“Exiled” rebel senator Fatima Payman is expected to imminently announce whether she will remain in the Labor Party, with one Labor minister admitting the saga has been a “sad situation” and “terrible distraction”. Senator Payman remains indefinitely suspended from the federal Labor caucus following her decision to cross the floorContinue Reading
The cost of a visa for international students has quietly been more than doubled. A stark 125 per cent fee hike from $710 to $1600 will be implemented from July 1, with the funds to be reinvested back into the tertiary eduction and vocational sector and used for the implementationContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese is plotting a cabinet reshuffle amid public service speculation he has offered his old leadership rival Bill Shorten a chance to say au revoir, with a plumb diplomatic posting in Europe. News.com.au can reveal that the offer of a diplomatic posting is the talk of the senior publicContinue Reading
The federal government will fund an additional 20,000 fee-free TAFE places in next week’s budget in an effort to boost a chronic shortage of tradies plaguing Australia’s construction sector. Labor will invest a total of $90.6m for an extra 15,000 free TAFE and VET places and 5000 pre-apprenticeships to increaseContinue Reading
The government has promised a huge change is coming to Australians’ student debt balances, with legislation to adjust how indexation is calculated. On Sunday, it was revealed legislation will be introduced into parliament to student loan increases to add in a new method of calculating indexation. Backdated to June 1Continue Reading
Days before she died, Peta Murphy had a question. Surrounded by her Labor colleagues last Tuesday, she rose to her feet in the House of Representatives and asked the Housing Minister about the party’s shared equity scheme. It would turn out to be the last time the late Member forContinue Reading
Australia’s dismal apprenticeship dropout rates that are exacerbating the nation’s chronic skills shortage will be the focus of new reforms, Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor has flagged. In an address to the National Press Club on Tuesday, Mr O’Connor stated government was currently searching for solutions to stop theContinue Reading
Malcolm Turnbull has joined the chorus of former prime ministers criticising the government’s $368bn AUKUS deal, saying there are more risks than there are rewards. A day after Paul Keating’s extraordinary spray in which he labelled the deal the “worst in all history”, Mr Turnbull was more measured in hisContinue Reading