Queensland parliament’s vote to kill legislated renewables targets decried as ‘plain stupidity’. Follow the latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has said the federal government needs to do more to address Indigenous deaths in custody and stop “handballing” to states and territories after a damning report found more Indigenous people died in custody last year than any year since 1980. Thorpe spoke to ABC News this morning, saying the recommendations from a royal commission completed in 1991 have still not been implemented. She said: There’s no appetite at the federal level to do anything about it. They continue to handball to states and territories but we need national oversight, we need a whole unit … to look at these recommendations and start implementing them. States and territories are using us to score political points coming up to elections and scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to so-called ‘being tough on crime’. Continue reading...
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Australia news live: Queensland repeals renewables targets; households now need to earn more than $112,000 a year for median rental house
Australian news includes Queensland's parliament repealing legislated renewable energy targets, a move criticized as detrimental. Additionally, a report indicates that Australian households now require an income exceeding $112,000 annually to afford the median rental house.
Nick VisserThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2025-12-10 · 22:50 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Australian news includes Queensland's parliament repealing legislated renewable energy targets, a move criticized as detrimental. Additionally, a report indicates that Australian households now require an income exceeding $112,000 annually to afford the median rental house. Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe is urging the federal government to take more responsibility in addressing Indigenous deaths in custody. Thorpe argues that the government is failing to implement recommendations from a 1991 royal commission and instead deferring the issue to states and territories. She calls for national oversight and a dedicated unit to address the problem.
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More Indigenous people died in custody last year than any year since 1980.
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Households now need to earn more than $112,000 a year for median rental house.
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Queensland parliament voted to kill legislated renewables targets.
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Recommendations from a royal commission completed in 1991 have still not been implemented.
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There’s no appetite at the federal level to do anything about it.
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