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OLDER SHORTLAND RESIDENTS COULD WAIT MONTHS TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE

March 26, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the Shortland electorate is an absolute debacle.

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DEFICIENT CHINESE ALUMINIUM DELAYS NEW PATROL BOATS IN MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S LATEST DEFENCE PROJE...

March 24, 2021

The Morrison Government’s decision to use “materially deficient aluminium” reportedly imported from China has caused a significant delay to the launch of the Navy’s new Cape Class patrol boats.

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MORRISON GOVERNMENT MISMANAGEMENT MEANS DEFENCE CAPABILITIES MISSING IN ACTION WHILE COSTS BLOWOUT

March 24, 2021

New Defence budget papers have shown major declines in the availability of ships, helicopters, and planes between the October 2020 budget estimates and the February 2021 update.

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OFFSHORE PATROL BOATS ALREADY PLAGUED WITH ISSUES

March 24, 2021

The Navy’s new Offshore Patrol Vessels are just the latest capability facing significant delays due to the Morrison Government’s inability to manage Defence projects.

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COVID-19 ASSISTANCE CRITICAL FOR OUR NEAREST NEIGHBOUR

March 17, 2021

with SENATOR PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS LABOR SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA and MARK BUTLER MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGEING MEMBER FOR HINDMARSH Labor supports the Morrison Government’s announcement of new measures to assist Papua New Guinea in the wake of the sharp increase of COVID-19 cases in the Pacific nation.

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“CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER" GETS VAGUE AND SLOW RESPONSE

March 16, 2021

with SENATOR PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS LABOR SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA The Morrison Government must speed up and step up the support it is providing to Papua New Guinea, given the "clear and present danger" the growing COVID-19 crisis there presents.

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