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Journalist apologises for ‘unintentional’ lifting of material from political analysis written by Josh Bavas and is revealed to have copied Queensland parliament factsheet. Plus: Quillette charges US$150 for New Orleans social
Northern Territory Veterans Affairs Minister Paul Kirby says he won’t be apologising for taking two weeks of leave while the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide was sitting in Darwin.
A preliminary report into Australia’s strategic defence capability is due to be handed to the federal government tomorrow. Darwin Bureau Chief Matt Cunningham says the likelihood of more defence assets being based in Australia’s north as part of the review is “pretty strong”. “Both politicians and defence experts are saying that there needs to be a re-structuring of defence in this country so that more of those assets are based in Northern Australia," he said. “Particularly given we’re seeing China flexing its muscles in the Indo-Pacific region.”
Environmental activists have called for an Aboriginal woman to be removed from her volunteer position on the Darwin Festival board because of her links to the mining and gas industries.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has declared the Albanese Government will not be following New Zealand and introducing a methane tax in Australia.