Andras Baka, a strong advocate for judicial independence, becomes governing party's pick for Hungary's next president.
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Meanwhile, expert says bird flu detected on Murray-Darling basin ‘should be ringing alarm bells’. Follow updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Coalition demands NDIS changes focus on fraud, corruption Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson also called on the government to focus more on fraud and corruption issues in the NDIS, as the Coalition and Labor negotiate on changes to the disability scheme. We have people who are awarding either packages to people when they shouldn’t be used, we’re having people taking advantage of the system and we know this is being exposed. And so as a consequence we’ve seen this massive growth continue to go on and we need to make sure that that’s the focus, not the targeting of the clients. You know, if you go out to voters in Australia, there are a lot of people who are on disability support packages who are very nervous about their future and it’s because of how this government has looked at reforms and they feel like they’re being targeted, not the fraudsters. We’re not wowsers, we do believe in protecting children, particularly from harm. Under the government’s proposed bill, it doesn’t limit the capacity to advertise to children and that’s something that I’m concerned about, making sure that we’ve got the measures that are consistent, appropriate, and also reflecting the changing nature of technology Continue reading...
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