Andrews pronounces $207m bundle for Victoria’s specialist colleges
Benita Kolovos
Andrews has introduced a $207m bundle for Victoria’s specialist colleges, which can contain increasing help for college students within the classroom, delivering new accessible playgrounds and sensory gardens and introducing after-hours care to each specialist college within the state.
This system will likely be rolled out to the primary 25 colleges from 2024. It’s at the moment being trialled in 5.
Andrews says:
Households additionally advised us how difficult it’s for them and the way tiring it’s for the youngsters to juggle a number of well being appointments each week. They decide their children up from college and race throughout city for an appointment earlier than attempting to get dinner on the desk. It’s exhausting. It’s impractical. And it’s going to alter. A re-elected Labor authorities will work with colleges to create devoted onsite areas for well being appointments. It’s a easy repair that may make a very large distinction
NDIS navigators will even be employed at every of the state’s specialist expertise to assist mother and father navigate the system.
Andrews says Labor will even fund 1,000 scholarships to draw speech pathologists, occupational therapists and incapacity staff to regional Victoria.
Swimming swimming pools will likely be constructed or upgraded for aqua remedy, whereas software program will likely be rolled out the assistance nonverbal children specific themselves and an animal remedy program expanded.
Andrews:
We all know we are able to’t resolve all of the world’s issues or be the supply of each resolution. However we do know that with coronary heart and with grit, we are able to change issues. We’re going to make life that little bit simpler for households who really want it. Earlier on I advised you about what I discovered from my dad, a person who labored with function. However I discovered simply as a lot from my mum. She’s somebody who believes profoundly within the energy of connection that each particular person that’s held again, holds us all again and that each one that reaches their full potential helps us attain our potential.
He wraps his speech up with a rallying cry to volunteers to join an additional shift, have an additional dialog, for the subsequent 13 days:
Converse to your neighbour’s households, buddies, workmates and teammates. Be the individual that solutions the decision. Do it since you consider that each youngster is entitled to an awesome schooling. Do it since you consider that each affected person deserves care and dignity. Do since you consider that each employee ought to really feel safe and secure. Do it since you consider in individuals over earnings. Do it for our colleges, our nurses, our ambos … do it for a state that’s fairer, extra equal and the place everybody may be who they’re.
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Brisbane Airport has signed a cope with government-owned generator Stanwell that may provide 100% of its electrical energy wants from renewable vitality.
The Queensland authorities introduced the deal on Sunday, saying Stanwell would provide as much as 185 GWh of renewable vitality yearly to run every part from runway lights and travellators to retail outlets and electrical autos.
Stanwell would supply the renewable vitality from the Clarke Creek Wind Farm and the Blue Grass photo voltaic farm.
Brisbane Airport Company chief government Gert-Jan de Graaff mentioned the deal meant the corporate might meet its internet zero emissions dedication by 2025, which was 25 years sooner than deliberate.
Eden Gillespie
Leaked audio reveals racist feedback by Queensland police workers
A sequence of tapes, leaked to Guardian Australia by a whistleblower, file a number of Queensland police service officers utilizing racist slurs and offensive language whereas working within the holding cells.
The audio – which we have now printed under – options feedback by a number of watch home officers (a non-policing function) and sworn police. It consists of jokes about one officer’s need to “cranium drag” protesters, discussions of fears of “outbreeding” by Muslim immigrants, and, when talking about African inhabitants progress, the remark “let’s simply hope Ebola works”.
The recordings had been submitted to the state’s fee of inquiry into police responses to home and household violence by watch home officer Steven Marshall.
Marshall, who gave Guardian Australia consent to publish his identify, has labored on the Brisbane watch home for 4 years and was current throughout the conversations he recorded.
He says some conversations had been about individuals of color held on the watch home, together with one black detainee being known as “a gorilla within the mist” and jokes made a few fellow officer {that a} feminine Indigenous detainee “received’t provide you with a fucking blowjob right here”.
For the total particulars on this unique report by Guardian Australia reporters Eden Gillespie and Ben Smee, learn the total story.
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T20 Cricket Last prone to be hit by rain
There’s a band of thunderstorms able to hit massive components of the nation this afternoon, stretching from southern Queensland all the way in which right down to Victoria.
And the Melbourne Cricket Floor’s T20 world cup ultimate between Pakistan and England – scheduled for a 7pm begin – is unlikely to flee.
Senior meteorologist Dean Narramore, of the Bureau of Meteorology, says the storm exercise will persist round Melbourne into the early hours of Monday.
