Italian
** Il primo ministro rifiuta di assumersi la responsabilità della crisi abitativa australiana
** L'amministrazione Trump blocca i finanziamenti ad Harvard per una disputa sulle condizioni delle sovvenzioni
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I principali partiti si sono accusati a vicenda della crisi abitativa australiana durante un dibattito al National Press Club di Canberra.
Il portavoce dell'opposizione per l'edilizia abitativa, Michael Sukkar, ha affermato che il governo non è riuscito ad alleviare i problemi di offerta non consegnando gli 1,2 milioni di case che aveva promesso in cinque anni.
"Over the past three years we've witnessed one of the most catastrophic policy failures in a generation. Under Labor less houses have been built, with falling housing completions, approvals and first home buyers. On every single metric, housing has gone radically backwards under this government."
Ma la ministra degli Alloggi Clare O'Neil afferma che i problemi del mercato si sono accumulati per decenni.
Ha accusato la Coalizione di non aver fatto abbastanza nei nove anni in cui è stata precedentemente al governo.
"We came to office three years ago after a decade of abject neglect of housing. This is not some subterfuge withdrawal from housing. Many of you would remember that Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison actually deliberately made a decision to take the Commonwealth out of the discussion. And that’s why, for most of the almost decade that the Coalition were in power, there wasn’t even a Commonwealth housing minister."
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Il deputato dei Verdi Stephen Bates ha aderito al servizio di abbonamento a contenuti online “OnlyFans”, in quella che è la prima volta per un politico australiano.
Il portavoce dei Verdi L-G-B-T-Q-I-A+ ha dichiarato di voler utilizzare la sua presenza come parte della spinta del partito per rendere gratuiti i farmaci per la prevenzione dell'HIV PrEP e PEP.
"Whoever said sex and politics doesn't mix hasn't heard what I've got for you because I've got a huge policy announcement that'll top Labor and the LNP. We've all heard that safe sex is great sex, and we know it's important to wrap before you tap. But did you know one of the most effective measures to prevent the transmission of HIV is actually costing individuals hundreds of dollars every year?"
La PrEP o profilassi pre-esposizione è una compressa che può essere assunta per prevenire in modo affidabile l'HIV e costa circa 31 dollari al mese con prescrizione medica.
Bates afferma che, sebbene la PrEP e la PEP siano state inserite nel programma di prestazioni farmaceutiche dal 2018, il crescente divario nei pagamenti significa che gli utenti possono trovarsi a pagare centinaia di dollari all'anno.
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L'amministrazione Trump ha congelato oltre 2 miliardi di dollari di sovvenzioni e 60 milioni di dollari di contratti all'Università di Harvard.
La decisione fa seguito al rifiuto di Harvard di accettare le nuove condizioni sulle sovvenzioni inviate dal governo statunitense, che avrebbero incluso la segnalazione di studenti considerati “ostili” ai valori americani e l'assunzione di un ente esterno approvato dal governo per verificare programmi e dipartimenti.
Harvard è la prima grande università statunitense a rifiutare queste richieste, adducendo preoccupazioni per l'eccesso di potere governativo e per il fatto che solo una piccola parte delle condizioni riguarda l'antisemitismo nel campus.
English
** The PM refuses to accept any responsibility for Australia's housing crisis
** The Trump administration freezes funding to Harvard over a dispute on grant conditions
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The major parties have blamed each other for Australia's housing crisis during a debate at the National Press Club in Canberra.
Opposition housing spokesperson, Michael Sukkar, says the government has failed to ease supply issues by not delivering the 1.2 million homes it had pledged over five years.
"Over the past three years we've witnessed one of the most catastrophic policy failures in a generation. Under Labor less houses have been built, with falling housing completions, approvals and first home buyers. On every single metric, housing has gone radically backwards under this government."
But Housing Minister Clare O'Neil says problems in the market have been building for decades.
She's accused the Coalition of not having done enough in the nine years they were previously in government.
"We came to office three years ago after a decade of abject neglect of housing. This is not some subterfuge withdrawal from housing. Many of you would remember that Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison actually deliberately made a decision to take the Commonwealth out of the discussion. And that’s why, for most of the almost decade that the Coalition were in power, there wasn’t even a Commonwealth housing minister."
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Greens M-P Stephen Bates has joined the online content subscription service 'OnlyFans' in what is a first for an Australian politician.
The Greens' L-G-B-T-Q-I-A+ spokesperson says he wants to use his presence as part of the party's push to make the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP free.
"Whoever said sex and politics doesn't mix hasn't heard what I've got for you because I've got a huge policy announcement that'll top Labor and the LNP. We've all heard that safe sex is great sex, and we know it's important to wrap before you tap. But did you know one of the most effective measures to prevent the transmission of HIV is actually costing individuals hundreds of dollars every year?"
PrEP or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis is a tablet that people can take to reliably prevent HIV and costs about $31 a month with a prescription.
Mr Bates says that while PrEP and PEP have been on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme since 2018, the growing gap payment means users can be out of pocket hundreds of dollars a year.
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The Trump administration has frozen more than 2 billion dollars in grants and 60 million dollars in contracts to Harvard University.
It follows Harvard's refusal to accept new conditions on grants sent from the U-S government, which would have included reporting students considered 'hostile' to American values and hiring an external government-approved party to audit programs and departments.
Harvard is the first major U-S university to reject these demands, citing concerns about government overreach and only a small section of the conditions addressing antisemitism on campus.
