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Bushmaster missile launchers with a range of 250 kilometres could soon be in place across the Top End

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Who in management thought this would be a good idea politically speaking

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Commonwealth Bank's major backflip on controversial $3 fee: 'Really unfair'

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Australia has broken ranks with the United States in its voting alignment at the United Nations as three key resolutions on a Palestinian statehood were put to members on Wednesday.
The first and most significant motion was on the creation of a permanent and “irreversible pathway” to a Palestinian state to coexist with Israel.

Australia voted for the “peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” along with 156 other nations, with eight voting against, including the US, Hungary, Argentina and Israel, and seven nations abstaining.

On the second motion, which pertained to Palestinian representation at the United Nations, Australia abstained.

Contrary to anticipations, Australia voted against the third motion to condemn Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights.

Australia’s UN Ambassador James Larsen said a two-state solution was the “only hope” for lasting peace.

“Our vote today, reflects our determination that the international community again work together towards this goal,” he said.

“To that end, we welcome the resolution’s confirmation, that a high level conference be convened in 2025 aimed at the implementation of a two-state solution for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.”

Sky News senior political reporter Trudy McIntosh said it was a “stark contrast” to the US’ remarks at the conference.

The US ambassador said the resolutions were “one sided” and would not advance enduring peace in the region.

“They only perpetuate long standing divisions at a moment when we urgently need to work together,” the US representative said in a statement.

Liberal Senator and former Israel ambassador Dave Sharma said Australia’s drift from supporting the Jewish state in lockstep with the US was “disgraceful”.

Mr Sharma said he thought the fundamental cause for Australia’s shift in voting was due to the “growing domestic political movement” which was targeting the government’s support for Israel.

“People who are now saying Israel should withdraw from the occupied territories will remember Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. They’ve out of there for almost 20 years. What do they get in return? They got Hamas,” he said.

“They got the terrorist attacks of the 7th of October. They got a huge amount of insecurity, which is she talking massive conflict in the Middle East because of that indulgence of fantasy, this idea that you could just hand the case to someone and it didn't matter who.

“This is quite a dangerous mindset to be pursuing. It's the triumph of utopianism over reality.”

Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley said the government’s stance on Palestine could “make a difference” to the US, Australia’s strongest ally.

“How is this not rewarding terrorists at this point in time?” Ms Ley said.

“This fight is not going to make any difference to peace in the Middle East, but it could make a difference to our relationship with the US, our strongest ally.”

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said there was “no doubt there will be divisions” with US president-elect Donald Trump in the coming years if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is re-elected.

"There's no doubt there's going to be some divisions there and Donald Trump, in his first phone call, said, 'we're going to have the perfect friendship', or it's going to be a friendship with a lot of a lot of tensions in it," he said.

"If Albanese is re-elected, that first Trump meeting, that will be a hell of a trip to go on, I've got to say, because anything could basically happen."

Clennell said the Israel-Palestine matter could become an election issue, despite foreign policy usually being bipartisan in Australia.

"If you look at the juxtaposition between Peter Dutton travelling to see Benjamin Netanyahu and the Australian government backing a court which says it would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he came here, it really is extraordinary stuff," Clennell said.

<div class="md">Australia has broken ranks with the United States in its voting alignment at the United Nations as three key resolutions on a Palestinian statehood were put to members on Wednesday.
The first and most significant motion was on the creation of a permanent and “irreversible pathway” to a Palestinian state to coexist with Israel.

Australia voted for the “peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” along with 156 other nations, with eight voting against, including the US, Hungary, Argentina and Israel, and seven nations abstaining.

On the second motion, which pertained to Palestinian representation at the United Nations, Australia abstained.

Contrary to anticipations, Australia voted against the third motion to condemn Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights.

Australia’s UN Ambassador James Larsen said a two-state solution was the “only hope” for lasting peace.

“Our vote today, reflects our determination that the international community again work together towards this goal,” he said.

“To that end, we welcome the resolution’s confirmation, that a high level conference be convened in 2025 aimed at the implementation of a two-state solution for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.”

Sky News senior political reporter Trudy McIntosh said it was a “stark contrast” to the US’ remarks at the conference.

The US ambassador said the resolutions were “one sided” and would not advance enduring peace in the region.

“They only perpetuate long standing divisions at a moment when we urgently need to work together,” the US representative said in a statement.

Liberal Senator and former Israel ambassador Dave Sharma said Australia’s drift from supporting the Jewish state in lockstep with the US was “disgraceful”.

Mr Sharma said he thought the fundamental cause for Australia’s shift in voting was due to the “growing domestic political movement” which was targeting the government’s support for Israel.

“People who are now saying Israel should withdraw from the occupied territories will remember Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. They’ve out of there for almost 20 years. What do they get in return? They got Hamas,” he said.

