Law firm Slater and Gordon says it is investigating the legality of Centrelink’s controversial Debt Recovery System but says it is only at the preliminary stages.
The firm’s Practice Group Leader, Tim Finney, told the Guardian it is too early to say what legal action they could take against centerlink, as their investigation is still in its early stages. The Australian Lawyers Association says it believes those wrongly targeted with debts could sue the government. Natural solution restores critical wetlands in North QueenslandCritical wetlands on farms in north Queensland's Burdekin region are being revived mimicking the natural cycle by drying them out and allowing nature to take its course.
A trial funded by the NQ Dry Tropics has killed invasive weed species, seen fish life flourish and restored vital habitat for native and migrant bird species NQ Dry Tropics is using $2 million in federal funding to improve the wetlands with five farmers in the region trialling the drying down method on their properties by capturing excess water before it enters their lagoons and using it elsewhere. Queensland sailor Lisa Blair sets off for world record attemptQueensland sailor Lisa Blair has left Western Australia’s south coast with the hope to go in the record books by becoming the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, nonstop and unassisted in less than 100 days.
Seen off by a large crowd in Albany, Ms Blair’s 16 thousand nautical-mile voyage passes by the world’s 3 most notorious capes, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn off the coast of Chile and Cape Agulhas off South Africa. Ms Blair hopes to break Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov's world record of 102 days, 35 minutes and 50 seconds. 5000 people take to the streets in Sydney to champion cause'sAbout 5,000 people took to the streets in Sydney to champion the cause of women and other groups, whose rights appear threatened by Donald Trump.
Local organiser, Ayebatonye Abrakasasays the event is not about Trump himself, rather it’s for all marginalised people to fight for our rights and to realise we can take action to change things Speakers included Sociology Professor Helen Meekosha, anti-Islamophobia campaigner Mariam Veiszadeh; and the Wiradjuri elder and Indigenous rights activist Jenny Munro. Thousands march against prison pardons in RomaniaThousands of Romanians took to the streets against their government’s proposed prisoner release plan, with critics saying it will reverse the anti-corruption fight.
On Sunday More than ten thousand gathered in Bucharest’s university square where they heard corruption critic and president Klaus Iohannis criticize the move saying it’s for politicians who want to weaken the state of the law. Prime minister, Sorin Grindeanu, wants to pass an emergency law to pardon prisoners, which his government says would ease prison overcrowding. Critics say it would help government allies convicted of corruption. Anitbody trial puts science a step closer to HIV vaccineA new study in the fight against HIV has shown that an antibody called 10-1074 is effective at neutralizing the virus, and is also safe for human use.
In the trial, the antibodies are highly potent and are able to effectively neutralize a large number of different HIV strains. Therefore, they play an important role in the quest for and development of an HIV vaccine," explained Dr. Florian Klein. The Antibody puts science a step closer to HIV vaccine with further trials for the antibody set to continue.