Prime Minister backs education overhaul after damning report...

News you can trust, opinions you can't ignore View Online   |   Forward April 30, 2018 Prime Minister backs education overhaul after damning report Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull concedes more needs to be done to improve education standards after a report found the nation's school curriculum has failed a generation of children. AMP boss resigns over Royal Commission findings Catherine Brenner has resigned as Chairman of AMP effective immediately, to be replaced by Mike Wilkins who will be interim executive chairman. Coalition is just reheating Labor's education reforms: Plibersek Shadow Education Minister Tanya Plibersek has accused the federal government of simply revisiting Labor's work on improving student education. The claim follows the release of a report which sounds the alarm on education outcomes across the country. Budget must pass the fairness test: Shorten Bill Shorten has outlined four things that the upcoming budget must do to pass a 'fairness test'. Welfare recipients can afford just 6% of rental properties Figures released by Anglicare show Australians who receive welfare support can afford just six per cent of rental properties. The not-for-profit is calling for negative gearing and capital gains tax exemptions to be phased out. 'Fix' the Iran nuclear deal or the US will withdraw: Pompeo New US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US will cancel the Iran nuclear deal if it is not fixed, during a trip to the Middle East. National Road Safety Week crosses borders National Road Safety Week has grown around the country in recent years, with transport organisations from across state lines supporting the push to make Australian roads safer. ACOSS calls for increase to Newstart payments The Australian Council of Social Service says the federal government must urgently consider a $75 per week increase to Newstart welfare payments. ACOSS Chief Executive Casandra Goldie joins Sky News. Pill testing trial doesn't 'condone drug taking ACT Corrections minister Shane Rattenbury has told Sky News the recent pill testing trial at Canberra's Groovin the Moo festival was a success. Labor's guiding principle is to eliminate the two-class tax system: Shorten Opposition leader Bill Shorten has outlined the focus that Labor will take if it wins the federal election. Government budget offers competing promises The Turnbull government has failed to follow its own budget repair strategy to return any surplus funding towards the budget bottom line. We've got to do better for our kids: PM Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has addressed the findings of the Gonski 2.0 report, admitting the government needs to recognise Australian students have been falling behind global academic standards across all areas, especially science and maths. Busload of Central Americans scale US-Mexico border to protest Trump Some 400 protests have scaled a US-Mexico border fence to protest against US President Donald Trump and to show support for migrants. US experts, journalists invited to watch closure of North Korean nuclear test site The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says he will invite US experts and journalists to watch the closure of the country's nuclear test site next month. Alinta submits offer to buy Liddell power station Alinta Energy has made an offer to buy AGL's Liddell power station in the NSW Hunter Valley. Latest News Bulletin Copyright Australian News Channel Pty Ltd Unsubscribe