The people of the electorate of Cook vote in Saturday’s byelection just as Scott Morrison,the MHR who represented them for 17 years,has his reputation as prime minister tarnished once again.
The businesswoman and lawyer was the first female AFL commissioner and was previously the president of Chief Executive Women.
The potential appointment of an Indigenous governor-general could heal some of the wounds still raw from last year’s Voice referendum.
This year’s Australia Day honours list celebrates the contribution of universities and academics to the nation.
Long criticised for being dominated by men,the Order of Australia has achieved gender parity for the first time,but Governor-General David Hurley says lifting Indigenous and multicultural representation in the honours system is next.
David Hurley,the first governor-general to attend a coronation in a century,says he was taken aback by the personal nature of the service.
Putting names to faces in photos of Australian soldiers who served as peacekeepers or went to war is crucial if their service is to be honoured,say veterans and historians.
The Legacy Centenary Torch Relay will start journey just before Anzac Day in Pozieres,France,the site of a World War I battlefield.
The ex-PM’s secrecy meant the parliament was kept in the dark,so the House of Representatives will want its say. It has censured MPs for less.
At Senate estimates,David Hurley’s official secretary said it was up to the Morrison government to publicise the ex-PM’s five extra departments.
“In an age of performative celebrity,the Queen embodied quiet dignity,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the late monarch’s official memorial service in Canberra.