Jan 11, 2023
SBS News In Easy English 12 January 2023
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered an address to Papua New Guinea's parliament. It's first time a foreign leader has addressed the country's parliament. Mr Albanese is on a state vcisit to finalise a defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Prime Minister also renewed his call for there to be a Papua New Guinea-based team in the N-R-L. ----------- Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews says there will be no state funeral or memorial service for Cardinal George Pell, as it would be too distressing for victim-survivors of child sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell, who served as the former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney, died in Rome on Tuesday ((10 Jan)), after a hip surgery resulted in heart complications. The 81-year-old was committed to stand trial in 2017 in Melbourne for child sexual abuse offences. He was convicted of offences that took place in 1996 - but in 2020, his convictions were quashed by the High Court. ---------- Around 2,000 patients who underwent a col…