It was all happening in Canberra last week, with the Albanese government making announcements about aged care funding, social media, hydrogen, and hate speech. Lost in the shuffle was the findings of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide, delivered to the government after three years' intensive work.

With the revelations that large consultancy firm, PwC, had misused government information for commercial gain, The Echo asked local federal MP, Justine Elliot, whether she supports a ‘royal commission into the consulting industry and to formally ban firms that breach legal and ethical standards?’ 

I would like to start with a quick recap of ‘Anzac’. When Australia committed to support Britain’s imperial foreign policies in WWI because of our past colonial ties to it, we raised and sent a volunteer army in support.

The council also voted to write to the NSW Planning Minister about short-term rental accommodation policy reforms.

High, but not high enough, on the country's human rights agenda is the issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody.