Class war: ‘We’ll teach the Greens’, vow private schools
Independent schools are preparing to launch a nationwide campaign in Greens and marginal electorates calling out the ‘relentless and baseless vilification’ of private schools.
Independent schools are preparing to launch a nationwide campaign in Greens and marginal electorates calling out the ‘relentless and baseless vilification’ of private schools.
China and Russia vetoed a joint East Asia Summit statement last week over the South China Sea, prompting a former Defence Department official to warn some multilateral forums were ‘on the cusp’ of becoming obsolete.
Canberra and Beijing are likely to engage in a ‘quid pro quo dance’ in coming weeks following Beijing’s announcement that it will lift its ban on Australian lobsters, experts say.
Labor elder Peter Beattie has condemned the Albanese government’s core Middle East policies, warning that a two-state solution is a ‘daydream’ unless Israel’s enemies accept its right to exist.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has agreed in a meeting with Anthony Albanese to end the ban on the $800m live lobster trade by the end of the year.
Anthony Albanese is expected to confront Chinese Premier Li Qiang over Beijing’s maritime aggression and lobster import bans at the summit in Laos.
Anthony Albanese’s agenda is stalled in parliament, with the Coalition and the Greens rubbishing Labor’s attempts to strike deals to secure support for key housing, environmental and industry legislation.
Anthony Albanese must speak up for countries at the ASEAN summit who are ‘bearing the brunt of China’s aggression’ when meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, experts say.
Anthony Albanese will attempt to pressure the Greens and Senate crossbench to pass his signature housing scheme for first-home buyers by reintroducing stalled legislation in the lower house, accusing his opponents of choosing ‘politics over progress’.
A three-year university project that seeks to disprove the ‘protectionist myth’ that Australia is ‘an island continent girt by sea’ has been awarded nearly half a million dollars as part of a grant program that no longer allows for government vetoes.
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