison has been accused of failing to establish stronger quarantine hubs to prevent coronavirus leaks and slammed for his delay in assisting thousands of stranded Australians in Covid-ravaged India.
Speaking on The Today Show on Friday morning, Richard Marles, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, was highly critical of the federal government.
Mr Marles declared quarantine hotels in Australia are not fit for purpose in a tense exchange with Defence Minister Peter Dutton.
He also claimed the federal government has shirked its constitutional responsibility for quarantine.
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Richard Marles (pictured) declared quarantine hotels in Australia are currently not fit for purpose
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Australians have been banned from leaving the country since March 2020, resulting in tens of thousands of citizens and permanent residents unable to see their parents for more than a year.
A number of petitions have been launched to allow grandparents and parents of people living in Australia the chance to visit their loved ones with one by Stacey Johnson having gained more than 9,000 signatures of people seeking for immediate family members to be let into the country.
Ms Johnson states, “Parents are essential and connection with family is equally as important to migrants as it is to families living in Australia. Australians have not seen their parents for a significant amount of time due to the travel ban and a strict exemption criteria which prevents people from obtaining exemptions unless they have a compelling reason,” she states.
Shadow Immigration and Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally has given a grim insight into the lives of a Tamil family living in detention on Christmas Island. The Sri Lankan family are living in a box with two rooms after being forcibly removed from their home in Queensland and taken to an immigration detention centre. Ms Keneally has previously called out Prime Minister Scott Morrison for allowing the cruel and inhumane saga to continue at a $50m cost to the taxpayer. In a statement obtained by news.com.au, she said she had several chances to see the family, including in the immigration detention centre where they live, at the Christmas Island Recreation Centre, and at the Catholic Church on Sunday morning .
Shadow Immigration and Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally has given a grim insight into the lives of a Tamil family living in detention on Christmas Island. The Sri Lankan family are living in a box with two rooms after being forcibly removed from their home in Queensland and taken to an immigration detention centre. Ms Keneally has previously called out Prime Minister Scott Morrison for allowing the cruel and inhumane saga to continue at a $50m cost to the taxpayer. In a statement obtained by news.com.au, she said she had several chances to see the family, including in the immigration detention centre where they live, at the Christmas Island Recreation Centre, and at the Catholic Church on Sunday morning .