Albanese is pouring beer …
Whereas Morrison is requested if he would have a chilly one with Trump …
A fast recap on the Prime Minister’s look at this West Australian occasion. He has averted straight responding to the query of his place on abortion, and say it isn’t an election situation @SBSNews
— Anna Henderson (@annajhenderson) May 6, 2022
Scott Morrison has additionally been requested by @lanai_scarr whether or not he would like to have a beer with President Biden or Donald Trump. He says he will get together with each of them as a result of that is his job however he thinks it could be extra “vibrant” with Trump.
— Anna Henderson (@annajhenderson) May 6, 2022
From AAP:
A grants system accountable for distributing about $4 billion a 12 months throughout NSW ought to be topic to a raft of modifications, together with a deal with public transparency.
A assessment led by the Division of Premier and Cupboard and launched on Saturday makes 19 suggestions, together with extra open and trustworthy communication across the distribution of grants following claims of pork-barrelling.
Final 12 months, Premier Dominic Perrottet ordered a assessment of grants applications throughout the state after controversy surrounding his predecessor Gladys Berejiklian’s look on the Unbiased Fee Towards Corruption.
Among the many assessment suggestions are that each one new grants have revealed pointers stating “the aim of the grant, clear choice standards, and particulars of the appliance and evaluation course of”.
Grant info ought to be made accessible on a publicly accessible web site and as well as, all grants “will need to have a funding settlement” making grantees accountable for a way they spend public funds.
Mr Perrottet stated the federal government is “rigorously contemplating” the proposed modifications, which have been established in partnership with NSW Productiveness Commissioner Peter Achterstraat.
The Greens have introduced an artists funding pilot program that might see 10,000 established or rising artists and humanities employees create whereas they’re paid $772.60 per week for one 12 months.
Australian Greens spokesperson for the humanities Senator Sarah Hanson-Younger joined NSW Senate candidate David Shoebridge in Sydney to launch the inventive funding initiative on Saturday.
Senator Hanson-Younger stated it’s crucial Australia wouldn’t lose a era of creatives because of the pandemic and the continued failure to help the sector by the federal authorities:
Guaranteeing artists obtain a residing wage will deliver stability to a sector that has been left behind by the Morrison authorities. The humanities are a core a part of Australian tradition and contribute a lot to our financial system. We should do every little thing we are able to to ensure our artists can proceed creating.
The Morrison authorities has handled the humanities sector and inventive employees with contempt, like a bunch of philistines who dismiss the general public good of the humanities however love belting out tunes from their favorite artists.
International locations like France and Eire are efficiently working applications to present artists a residing wage. Australia ought to do the identical. The humanities helped us all get by means of lockdowns and now it’s time we’re there for them.
The Artists Wage is a part of the Greens’ complete Creative Australia coverage to revive and safe our arts and inventive business, together with an Artists in Residence program which can see an artist in each college and library throughout the nation to additionally drive arts jobs and mentorship.
Lanai Scarr is the federal political reporter on the West Australian. She’s at a morning tea with the PM:
PM @ScottMorrisonMP is now at a morning tea with candidate for Pearce Linda Aitken. Not an excessively big prove and apparently the Liberal Occasion despatched a message to supporters yesterday morning asking if they might come alongside to try to increase numbers #auspol pic.twitter.com/LIoFnmzl1B
— Lanai Scarr (@lanai_scarr) May 7, 2022
Weirdly, each Linda and the PM are speaking up the truth that she has “been married to the identical man for 44-years” and that being “spectacular”. Undecided why that’s related to if she’s going to be a superb MP 🤷🏼♀️ #auspol
— Lanai Scarr (@lanai_scarr) May 7, 2022
Additionally, pleasant reminder, Pearce is Christian Porter’s former seat. Held on a margin of 5.2 per cent 👀
— Lanai Scarr (@lanai_scarr) May 7, 2022
WA data six deaths and 9,243 new instances
WA has recorded six extra historic deaths to Covid – relationship again to April 28.
They’re two girls of their 90s, a girl in her 100s, a person and girl of their 80s and a girl in her 70s.
There are actually 51,860 lively recognized instances within the state.
There are actually 275 instances at the moment in hospital, and 11 of these are within the ICU.
SA data two Covid deaths
South Australia has reported two Covid deaths in a single day, with 3,304 new instances. There are 214 folks in hospital with Covid-19, 13 in ICU and one ventilated.
Reporter: Marise Payne has met along with her counterpart from the Solomon Islands in Brisbane. Are you happy about this? And are you involved that Labor didn’t have a seat on the desk?
Albanese:
I feel it could have been applicable. I don’t know the circumstances of whether or not Marise Payne invited the shadow international minister, given we’re in caretaker mode. They might have been applicable.
Reporter: I do know costings shall be launched, however will the deficit be larger than that of the Coalition?
Albanese:
All of our costings shall be launched. However can I say that report, that report that I did see within the paper, I don’t know what it’s based mostly on, it actually isn’t based mostly upon feedback from the finance shadow minister or the shadow treasurer.
