Defence projects collectively worth billions are set to face the chopping block with funding instead freed up for investments in armed drones and missiles, an overhaul of defence spending has revealed. In an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Defence Minister Richard Marles released the federal government’s NationalContinue Reading
Badly behaving MPs could have their pay docked by up to 5 per cent should a powerful new body be created as recommended by a landmark report more than two years ago. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher confirmed the leaked document that outlined the sanctions MPs, senators and their staff couldContinue Reading
Australian children have been found to be selling sexualised images of themselves to strangers online once they realise there is a market and money to be made. A landmark report released earlier this week into child sexual abuse from the University of NSW (UNSW) and Jesuit Social Services found one-in-sixContinue Reading
Aussies are being dudded out of thousands per year and working on average seven weeks worth of unpaid overtime per year, according to fresh data. The research by the Australia Institute found the average worker was losing more than $11,000 per year, or $425 a fortnight, by doing work beyondContinue Reading
Close to a year after a report found Scott Morrison “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government, reforms to close the loophole are sitting dormant in the Senate. It was a key recommendation of a landmark report by former High Court justice Virginia Bell and described as “vital” by Attorney-GeneralContinue Reading
The mother of four missing children in the Sydney’s western suburbs has made a heartfelt plea for their return. NSW Police are appealing for anyone with information after Azaiah El-Hajj, 12, Judah El-Hajj, 9, Mikael El-Hajj, 12, and the 16-year-old girl, Malaika El-Hajj, were last seen on Earle St, Doonside,Continue Reading
The Reserve Bank governor will hold press conferences after each meeting on interest rates to explain decisions to homeowners under a major shake-up of the central bank. In a landmark report that details the lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic, the key failings of the bank have been outlined byContinue Reading
A landmark agreement will see Australian staff at one company guaranteed a four day work week at full pay. Full time employees at Oxfam Australia will see their working time reduced to just 30 hours a week, while permanent part time staff would have their hours calculated on a proContinue Reading
Just as Australia and many other nations move closer towards the idea of a four-day working week – one nation is going in a radically different direction. South Korea’s conservative government has proposed raising the work week from 52 hours to a whopping 69 hours in the country, triggering aContinue Reading
Australians could soon be paid their full-time wage to work just four days a week should sweeping proposals from a senate inquiry be adopted. The landmark report by the select committee on work and care backed a raft of changes, including a year of paid parental leave and the rightContinue Reading