hambeet posted:

The libs response to Shortens question re: why they have a nationals quota but not a quota for women, will be them dropping the nats quota.

hambeet posted:

The libs response to Shortens question re: why they have a nationals quota but not a quota for women, will be them dropping the nats quota.

Starshark posted:

If Labor get in power and they spend the entirety of the next three years blaming everything on the coalition, I'm going to guillotine 'em myself.

JBP posted:

They're just going to high five and backslap until the libs win the next election.

quote:

The Prime Minister is set to suffer another blow with Liberal MP Ann Sudmalis set to announce she won't re-contest her seat at the next election.

It was only four months ago, she stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Scott Morrison in her electorate as she battled to hang on in a pre-selection fight.

The now-Prime Minister backed her then, saying publicly "I think it would be a bad thing for the Government if Ann Sudmalis was replaced by any other candidate."

The south-coast electorate of Gilmore is marginal, Ms Sudmalis holding it by just 0.7 percent at the 2016 election.

hambeet posted:

The libs response to Shortens question re: why they have a nationals quota but not a quota for women, will be them dropping the nats quota.

iajanus posted:

Everybody wins

Anidav posted:

Whitlam posted:

Fixed.

drunkill posted:

Rats abandoning the ship


https://amp.9news.com.au/article/8db7d058-da43-42d5-bec3-ae49b0d32211?ocid=Social-9NewsB&__twitter_impression=true

Starshark posted:

I'm really sorry everyone, I tried my best but I've just had setback after setback and all the meds, psych appointments and psychology appts just aren't having an effect. You've all been great and I really love you but I'm going to listen to the latest episode of Helen Razer's Knackers and Vadge. Please don't try to track me down - you can't stop me.

quote:

PM calls royal commission into aged care after inexcusable 'failures'


The Morrison government will establish a royal commission into Australia’s aged-care sector following a string of horrific revelations of elderly abuse and neglect that have shattered public faith in the system.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce the dramatic measure on Sunday, as figures show complaints about the sector have skyrocketed and authorities have forcibly closed one aged-care service a month since a crackdown triggered by the Oakden nursing home scandal.

“Our aged-care sector in Australia provides some of the best care in the world ... However incidences of older people being hurt by failures of care simply cannot be explained or excused,” Mr Morrison said in a statement.

“Australians must be able to trust that their loved ones will be cared for appropriately and the community should have confidence in the system.”

In mid-2017, the emergence of critical care failures at Oakden, a state government-run nursing home for dementia patients in Adelaide, fuelled claims that the aged-care sector was in crisis.

Among the failings, which spanned a decade, were allegations that a 70-year-old resident was bashed to death by another patient, and a 99-year-old female resident was indecently assaulted by a male carer.

Another patient allegedly received 10 times the prescribed amount of antipsychotic medication, and was later hospitalised for significant unexplained bruising, a chest infection and extreme dehydration.

Officials later declared that a “toxic” culture of cover-ups had allowed abuse to go undetected.

The sweeping probe will investigate residential, home and community aged care, which includes home support packages and services such as social support and meal delivery. About 1.3 million Australians access these services each year, including 240,000 people in residential care.

The commission will also examine the preparedness of the system to cope with an ageing population and increasing cases of dementia, and care provided to younger Australians with disabilities living in residential aged care. It will not specifically investigate retirement villages, despite revelations of exploitation of the elderly in those settings, however it will cover the Commonwealth services received by those residents. The terms of reference and timetable are yet to be finalised.

In recent years, countless disturbing claims of elder abuse have been levelled at nursing homes. A Senate inquiry into the aged-care sector in February found evidence of “systemic issues that negatively impact the quality of aged care services” throughout Australia.

A two-part investigation due to air on the ABC’s Four Corners program from Monday will examine the treatment of the elderly in aged-care homes. The programs will include accounts of overworked staff and neglected residents.

Mr Morrison said his government was “committed to providing older Australians with access to care that supports their dignity and recognises the contribution that they have made to society”.

He said funding for aged care was at record levels and Australia was a leader in the aged-care field.

“There are thousands of extraordinary operators, facilities, care providers, nursing and other clinical staff, volunteers, cleaners, cooks, therapists out there improving the lives of senior Australians every day,” he said.

“But the best teams will always want to do better, and will always want to be honest about the performance of the sector as a whole.”

When the Oakden scandal was made public, Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt commissioned a review into the sector and requested more inspection and compliance work.

As a result, the Department of Health has closed almost one aged-care service a month in the past year, Mr Morrison said. Official figures show a further 17 aged-care facilities currently have sanctions imposed.

The data also reveals that complaints to the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner about residential aged care reached 4300 last financial year, up from 3200 two years prior. Complaints about home and community care rose from about 3900 to 5780 in the same period.

The Oakden scandal prompted calls for a royal commission into aged care. Labor leader Bill Shorten in June stopped short of committing to the measure but said quality standards and inspection systems were not working.

“Aged care, be it the treatment of the staff, be it the funding model, be it the inspection standards, be it the interface, with having properly trained people, be it making sure there’s just enough money ... I think it’s the tip of the iceberg,” he said on ABC’s Q&A program.

The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association had been calling for a royal commission, saying in June there was a “national crisis” caused by ineffective quality standards and staffing ratios.

Knobb Manwich posted:

Yeah it would get a royal commission when the coalition is desperate to court votes from anyone boomers worried about who is going to look after them when they go to their immortal crypts to slumber.

Anidav posted:

Prime Minister Sharks to give boomers the ability to take their children’s Super so they can comfortably retire.

Reclines Obesily posted:

40% of the party room voted no on abbotts nomination
38.40% voted no on gay marriage

quote:

The meeting erupted when officials refused to read out the numbers from the secret ballot. Members were heard shouting "disgrace", "transparency is dead", and "release the results". One figure suggested at least 30 of the 90 members present at the meeting voted against Mr Abbott's renomination, but speculated the actual result could have been as high as 36.

Solemn Sloth posted:

The Victorian Government is doing public consultation to develop regional plans for bushfire management.

The first question asks respondents to rate the value of human life from 1 to 10 stars

Reclines Obesily posted:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...915-p503y6.html

quote:

Fairfax Media has been told by three sources that 46 votes were cast for Mr Abbott, 38 were cast against, and a further nine votes were informal - bringing the total number of members present to 93.

Under party rules, a majority of 50 per cent plus one is required to successfully endorse a candidate. If Mr Abbott did receive just 46 votes, he may have fallen narrowly short of the majority technically required.

Anidav posted:

Now Fairfax is saying he may have fallen short but got endorsed anyway?

Anidav posted:

Now Fairfax is saying he may have fallen short but got endorsed anyway?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

I would never have guessed that a Four Corners episode would provoke a Royal Commission before it was shown on tv:


https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-calls-royal-commission-into-aged-care-after-inexcusable-failures-20180915-p5040n.html

Bill Shorten posted:

The last politician to worry about Newspoll is probably watching this interview on iView from New York so I think it has done me good to ignore preferred prime minister and the polls.