
Kate Ashton
Journalist at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
👋 journalist with @abcnews in Melbourne via NT. Views my own. [email protected] / Signal (+61) 428 890 622. She/her
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova |Kate Ashton
A number of Victorians have told a truth-telling inquiry their schooling lacked depth when learning about First Nations history. They are calling for changes to the curriculum to teach the findings from the Yoorrook Justice Commission including settlement and its impacts on First Peoples. The Yoorrook Justice Commission will hand down its report next month and is expected to include more than 100 recommendations, and advice on better teaching methods.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Kate Ashton |Madi Chwasta
In the progressive stronghold city of Melbourne, the Greens were hopeful that by now, they might finally be celebrating winning a second Victorian seat in the federal lower house. Instead, 15-year local member and party leader Adam Bandt is out of a job after Labor's Sarah Whitty claimed the formerly "safe" Greens inner-city seat of Melbourne.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Kate Ashton
On a blue-sky day at a shopping strip in Melbourne's inner south-east, Ripponlea resident Tom is unwavering about voting Green in the upcoming federal election. Tom will vote in the electorate of Macnamara, which spans inner-city suburbs south and south-east of Melbourne's CBD, including Port Melbourne, Albert Park, St Kilda and down to Ripponlea and Caulfield at its southern boundary.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Kate Ashton
Teal MP for Goldstein Zoe Daniel will attempt to win a second term in the bayside Melbourne seat. Former Liberal MP for the electorate, Tim Wilson, is fighting to seize it back for the conservative side of politics. Some voters who spoke to the ABC said climate change, crime and cost-of-living were among the topics they wanted to see addressed. For Sarah, juggling life as a mother of two young kids doesn't leave much time for politics.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Kate Ashton
Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer is hoping to win the seat of Kooyong in Melbourne's east from teal independent Monique Ryan. While Dr Ryan won the seat from the Liberals in 2022 by 2.9 per cent, it's predicted the margin will be closer this election due to boundary redistributions. Kooyong voters told the ABC that cost-of-living would be front of mind when casting their vote, though several still hadn't made up their mind.
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