Showers and thunderstorms may be hit or miss and there might be lengthy breaks [at the MCG] however there may also be bursts of heavy rainfall. There’s going to be showers and thunderstorms within the space at the moment [from 7pm].
Australia accused of blocking fund for creating nations affected by local weather change
Australia has been included amongst nations accused of making an attempt to delay the creation of a loss and harm fund to assist creating nations reply to local weather change.
Greenpeace says developed nations are utilizing delay techniques to make sure no settlement is reached on the loss and harm fund till 2024 and a gaggle of nations haven’t made any proposals to ensure that such a fund will ever be created.
Creating nations have been calling for the creation of the fund because the early 90s however the subject has been handled as low precedence by developed nations.
They’re arguing for the creation of the fund to be operational from 2024 after an settlement this 12 months to ascertain it. Creating nations are additionally proposing that the Loss and Harm entity could be positioned beneath the monetary mechanism of the UNFCCC, much like the Inexperienced Local weather Fund and the World Atmosphere Facility.
Greenpeace says the EU is beginning to shift its place however the US, New Zealand, Norway and Australia “are essentially the most seen blockers”.
Seve Paeniu, finance minister of Tuvalu mentioned in a statement realised by Greenpeace that Pacific Island nations urgently wanted help that delay by “fellow negotiators” is “killing my individuals, my tradition” – however he added he nonetheless had “hope”.
My house, my nation, my future, Tuvalu is sinking. With out local weather motion, crucially on an settlement for a devoted facility for Loss and Harm beneath the UNFCCC right here at COP27, we might be seeing the final era of youngsters to develop up in Tuvalu.
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Albanese to fulfill Biden at East Asia Summit
Good morning once more from Phnom Penh.
Anthony Albanese is working by way of his formal interventions in in the present day’s summits.
This morning, he’s addressed the Asean world dialogue and this afternoon, he’ll tackle the East Asia Summit.
The prime minister is about to have his first bilateral assembly of the day, with the president of the US, Joe Biden.
The final prolonged assembly the 2 leaders had was on the Quad assembly just some days after Labor received the Might election.
In addition they caught up in Europe a few months again on the Nato summit.
South Australia has 500 reviews of wires down
Graham Readfearn
The storm system that’s about to hit massive components of the nation is attributable to the identical atmospheric situations that unleashed thunderstorms on components of South Australia final night time.
SA Energy Networks says nearly 100,000 individuals had their energy provide affected and assist from interstate energy corporations has been referred to as in to hold out repairs. About 500 reviews of wires down had been acquired.
Repairs will likely be going “effectively into Tuesday” after lightning strikes, falling timber and excessive winds triggered widespread outages from the state’s far west to the jap border with NSW and Victoria.
Our crews are working to restore harm and restore energy to prospects following yesterday’s excessive climate. Falling timber, lightning strikes and excessive winds resulted in widespread outages reported throughout the State from the far west by way of to the jap border with NSW and Vic. pic.twitter.com/AgSGoB3cjm
— SA Energy Networks (@SAPowerNetworks) November 13, 2022
Democrats win Senate in sudden midterms end result
The BBC, CNN and AP have issued alerts saying they venture the Democrats will win the Senate race in Nevada, giving that celebration an sudden majority within the US midterms elections.
The end result could be an enormous increase for the US president, Joe Biden, whose celebration has defied the historic development for midterms regardless of the president’s private unpopularity and a troubled economic system.
It will imply Senate Democrats can reject payments handed by the Home – which the Republicans are nonetheless projected to narrowly win, although outcomes are nonetheless coming in – and preserve some management of the legislative agenda.
In Nevada, Democratic senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a former prosecutor and state lawyer basic, was up towards Republican Adam Laxalt.
Andrews pronounces $207m bundle for Victoria’s specialist colleges
Benita Kolovos
Andrews has introduced a $207m bundle for Victoria’s specialist colleges, which can contain increasing help for college students within the classroom, delivering new accessible playgrounds and sensory gardens and introducing after-hours care to each specialist college within the state.
This system will likely be rolled out to the primary 25 colleges from 2024. It’s at the moment being trialled in 5.
Andrews says:
Households additionally advised us how difficult it’s for them and the way tiring it’s for the youngsters to juggle a number of well being appointments each week. They decide their children up from college and race throughout city for an appointment earlier than attempting to get dinner on the desk. It’s exhausting. It’s impractical. And it’s going to alter. A re-elected Labor authorities will work with colleges to create devoted onsite areas for well being appointments. It’s a easy repair that may make a very large distinction
NDIS navigators will even be employed at every of the state’s specialist expertise to assist mother and father navigate the system.
