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Detective superintendent says alleged incident not a reflection on the individual community, but society in general. Follow the day’s news liveFull report: Teenager charged with murder after 10-year-old girl allegedly stabbed to death in NSW homeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast‘This absolutely is a national crisis’: Ed Husic on violence against womenEd Husic also spoke about measures the government is taking to address violence against women, following national rallies at the weekend.I think the bigger thing is, as a nation, you are seeing people say that they don’t accept, won’t accept and shouldn’t accept the continuing violence that’s leading to death with women, and that men need to take accountability and stand up on this.This absolutely is a national crisis. Too many women have not only lost their lives this year but in previous years as well, every year I recall my colleague, the member for Newcastle, Sharon Clayton, who reads the names of women who have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence in the parliament and it is a shameful roll call and we all need to step up.This is a firm that [had] its start effectively in the work that was done by its co-founders at the University of Queensland, Professor Jeremy O’Brien in particular – some of his work is the most cited in quantum research on the planet.They left our shores, because effectively they didn’t think we had an interest or a desire to back this type of technology. They have now set up a firm considered a global front-runner in the race to build the world’s first fault-tolerant computer. These Australians want to come home to ensure that we can become a tech manufacturing powerhouse now. It is huge. Continue reading...
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‘This absolutely is a national crisis’: Ed Husic on violence against women
Ed Husic also spoke about measures the government is taking to address violence against women, following national rallies at the weekend.
I think the bigger thing is, as a nation, you are seeing people say that they don’t accept, won’t accept and shouldn’t accept the continuing violence that’s leading to death with women, and that men need to take accountability and stand up on this.
This absolutely is a national crisis. Too many women have not only lost their lives this year but in previous years as well, every year I recall my colleague, the member for Newcastle, Sharon Clayton, who reads the names of women who have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence in the parliament and it is a shameful roll call and we all need to step up.
This is a firm that [had] its start effectively in the work that was done by its co-founders at the University of Queensland, Professor Jeremy O’Brien in particular – some of his work is the most cited in quantum research on the planet.
They left our shores, because effectively they didn’t think we had an interest or a desire to back this type of technology. They have now set up a firm considered a global front-runner in the race to build the world’s first fault-tolerant computer. These Australians want to come home to ensure that we can become a tech manufacturing powerhouse now. It is huge. Continue reading...
