Within hours of the Indian Express report and statements from opposition leaders, the Election Commission put out a statement, external defending its way of working. “Differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution. They are a part of the decision-making process before a final decision is taken. “Not only the
Charles Perrottet has been accused of lying to the ICAC after giving differing accounts of why he texted Jean Nassif asking to pick up assistance for a preselection. Earlier today Perrottet told the commission he was misleading Nassif, and mentioned preselections as a way to encourage Nassif to pay his bills to Beckington. Perrottet said
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his new White House counsel will be Will Scharf, the staff secretary who as the Trump-appointed head of the National Capital Planning Commission helped secure approval for the $400 million ballroom project. Trump said that, beginning Sept. 1, Scharf will be replacing David Warrington, who will be leaving the administration to join the private
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has blamed rising rents and low wages on Labor’s migration policies in a sweeping attack on Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, as she accuses the government of planning to bring in an additional million migrants over the next four years. “Tony Burke isn’t cutting migration … Labor is lying again.
Matlala may be a central figure now, but he only came to public prominence three years ago when his name was mentioned in news reports about alleged irregularities in the tender at a state hospital, although he said he had nothing to do with the tender. What little is known about his early life is