Andrews says Labor will even fund 1,000 scholarships to draw speech pathologists, occupational therapists and incapacity staff to regional Victoria.
Swimming swimming pools will likely be constructed or upgraded for aqua remedy, whereas software program will likely be rolled out the assistance nonverbal children specific themselves and an animal remedy program expanded.
Andrews:
We all know we are able to’t resolve all of the world’s issues or be the supply of each resolution. However we do know that with coronary heart and with grit, we are able to change issues. We’re going to make life that little bit simpler for households who really want it. Earlier on I advised you about what I discovered from my dad, a person who labored with function. However I discovered simply as a lot from my mum. She’s somebody who believes profoundly within the energy of connection that each particular person that’s held again, holds us all again and that each one that reaches their full potential helps us attain our potential.
He wraps his speech up with a rallying cry to volunteers to join an additional shift, have an additional dialog, for the subsequent 13 days:
Converse to your neighbour’s households, buddies, workmates and teammates. Be the individual that solutions the decision. Do it since you consider that each youngster is entitled to an awesome schooling. Do it since you consider that each affected person deserves care and dignity. Do since you consider that each employee ought to really feel safe and secure. Do it since you consider in individuals over earnings. Do it for our colleges, our nurses, our ambos … do it for a state that’s fairer, extra equal and the place everybody may be who they’re.
Benita Kolovos
Andrews begins his speech by speaking about his late father, who he says was the toughest employee he is aware of:
He did it as a result of like so a lot of that era, he’d seen good instances flip unhealthy and since he hoped for one thing simpler for his household.
Andrews has introduced a slew of recent election commitments, together with that the revived Sec will make use of 6,000 apprentices and trainees:
It’s no coincidence that ever since privatisation, we’ve seen shortages in so many trades. The Sec will assist us discover the subsequent era of tradespeople, upkeep staff, electricians but additionally welders, painters and mechanics extremely certified, extremely paid, working not for revenue, however for individuals and to verify there actually is that long-term pipeline of labor. We’ll institute native content material necessities on state owned and supported renewable vitality tasks price at the very least $5bn by 2035.
As a part of the plan, clear vitality will likely be added to the record of free Tafe programs. As a part of an overhaul of vocational coaching, 10,000 secondary college college students will be capable to full a full week of labor expertise.
“[It will give] them a style and coaching in clear vitality, in addition to different in-demand careers like nursing trades and early childhood schooling,” Andrews says.
From March subsequent 12 months, each Victorian family will even be eligible for a second spherical power-saving bonus of $250.
Benita Kolovos
The premier’s household, spouse Catherine and youngsters, Noah, Grace and Joseph, had been dropped at the stage.
“So much has modified because the final time we had been up right here – Noah’s completed secondary college and we are able to each vote now,” Grace mentioned
“We’re all actually pleased with Dad,” added Noah.
Joseph says Andrews’ fall final 12 months, through which he critically injured his again and needed to take a number of months off work, was “the toughest factor we’ve ever skilled”.
Catherine thanked the well being staff who sorted him throughout this time:
The work you do is unbelievable, its life altering, it’s life saving and we’re extremely grateful.
Andrews then arrived to the 1998 home tune, Sing It Again by Moloko. He acquired a standing ovation and a hug from his mum.
Benita Kolovos
Deputy premier, Jacinta Allan, was simply up speaking in regards to the State Electrical energy Fee, which Labor has dedicated to reviving if re-elected later this month.
First established in 1918, the SEC had by 1972 turn out to be Victoria’s sole supplier of electrical energy era, transmission and networks, and even ran outlets promoting home equipment. The electrical energy sector was privatised within the Nineties by the Liberal premier Jeff Kennett, who will get an enormous boo when talked about.
Allan says:
Our state’s vitality system was offered off and carved up and deserted to accountants. Abruptly earnings grew to become extra essential than individuals’s vitality provide extra essential in individuals’s jobs, extra essential than individuals these communities … These Victorians had been simply collateral harm in an ideological struggle.
She’s repeating Labor’s line that opposition chief, Matthew Man, will proceed Kennett’s legacy of “cuts and closures”.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has stepped onto the stage for the state Labor celebration’s official election marketing campaign launch.
