Prime Minister Ardern said New Zealand’s longstanding offer to resettle asylum seekers in offshore detention “has not changed” but the “ball is obviously in Australia’s court”.
Speaking to Sky News exclusively on Thursday, she said “we’re still in the same status quo we’ve been in for some time”, insisting there had been “no discussions at that level”.
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Prime Minister 'right' to be open minded about veterans' mental health royal commission | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison is 'right' to be open minded about calling a royal commission into veterans' suicides, according to Liberal senator James Patterson.\n\nThe comments come after Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese called for a royal commission into veteran suicides after he met with the mother of a veteran who took his own life.\n\nIf the royal commission is held, it will be the seventh royal commission called in seven years.\n\nSenator Patterson told Sky News the prime minister cares about the outcomes for veterans, not the process.\n\n'I am much clear eyed about the importance of those outcomes for veterans and their families then I am about the process about how we get there'.\n\n'We have to be very careful is how we get to the right outcomes'.\n\nImage: News Corp\n\nAnyone who may be feeling distressed can contact the following organisations for support.\n\nSANE Helpline 1800 18 72 63\n\nLifeline 131 114\n\nBeyond blue 1300 22 4636\n\nImage: News Corp\n Funny that the LiberalAus cut defence pay and still attend ANZAC Day.. What a bunch of flogs.. Slowm0 ScottMorrisonMP You don't need a royal commission to realise what everyone else has known for ages. Don't waste taxpayer dollars on this bullshit, use it on support for the vets
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New bill introduced to lift genetically modified farming ban in SA | Sky News AustraliaThe South Australian government has introduced a bill to lift a ban on genetically modified farming across the state’s mainland.\n\nThe government announced in August its plan to lift a moratorium on genetically modified farming before the end of the year.\n\nLast week, the state’s primary industries minister Tim Whetstone tried to do this by issuing a ministerial regulation instead of changing legislation.\n\nLabor, the Greens and the SA Best Party blocked that move and accused the government of using a loophole and ignoring due parliamentary process.\n\nOn Tuesday the government tried again by introducing the bill to parliament.\n\nIt’s hoped lifting the ban across the mainland – but not Kangaroo Island – will make the state’s farms more competitive. Another massive blow for our Farmers. auspol A win for the right wing fat cats... Your boss Rupert at Sky will love it.
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Australian students are 'plummeting down the educational table' | Sky News AustraliaAustralian Catholic University Senior Research Fellow Dr Kevin Donnelly says the issue of Australia’s sliding education ranking is “a real problem”.\n\nDr Donnelly’s comments come following the release of the Programme for International Student Assessment results, which shows Australian students are falling behind other developed countries in reading, maths and science.\n\nThe results represented a long-term decline in student performance, and showed the performance of Australian teenagers in mathematics had fallen to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average.\n\n“If you look at other international tests… it's the same story,” he told Sky News.\n\n“Over the last 18 years we’ve gone backwards. \n\n“Our students are plummeting down the table.”\n\nImage: Getty You reckon? But they seem to be doing ok in running How would you like to be a parent who has to listen to their kids talk about all sorts of time wasting rubbish, including photographers and filming allowed at the school, I just don't understand why children should be subjected to all that. What about maths, English etc
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NZ imposes ban on foreign donations of above $50 | Sky News AustraliaThe New Zealand government will ban all foreign donations of more than $50 to political parties and candidates.\n\nAccording to New Zealand’s Justice Minister Andrew Little, the initiative will be introduced to parliament on Tuesday afternoon “under urgency”.\n\nForeign donations below the $50 threshold will still be permitted, as it will fall into the category of small-scale fundraising activities. \n\nImage: AP Do New Zealanders have 50 More Kiwi Envy! auspol You are the worst prime minister New Zealand ever head bring back Helen Clark David Lange real people you see fish and chips out of paper who do you think you are you’re a hopeless person New Zealand going downhill because of you
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Veteran suicide royal commission is ‘the right thing to do’ | Sky News AustraliaLabor MP Matt Thistlethwaite says Labor is calling for a royal commission into veterans’ suicide because it is “the right thing to do”.\n\nMr Thistlethwaite told Sky News there’s “something wrong” with the system, as he discovered when speaking with parents of veterans who had taken their own lives.\n\n“Nothing has the prohibitive power in Australia as the royal commission and we really need to use that power to get to the bottom of what’s going on,” he said.\n\n“It goes beyond the issue of suicide, it’s the support we’re providing for people in the military and beyond.”\n\n\n\nAnyone who may be feeling distressed can contact the following organisations for support.\n\n\nLifeline 131 114 \n\nSANE Helpline 1800 18 72 63 \n\nBeyond Blue 1300 22 4636\n\n\n\nImage: News Corp Australia MThistlethwaite Labor are excellent at calling for RC’s when in Opposition, in their 6 years in govt they presided over ONE-Equine Influenza-Horse Flu. Such their concern about veterans back then... MThistlethwaite People should be allowed to mill themselves with assisted suicide if determining to be of living less quality of life. 🙏🏽🕊❤️⚖️ MThistlethwaite It's because they are not getting the help they need. Spend the money on services, not another talk fest which will serve only to delay action ,which is all they ever do. What good has ever come out of a Royal Commission?
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China hits back at US support for Hong Kong | Sky News AustraliaChina has hit back at the United States for signing a new human rights bill showing support for protesters in Hong Kong.\n\nBeijing announced it will block American ships from their Hong Kong base and impose sanctions on several non-governmental groups.\n\nA Chinese spokeswoman denounced the signing of the legislation, labelling it an interference in domestic affairs.\n\nBeijing said it will take further steps if necessary to uphold stability and prosperity in the city and China's sovereignty.\n\nImage: AP The true face of communism right there, this is what Labor and the greens want for Australia. Trump won’t care a bit. Chinese people good, Chinese government s***
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