Australian news and politics live: Anthony Albanese to unveil Government’s second term vision
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Monash IVF confirms second embryo transfer mishap
Monash IVF Group has been forced to disclose another incident in which they transferred the wrong embryo into a woman, just months after a similar incident was exposed.
In a statement released to the ASX on Tuesday, Monash Group advised that the incident involved transferring a patient’s own embryo to her, instead of inserting the embryo of her same-sex partner.
The Melbourne-based woman is now being supported by the reproductive giant.
“Monash IVF has extended its sincere apologies to the affected couple, and we continue to support them,” it said in a statement.
In a statement to the ASX, Monash IVF said the incident is being investigated and safeguards are being introduced.
‘Act of genocide’: Thorpe hits out at NT Government
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe claims the Northern Territory Government is allowing “genocide” to occur against Indigenous Australians in the wake of recent deaths in custody.
“The definition of genocide according to the Geneva Convention is causing harm to a group of people,” Senator Thorpe told ABC RN.
“The ongoing killings of our people in custody is ongoing harm of our people.
“The incarceration rates of our people, particularly in the Northern Territory, particularly of our children, is an act of genocide. The stealing of children and putting them in with white families is an act of genocide.
“So we meet all the definitions of genocide and I’ve certainly seen that over my time.”
Senator Thorpe has called for Federal intervention.
NSW Deputy Premier reveals breast cancer diagnosis
NSW Education Minister Prue Car has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be taking leave as she battles cancer again.
Ms Car, who is also NSW Deputy Premier, announced that she would be taking personal leave for an “undetermined period of time”.
“I have been diagnosed with breast cancer. This means that I’m going to have to have a little bit of time off.” Ms Car said in a video message on social media.
“I’m going to have to receive some pretty significant treatment, and in that period, there’ll be someone acting for me as minister.”
Ms Car, who is the member for Londonderry, said she was “confident” about fighting cancer off again.
‘Microcosm for the world’: Albanese’s second term vision
Rising doctor bills, unaffordable houses and complex systems that let people fall through the cracks are a threat to democracy that governments must focus on before they can achieve broader social changes, Anthony Albanese says, as he embarks on his second-term agenda.
The Prime Minister says the significant global uncertainty besetting governments around the world reaches beyond economic instability.
That’s why he sees his primary responsibility as delivering on what he promised Australians, regardless of who they voted for.
He will outline his plans after his landslide victory in a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, his sixth at the venue as Australia’s leader.
He says the uncertainty of these times translates into “the more corrosive proposition that politics and government and democratic institutions, including a free media, are incapable of meeting the demands of this moment”.
Mr Albanese will outline a vision for an Australian society that is “a microcosm for the world”, where diversity is recognised as a strength and the country plays “a stabilising global role in uncertain times”.
