Cait Kelly
Journalist at The Guardian Australia
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6 days ago |
theguardian.com | Cait Kelly
Next to the bed Steven Rieger spends most his life in is a framed print that says: “This is my happy place.” For him, it is – his small room on the eastern outskirts of Melbourne is covered in Collingwood paraphernalia and basked in warm light. Steven, 37, needs round-the-clock care. He lives with cerebral palsy, is nonverbal and suffers from seizures – natural light can trigger them so he spends almost all of his time in his room.
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6 days ago |
theguardian.com | Stephanie Convery |Cait Kelly
Two University of Melbourne students have been recommended for expulsion and two for suspension for taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration at the university’s Parkville campus last October. If the decisions are upheld, the students will become the first pro-Palestine student activists for whom suspension and expulsion have been enforced in Australia since the waves of student demonstrations against Israel’s assault on Gaza began in 2023.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Cait Kelly
For the first time, Victoria’s Greater Geelong has become Australia’s most popular regional town, ending a two-year winning streak from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The latest Regional Movers Index report shows in the 12 months to the March quarter, the Greater Geelong local government area had a 9.3% share of total net internal migration, compared with the Sunshine Coast’s 8.9%.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Cait Kelly
A soup kitchen that serves hundreds of meals each week to Sydney’s homeless community has been told at the last minute that they will not be able to set up during Vivid, leaving them nowhere else to go. The Alfresco Community Kitchen runs on Tuesdays and every second Sunday in Martin Place, next to the train station in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Cait Kelly
Sussan Ley wins vote for Liberal leadershipSussan Ley has won the leadership of the Liberal party, defeating Angus Taylor. She will be the first female leader in the position. More to come. Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGoing back to Government House for a hot second, where the new Labor ministry is being sworn in, new Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has again brought his massive family bible.
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With Tania Plibersek MP being appointed Minister of Social Services, she will confront the deep and complex problem of remediating hundreds of thousands of erroneously and unlawfully calculated welfare debts. The only way that prospect does not eventuate …