Speaker 1: The Prime Minister's praise what he believes are Australia's multicultural
Speaker 1: credentials during a speech in Victoria. Ans Iny alban Easy
Speaker 1: was addressing the Victorian Business Excellence Awards gala in Melbourne,
Speaker 1: and he said Australia has always been multicultural.
Speaker 2: The fact is that we are a multicultural nation and
Speaker 2: we are proud of it. Multiculturalism is indeed part of
Speaker 2: the bedrock of our future social and economic success. The
Speaker 2: proposition that somehow we can return to a time that
Speaker 2: in fact never was there is indeed entirely inappropriate, because
Speaker 2: Australia has always been multicultural.
Speaker 1: The speech follows months of debate about Australia's migration levels.
Speaker 1: The Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke only last week abruptly
Speaker 1: can a National Press Club speech, reportedly because of the
Speaker 1: deep divisions within the Labour Party about its immigration policy.
Speaker 1: Two cases of H five bird flow have been confirmed
Speaker 1: in native birds in New South Wales for the first time.
Speaker 1: The two greater crested turns were found separately, one on
Speaker 1: the south coast and the other in the states far southwest.
Speaker 1: Experts have already warned of a tsunami of cases. Members
Speaker 1: of the public reporting the sickly birds to the state's
Speaker 1: emergency Animal Disease hotline, and it takes the total confirmed
Speaker 1: cases across the state to four, while there are two
Speaker 1: hundred and fifteen nationwide, most of them in South Australia.
Speaker 1: New South Wales politicians, parties, candidates and associated entities will
Speaker 1: soon be under obligation to disclose donations or gifts totaling
Speaker 1: up to one thousand dollars weekly. The new seven day
Speaker 1: rule coming into effect from October and it will apply
Speaker 1: up until next year's state election in March. New South
Speaker 1: Wales's Electoral Commission is shortening the previous twenty one day
Speaker 1: reporting rule for greater transparency. Politicians and parties will still
Speaker 1: have six months to report any donations four periods outside
Speaker 1: an election. New South Wales Premier Chris Mins is arguing
Speaker 1: his case against WA over plans to poach the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty eight NRL Grand Final from Sydney. A date conflict
Speaker 1: between the climax to the NRL season and a visit
Speaker 1: by Pope Leo in Sydney on the same day as
Speaker 1: cast doubt on whether the city can host both events.
Speaker 1: WA's Premier Roger Cooks says his government will go hard
Speaker 1: at trying to get the Grand Final moved out West,
Speaker 1: sources close to the government there confirming it will offer
Speaker 1: twenty million dollars to stage the decider. The New South
Speaker 1: Wales premier telling the Sunday Telegraph he doesn't want us
Speaker 1: to turn this into a holy war, but he has
Speaker 1: warned Perth to back off. The desthold from a school
Speaker 1: shooting in Thailand has risen to eight after a twelve
Speaker 1: year old girl died in hospital. On Friday, a fourteen
Speaker 1: year old pupil opened fire at a school northwest of
Speaker 1: Bangkok before taking his own life. Five school staff members,
Speaker 1: including teachers and administrators, were amongst those who died in
Speaker 1: the shooting. Thailand's Health Ministry has now confirmed the death
Speaker 1: of a twelve year old girl who passed away from
Speaker 1: her injuries in hospital