Australian PM announces new fund for outback housing

STORY: Australian PM announces new fund for outback housing SHOOTING TIME: March 14, 2024 DATELINE: March 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an Australian apartment 2. various of an Australian community street STORYLINE: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled a new multi-billion-dollar fund to build new homes in outback Indigenous communities. Albanese on Tuesday announced a joint 4 billion Australian dollar (2.6 billion U.S. dollar) investment from the federal and Northern Territory (NT) governments over the next 10 years for housing in remote communities across the NT. Under the scheme, the government estimates that 270 new homes will be built every year, following on from a previous agreement that has built 650 homes in 73 remote NT communities since 2018. Albanese said in a statement that the funding would help achieve the goals of the Closing the Gap framework, a government strategy to reduce Indigenous disadvantages. In

Australian PM concedes defeat in Indigenous Voice referendum, vows continued efforts to address Indigenous disadvantages

STORY: Australian PM concedes defeat in Indigenous Voice referendum, vows continued efforts to address Indigenous disadvantages DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:23 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of the Old Parliament voting station 2. various of the exterior of the voting station exit 3. various of Australian PM announcing referendum failure on television 4. various of television footage of the referendum results STORYLINE: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has conceded defeat in the country's landmark referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, and vowed continued efforts to address disadvantages faced by First Australians. Speaking in Canberra on Saturday night hours after polls closed, Albanese said it was clear a majority of Australians had voted against changing the constitution to establish an Indigenous advisory body to the federal parliament. "My fellow Australians, at the outset, I want to say that while tonight's result is no

Labor union asks gov't to secure employment of Nova teachers

Labor union asks gov't to secure employment of Nova teachers

TOKYO, Japan - A representative (L) of a labor union assisting teachers at scandal-hit English-language school Nova Corp. files a written demand directed at industry minister Akira Amari at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 9, asking the government to take action to secure the teachers' employment and prevent further disadvantages to students.

Labor union asks gov't to secure employment of Nova teachers

Labor union asks gov't to secure employment of Nova teachers

TOKYO, Japan - A representative (L) of a labor union assisting teachers at scandal-hit English-language school Nova Corp. files a written demand directed at industry minister Akira Amari at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 9, asking the government to take action to secure the teachers' employment and prevent further disadvantages to students. (Kyodo)