This video is a recording of the ABC News in Melbourne on Thursday, April 8, 1982.
On that day, Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, in office for 6 years and 5 months, beat off a challenge from his former Foreign Minister, Andrew Peacock. Fraser defeated Peacock by 54 votes to 27 in the Liberal partyroom. Treasurer John Howard was chosen as deputy leader, replacing Phillip Lynch.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt today announced a $1.7 billion agreement for the supply and production of more than 80 million vaccine doses.
“Australia needs some hope today,” Morrison said when announcing the agreement at a Canberra press conference.
The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and senior ministers Josh Frydenberg and Greg Hunt have criticised COVID-19 measures announced today by the Victorian government as “hard and crushing news”.
Whilst generally supportive of measures to rid Victoria of the virus, the three men said that “the proposed roadmap will come at a further economic cost.”
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a “roadmap” out of the current COVID-19 restrictions.
The Stage 4 restrictions introduced a month ago, and scheduled to end next weekend, will be extended for another two weeks. The curfew that came into force a month ago has been extended until the end of October, although it will now apply from 9pm until 5am.
The National Cabinet met today via videolink.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison released this statement on National Cabinet discussions and decisions.
Later, Morrison held a press conference to outline the National Cabinet discussions.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison held a press conference in Canberra today, following a video meeting of the National Cabinet.
WhitlamDismissal.com, the companion site to AustralianPolitics, has just published another of the Palace Letters from the Whitlam government’s time in office.
A developing series, each letter will be progressively published with annotations and explanations.
These documents from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Reserve Bank of Australia clearly show the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian economy in a range of areas.
The document was issued with the publication of economic data showing that Australia’s economic growth declined by 7% in the last quarter, officially putting Australia in recession.
Both documents can be enlarged to full screen and may also be downloaded.
The recession Australia knew it was in was finally confirmed today, with the release of economic growth figures showing a 7% decline in growth over the past quarter, the largest single quarter decline since The Great Depression of the 1930s.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg held a press conference at 1pm today to lay out the economic data and the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian economy.
Watch Frydenberg’s press conference (46m):
Kristy McBain has delivered her first speech to the House of Representatives, following her election as the ALP member for Eden-Monaro at a by-election on July 4, 2020.