“They got the terrorist attacks of the 7th of October. They got a huge amount of insecurity, which is she talking massive conflict in the Middle East because of that indulgence of fantasy, this idea that you could just hand the case to someone and it didn&#39;t matter who.

“This is quite a dangerous mindset to be pursuing. It&#39;s the triumph of utopianism over reality.”

Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley said the government’s stance on Palestine could “make a difference” to the US, Australia’s strongest ally.

“How is this not rewarding terrorists at this point in time?” Ms Ley said.

“This fight is not going to make any difference to peace in the Middle East, but it could make a difference to our relationship with the US, our strongest ally.”

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said there was “no doubt there will be divisions” with US president-elect Donald Trump in the coming years if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is re-elected.

&quot;There&#39;s no doubt there&#39;s going to be some divisions there and Donald Trump, in his first phone call, said, &#39;we&#39;re going to have the perfect friendship&#39;, or it&#39;s going to be a friendship with a lot of a lot of tensions in it,&quot; he said.

&quot;If Albanese is re-elected, that first Trump meeting, that will be a hell of a trip to go on, I&#39;ve got to say, because anything could basically happen.&quot;

Clennell said the Israel-Palestine matter could become an election issue, despite foreign policy usually being bipartisan in Australia.

&quot;If you look at the juxtaposition between Peter Dutton travelling to see Benjamin Netanyahu and the Australian government backing a court which says it would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he came here, it really is extraordinary stuff,&quot; Clennell said.
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Australia votes for Palestinian statehood pathway at the UN, breaking ranks with key ally United States

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97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report

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Interesting article on the decline of radio and its effects on the Aussie music scene 

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Where are the uni kids now? Where are the protests? Oh wait, they only protests against the Jews 🤦‍♀️

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Adam Bandt pushes for formal power-sharing deal with Anthony Albanese in case of minority election

From the vault: Warne's 8-71 at the Gabba

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Inevitable. Anything else would have been a scandal.

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NSW cop who tasered 95-year-old sacked after guilty verdict

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Kristian White removed from NSW Police Force after guilty manslaughter verdict

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Did you barbecue a steak that looked like a map of Australia or did you climb Mt Kosciusko?

Most of all did you have a good weekend?

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What did you get up to this past week and weekend?

Share it here in the comments or a standalone post.

Did you barbecue a steak that looked like a map of Australia or did you climb Mt Kosciusko?

Most of all did you have a good weekend?
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Thousands of Australian students have been told their qualifications will be cancelled in an unprecedented government crackdown following the closure of three colleges accused of issuing fake diplomas.
Experts say legitimate students in areas such as childcare and disability services have been caught up in the saga and are probably unaware their qualifications have been cancelled.

The regulator, Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), said the college closures and cancellations were made in the interest of public safety because former students may be working with vulnerable people without proper training.
Over the past month, it has cancelled the registration of three colleges and issued notices of intent to cancel 17,000 students’ qualifications issued by the institutions.

The three vocational education colleges – Luvium, Gills College and International Institute of Education and Training PTY (IIET) – advertised campuses in capital cities including Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.

The affected qualifications predominantly cover care industries and include early childhood education, disability support, aged care, community services and first aid.

Consultant and former vocational education sector regulator Claire Field said the move was unprecedented.
“In a way it’s good – we don’t want untrained people out there – but on the other hand how on earth have so many thousands of students been so badly trained over the last few years and the regulator has not been aware?” she said.

“Some of them are presumably legitimate students, and they’ve walked away with nothing.”
The government has been vocal about cracking down on dodgy “ghost” colleges which recruit international students who come to the country to work instead of study. However, of the colleges shut down only Gills was registered to teach foreign students.

ASQA said its investigations found the three colleges issued qualifications without providing appropriate training or proper assessment.
The regulator said the decisions to cancel qualifications issued by Luvium were made in the interest of public safety and the people who “rely on appropriately qualified staff”.

The students were given only seven days to argue they should not have their qualifications cancelled. ASQA said this was necessary given the public safety risks.
“These individuals hold a variety of qualifications across individual support, early childhood education and care, community services and first aid and may be working with vulnerable people,” a spokesman said.

In relation to Luvium, the spokesman said it received submissions from 780 of the 7360 former students in the seven-day response period.
As of Friday, the regulator had decided to cancel 7358 qualifications, and the remaining two were still being considered.
For the other two colleges, the seven-day period during which students can object to their cancellation has not yet expired.

The regulator’s spokesman said it was committed to lifting quality and integrity across the VET sector, saying there was “no place for any provider who seeks to undermine the sector or exploit students”.
He said since ASQA launched a VET hotline on October 4, it has received more than 2800 tip-offs with more than half “providing actionable intelligence”.

Its investigations and enforcement team is managing more than 200 serious matters relating to 179 providers.
There are 23 ongoing investigations into training providers, most of which relate to misleading advertising practices and qualification fraud.

