SBS Korean Program analyses and sums up the top stories featuring today in the Australia's mainstream newspapers.
The Australian
Bill Shorten has secured support from the Labor caucus for a retreat on the
refugee medivac bill, amid concerns the draft laws championed by Kerryn Phelps
could lead to the dismantling of offshore processing and allow Scott Morrison to
fight the next election on national security.
One of Australia's most notorious criminals, Melbourne drug kingpin Tony Mokbel,
was fighting for his life in hospital last night after a prison-yard stabbing.
More than half of all aged-care providers have missed a deadline by the royal
commission to provide a list of all incidents of abuse and neglect going back
five years, despite clear warnings they will face "careful scrutiny" if they
fail to comply.
Financial Review
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not ruled out axing a $234 million deal with
Bob Katter if the independent sides with Labor and forces a recall of Parliament
to start dealing with the recommendations of the banking royal commission.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd called for union representation in the Labor
Party to be halved to 25 per cent as part of the creation of a "grand coalition"
of unions, business, community organisations and environmentalists.
The key beneficiary of a $423 million government contract to provide security
for refugees on Manus Island left a string of bad debts and failed contracts
across Asia, raising further questions about how the Paladin group won such a
lucrative tender.
The Daily Telegraph
Judge Brian Preston, the Chief Judge of the NSW Land and Environment Court who
blocked a coalmine due to factors including climate change, co-founded the
environmental legal centre that represented a client in whose favour he ruled
last week.
In the event of a natural disaster, such as catastrophic bushfires or deadly
floods, it is vital emergency evacuation shelters are equipped with transgender
bathrooms, while household emergency plans should be updated through a "gender
lens". That's the $96,000 message from a federal government-funded guide telling
emergency service agencies to promote a "gender-sensitive approach" to the
planning for and delivery of disaster relief and recovery.
The Age
Notorious drug lord Tony Mokbel has been critically injured in a stabbing at
Victoria's maximum-security Barwon Prison.
Labor has cleared the way for a compromise on refugee medical transfers by
proposing stronger powers to reject applicants with criminal histories, while
keeping measures to put a priority on medical need.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backed the mortgage broking industry in the
face of demands from the banking royal commission for major changes to how
brokers are paid, saying he does not want the sector to "wither on the vine".
A government-owned superannuation fund for those who don't make a choice about
their retirement fund would complement a key recommendation of the Hayne royal
commission, Future Fund chairman Peter Costello says.
The Advertiser
South Australia's $2.2 billion desalination plant would be used to help River
Murray flows, under a plan the state government will consider.
A national register of unsuitable aged care workers should be established to
prevent staff with "bad traits" moving from job to job, Oakden crusader Barb
Spriggs has told the first public hearing of the aged care royal commission in
Adelaide.
The Courier-Mail
Southeast Queensland looks set to be awarded the biggest City Deal in the
country, with Scott Morrison revealing support for an ambitious plan to
modernise the region.
