Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse in Australia. Ms Gillard said the commission would look not only at all religious organisations, but also at state care providers, not-for-profit bodies and examine the adequacy of responses from police, and child service agencies. “The allegations that have come to…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II is on track to break Australian records as the biggest entertainment launch in history, threatening the previous holder Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The game has already broken the pre-sale record, four days before its release. Nearly 300 EB Games stores held a midnight launch on Monday night,…
DetailsAuthorities will not attempt to end a rooftop protest at Sydney’s Villawood detention centre. Three Fijian protesters broke through a ceiling onto the rooftop of the two-storey complex on Monday. A Department of Immigration and Citizenship spokeswoman told The Newsroom the department did not know when the protest would end. “We don’t like to get…
DetailsUS Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, arrived in Australia yesterday for annual defence talks at the US-Australia meeting of ministers (AUSMIN). She will meet Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Bob Carr at the summit to be held in Perth. In her first speech she reaffirmed America’s commitment to the region saying the United States considers itself a “Pacific power” that is here…
DetailsAustralian landmarks will light up today in support of World Diabetes Day (WDD) but Sydney is in the dark. The Australian Diabetes Council, which organises landmarks to be illuminated blue, the colour of the international symbol for diabetes, was unable to secure any sites for its cause in Sydney. Over the next 48 hours the…
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The Newsroom’s Statewatch investigation has been stalled by several councils who refuse to waive the $30 fee for our Government Information Public Access (GIPA) applications. NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson told The Newsroom. “This case is a clear example of why it is so important that GIPA application fees are abolished… Ratepayers deserve to know that their money is…
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By Kaycee-Jane Shingles-Moore
Sexual harassment is twice as prevalent in the media as other industries, according to a recent workplace report. The Australian Human Rights Commission report, Working without fear: Results of the sexual harassment national telephone survey 2012, states one in five people aged 15 or over have been sexually harassed in the workplace in the past five…
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