“In the case of Luvium, its registration was cancelled because, among other things, ASQA found that it issued qualifications without appropriate training or competency-based assessment by qualified assessors,” the spokesman said.
“The registration of Gills College was cancelled because it issued qualifications and statements of attainment without adequate assessment, and did not ensure students had successfully satisfied all requirements prior to issuing VET certification.
“IIET’s registration was cancelled because it had issued qualifications without appropriate training or competency-based assessment by qualified assessors.”

Field said the regulator needed to explain why the training of the cancelled providers was so bad that students’ qualifications had to be cancelled, while other colleges have had their registration cancelled without students being affected.

“I am surprised because it’s a big change from their previous approach over a number of years, that this is a measure of last resort,” she said.
“To see them use it so frequently with such large numbers in such a short space of time signals a change in their regulatory approach that hasn’t been communicated to the sector.”
Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia chief executive Troy Williams said the group supported the action taken against “substandard providers” and backed ongoing action to protect students and the sector’s reputation.
“We continue to engage with ASQA and departmental staff extensively to ensure that students get the right advice about what’s happening and their options. This work is ongoing,” he said.

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Thousands of Australian students have been told their qualifications will be cancelled in an unprecedented government crackdown following the closure of three colleges accused of issuing fake diplomas.
Experts say legitimate students in areas such as childcare and disability services have been caught up in the saga and are probably unaware their qualifications have been cancelled.

The regulator, Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), said the college closures and cancellations were made in the interest of public safety because former students may be working with vulnerable people without proper training.
Over the past month, it has cancelled the registration of three colleges and issued notices of intent to cancel 17,000 students’ qualifications issued by the institutions.

The three vocational education colleges – Luvium, Gills College and International Institute of Education and Training PTY (IIET) – advertised campuses in capital cities including Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.

The affected qualifications predominantly cover care industries and include early childhood education, disability support, aged care, community services and first aid.

Consultant and former vocational education sector regulator Claire Field said the move was unprecedented.
“In a way it’s good – we don’t want untrained people out there – but on the other hand how on earth have so many thousands of students been so badly trained over the last few years and the regulator has not been aware?” she said.

“Some of them are presumably legitimate students, and they’ve walked away with nothing.”
The government has been vocal about cracking down on dodgy “ghost” colleges which recruit international students who come to the country to work instead of study. However, of the colleges shut down only Gills was registered to teach foreign students.

ASQA said its investigations found the three colleges issued qualifications without providing appropriate training or proper assessment.
The regulator said the decisions to cancel qualifications issued by Luvium were made in the interest of public safety and the people who “rely on appropriately qualified staff”.

The students were given only seven days to argue they should not have their qualifications cancelled. ASQA said this was necessary given the public safety risks.
“These individuals hold a variety of qualifications across individual support, early childhood education and care, community services and first aid and may be working with vulnerable people,” a spokesman said.

In relation to Luvium, the spokesman said it received submissions from 780 of the 7360 former students in the seven-day response period.
As of Friday, the regulator had decided to cancel 7358 qualifications, and the remaining two were still being considered.
For the other two colleges, the seven-day period during which students can object to their cancellation has not yet expired.

The regulator’s spokesman said it was committed to lifting quality and integrity across the VET sector, saying there was “no place for any provider who seeks to undermine the sector or exploit students”.
He said since ASQA launched a VET hotline on October 4, it has received more than 2800 tip-offs with more than half “providing actionable intelligence”.

Its investigations and enforcement team is managing more than 200 serious matters relating to 179 providers.
There are 23 ongoing investigations into training providers, most of which relate to misleading advertising practices and qualification fraud.

“In the case of Luvium, its registration was cancelled because, among other things, ASQA found that it issued qualifications without appropriate training or competency-based assessment by qualified assessors,” the spokesman said.
“The registration of Gills College was cancelled because it issued qualifications and statements of attainment without adequate assessment, and did not ensure students had successfully satisfied all requirements prior to issuing VET certification.
“IIET’s registration was cancelled because it had issued qualifications without appropriate training or competency-based assessment by qualified assessors.”

Field said the regulator needed to explain why the training of the cancelled providers was so bad that students’ qualifications had to be cancelled, while other colleges have had their registration cancelled without students being affected.

“I am surprised because it’s a big change from their previous approach over a number of years, that this is a measure of last resort,” she said.
“To see them use it so frequently with such large numbers in such a short space of time signals a change in their regulatory approach that hasn’t been communicated to the sector.”
Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia chief executive Troy Williams said the group supported the action taken against “substandard providers” and backed ongoing action to protect students and the sector’s reputation.
“We continue to engage with ASQA and departmental staff extensively to ensure that students get the right advice about what’s happening and their options. This work is ongoing,” he said.
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