Key Posts 2.49pm Victorian premier tears up on fuel price impacts By Rachel Eddie
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has welled up while speaking about the distress that the fuel shock was having on already struggling households.
Allan was announcing a $2.7 million food relief package this morning to organisations like Foodbank, to help them deal with increasing costs and demand. Foodbank’s demand went up 6 per cent in March.
The pressures of the global oil shock are showing in Victoria. Wayne Taylor “Let’s remember, behind each one of those statistics is a real family. There’s a single mum going without a meal. There’s a tradie going without a meal. This hurts. This hurts real people,” Allan said.
“And yes, you’ll all no doubt comment that it makes me emotional. It does. It really does. Because I hear every day when I’m out in my community of Bendigo or as premier of Victoria, I hear and see this every day, and people are frustrated and people are angry … which is why I’m going to channel my energy and emotion into providing real relief and real support.”
2.33pm ‘Feeble half-measures’: Independent says partial gambling ad bans proven not to work By Brittany Busch
Independent MP Kate Chaney has labelled the gambling reforms announced by Anthony Albanese in his National Press Club speech this afternoon “feeble half-measures.”
Chaney sat on the committee that recommended an ad ban after holding an inquiry into gambling harm, and has been lobbying the government to respond to the report which has sat unanswered for more than 1000 days.
Independent MP Kate Chaney has lobbied for the government to respond to the report. Alex Ellinghausen “The changes proposed continue to put the onus on the individual, rather than treating this as a public health issue, as recommended by the report,” Chaney said.
“That is exactly what the gambling companies want – if you fail to work out how to opt out of gambling ads online, it’s on you. It’s not an equal playing field for vulnerable Australians being preyed upon by sophisticated multinationals that profit from the harm they do.”
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