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Friday, 9 November 2018
The PM addressed a Lifeline lunch. [Full Text]
Bill Shorten committed $7.6m to upgrade a Perth hospital. [Full Text]
The Go8 welcomed the MRFF Research and Innovation Priorities for 2018 - 2020 (see yesterday's Third Edition). [Full Text]
The TGA issued a presentation to the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association. [Full Text]
The ACCC proposes to allow the Rural Doctors Association to negotiate contracts with hospitals and health facilities on behalf of rural doctors. [Full Text]
The AMA issued a submission on mandatory reporting. [Full Text]
Minister Cormann discussed the Liberal leadership change and Indonesian relations on Sky. [Full Text]
Bill Shorten discussed a Perth hospital project, GST distribution, trade/Indonesia, and diesel fuel rebate policy, former PM Turnbull and the NSW Opposition leader at a doorstop. [Full Text]
Minister Tehan announced grants totaling $2.7m under the Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme. [Full Text]
Minister Payne and her Mexican, Indonesian, Korean and Turkish counterparts welcomed the third Inter-Korean Summit in September. [Full Text]
Shadow frontbenchers Marles and Dreyfus congratulated Brigadier Cheryl Pearce on her appointment as Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (see Second Edition) [Full Text]
Minister Fawcett addressed the Defence Teaming Centre awards. [Full Text]
CA Senator Patrick called on the Government and Minister Pyne to mandate SA as the build location of a new humanitarian and disaster relief vessel. [Full Text]
AiGroup's Defence Council has signed MOUs with the Defence Teaming Centre and Australian Industry and Defence Network. [Full Text]
The Lowy issued 'Decoupling from China: cutting the Gordian Knot'. [Full Text]
The Lowy issued 'Modi and Abe: judgement waits on India-Japan ties'. [Full Text]
Infrastructure Partnerships Oz issued its submission to a Senate committee inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Foreign Investors Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2018 and related Bills. [Full Text]
The Lowy issued 'PNG and APEC: who gets to keep the Maseratis?' [Full Text]
ASPI issued 'Morrison's Pacific pivot'. [Full Text]
INDIGENOUS / NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Minister Scullion said the Mirrar people have won native title over the Jabiru area of the NT. [Full Text]
Ministers Fletcher and Landry announced $4.13m for the Migration Council, Centre for Multicultural Youth and the Settlement Council. [Full Text]
The Grattan issued 'The (reassuring) truth about retirement incomes'. [Full Text]
AGRICULTURE / INNOVATION / TRADE
Minister Littleproud thanked outgoing AWI chair Merriman. [Full Text]
Minister Henderson said the Government will partner with the disability sector to support the 2018 National Awards for Disability Leadership on 3/12. [Full Text]
Shadow Minister Brown said the Government must answer for scrapping the National Disability Awards. [Full Text]
Shadow Minister O'Connor said reports today that Foodora used sham independent contracting exposes the Government's failure to deal with changing nature of the labour market. [Full Text]
AiGroup said a current court case does not reduce the need for urgent legislative intervention to prevent double-dipping claims by employees who have been paid a casual loading. [Full Text]
EDUCATION / RELIGION / JUSTICE
Greens Senator Rice said Labor and Liberal must commit to supporting her Bill to remove discrimination in schools. [Full Text]
ACECQA said from January 2020 providers will need to have a second early childhood teacher or 'suitably qualified person' in attendance when 60 or more children are being cared for. [Full Text]
The ACCC has instituted proceedings against Captain Cook College alleging conduct in breach of Consumer Law. [Full Text]
CA Senator Patrick expressed concern for Witness K and Bernard Collaery following an ACT Magistrate's ruling. [Full Text]
The AER invited submissions on development of default market offer prices to help ensure fairer electricity prices. [Full Text]
The AER invited comment on a draft decision paper on forecasting operating expenditure productivity growth for electricity distributors. [Full Text]
Infrastructure Partnerships Oz issued submissions to the AER review of the rate of return guideline for regulated energy network businesses. [Full Text]
Infrastructure Partnerships Oz issued its submission to DEE on underwriting new generation investments. [Full Text]
AGRICULTURE / ANIMAL HEALTH / COMMERCE
The ACCC proposes to grant authorisation to AgStewardship to continue to collect a levy on the sale of agricultural and veterinary chemicals. [Full Text]
Animal Medicines Oz issued a newsletter. [Full Text]
BIOSECURITY / AGRICULTURE / ENVIRONMENT
Plant Health Oz issued information from workshops to prepare for spotted wing drosophila. [Full Text]
Plant Health Oz issued information on a project to develop a plant pest surveillance network in Australia's botanic gardens and arboreta. [Full Text]
The ABF said a Japanese man has been charged for attempting to smuggle six bobtail lizards out of Australia. [Full Text]
ASPI issued 'Australia's space future: where to next on the final frontier?' [Full Text]
BITRE issued 'Vision Zero-years with zero road crash fatalities'. [Full Text]
AiGroup's Performance of Construction Index declined by 2.9 points to 46.4 in October. [Full Text]
The ADC issued information on wire ropes, ammonium nitrate, aluminium extrusions and structural sections. [Full Text]
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