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December 3 is the annual International Day for People with Disability and the theme of this year's celebrations is leadership. Only 19 per cent of people with a disability say they feel represented in leadership roles - so it's clear Australia has some work to do.
The last parliamentary week ended with a bang with dozens of pieces of legislation passing at the eleventh hour. A crucial bill that failed to pass was Labor's nature protection bill. Independent Senator David Pocock was a key player the government needed to pass those reforms.
It's hard to overstate what a hugely challenging year 2024 has been.
Political Editor for the Guardian Australia Karen Middleton joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.
The government has accepted 104 of 122 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides. It's now up to the federal government, the states and the Defence Force to fix the culture and fix the underlying issues that have caused so many suicides over past decades.
