Australia

The federal government has announced an exciting opportunity for two young Indigenous Australian leaders to gain personal and professional experience in the workings of an international organisation by participating in a short-term placement at the United Nations Development Programme - Equator Initiative in New York.

LGBTI human rights organisations today welcomed the commencement of federal protections on the grounds of ‘sexual orientation’, ‘gender identity’, ‘intersex status’ and ‘marital or relationship status’. The new laws mean that from 1 August 2013 LGBTI Australians, who have been discriminated against on the basis of the new protected attributes, may take their complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission and ultimately the Federal Court.

Are you sick of how cheap groceries are? Longing for the day when the GST is expanded to include fresh food, bread and milk?

Don't you feel bad that some poor employer has to fork out for pesky penalty rates every time an employee works nights or weekends to, say – provide round the clock care for our elderly, or drive trains full of sports fans to and from footy games?

Maybe you lay awake at night fretting about how to reduce the corporate tax rate of Australia's most profitable companies?

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