Thousands of people contacted Geoscience Australia to report they felt shaking, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. Follow the latest updatesVictoria earthquake: Melbourne residents feel shake of 3.8 magnitude quake in city’s north-westGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPaterson says the Indigenous voice to parliament’s differentiation on the basis of characteristics people have no control over is “offensive to liberal principles.”Asked about whether he agrees with his leader Peter Dutton, when he talks about the voice re-racialising Australia, Patterson says:What proponents of the yes campaign are trying to do is to treat Australians differently. …what we are doing is putting into our constitutional something which treats people differently because of a characteristic over which they have control. And I think that is offensive to liberal principles. And we are all human beings and we’re all Australian, and we should be all treated equally before the law before the Constitution as well.It is in Australia’s national interest that Ukraine prevail. We have to do everything in our power to ensure they do. Continue reading...
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