Myles Morgan

“There are people in trouble. They need help. It’s the Commonwealth Government’s responsibility to look after the people,” Prime Minister Morrison told SBS News in an exclusive interview. The drought has been his number one priority since assuming the leadership in August, Mr Morrison said.

Myles Morgan Updated March 02, 2011 11:41:00 The Northern Territory Government says charges could be laid against a mine that spilled petrol into the surrounding environment. About 75,000 litres of petrol spilled from the Rio Tinto Alcan mine and refinery on the Gove Peninsula, east of Darwin, last year. A report found the mine was mostly self-regulating and had a history of environmental incidents.

The second-highest ranking member of the Australian Defence Force has defended transgender troops in what he labelled the “hysterical” public debate over gender re-assignment surgery. Vice Chief of the Defence Force Vice Admiral Ray Griggs appeared before a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Wednesday. He was asked to respond to claims the ADF was engaged in social engineering, after News Corp revealed more than $1 million had been spent on 17 sex change surgeries.