99 m. ago LNP opens door to hospital board overhauls, raising spectre of ‘cronyism’

The Crisafulli government made sweeping changes to other boards, but lacked the power to remove health service directors for no reason – until now.

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2 h. ago There’s a simple calculation about health that should outrage anyone who can do arithmetic

At a time when other states have started emulating Victoria, the government is abolishing its best-known public health institution.

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2 h. ago Another local council moves to formally oppose Burswood racetrack

Both the Town of Victoria Park and City of Perth have formally rejected the state government’s plans for a racetrack in Burswood. Now, South Perth will debate a motion to follow suit at next week’s council meeting.

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12 h. ago ‘Just leave it alone’: Nossal calls for VicHealth to be spared from government cuts

One of Australia’s greatest scientists has called the decision to abolish the health promotion agency “a misguided cost-saving measure”.

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14 h. ago Wells’ expenses a costly distraction from admirable social media ban

The Albanese government has needlessly allowed Anika Wells’ expenses to cast a shadow over its big-ticket reform.

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20 h. ago Albanese, Wells decline to back overhaul of family travel perks for MPs

Two Coalition MPs have called for entitlement rules to be scrutinised, while the prime minister and Wells attempted to keep focus on the government’s social media ban.

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25 h. ago Major breakthrough in Prince Harry's legal battle with UK government

Royal Editor of The Daily Mirror, Russell Myers on the major breakthrough in Prince Harry's bitter legal battle with the UK government, now a step closer to having his security detail reinstated.

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27 h. ago The MPs who spent more than $100,000 – and the ministers who spent $0 – on family travel

Australian taxpayers have spent more than $4 million on travel for politicians’ families and spouses since the election of the Albanese government.

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37 h. ago Australia news as it happened: RBA keeps interest rates at 3.6 per cent; Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation

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40 h. ago Former Labor ministers grilled over delayed child protection scheme

As MPs returned to state parliament on Tuesday, the government went on the attack over a damning report into the state’s worst childcare paedophile.

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40 h. ago Australia news LIVE: RBA keeps interest rates at 3.6 per cent; Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation

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41 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Victorian premier formally apologises to First Peoples

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43 h. ago Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater transparency.

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48 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Reddit expected to challenge government’s social media ban in court

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50 h. ago ‘Cities change’: The plan for thousands of new homes in inner Sydney revealed

Greyhound racing will end in inner Sydney as the NSW government pushes on with its ambitious housing plans.

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60 h. ago Why Australia’s social media ban for under 16s is set to go global

The new law will not solve every problem with “surveillance capitalism” and predatory online behaviour, but it shows governments can address public worries and not just shrug them off.

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61 h. ago The red flags childcare regulators may have missed in the Joshua Brown case

The rise of for-profit chains means the government now has to hunt “bad faith” providers through a complicated chain of company names, an inquiry has heard.

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64 h. ago From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners

The federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is typically associated with funding cutting-edge local ventures, so why is it tipping money into biscuits and pies?

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2 d. ago Won’t listen. Won’t change. This England team are up their own backsides

This Australian team was there to be beaten. But after just two Tests, England now need a miracle.

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3 d. ago Inside David Crisafulli’s ambitious bid to bring Trump and co to Queensland

A day after his request to meet with the federal government was knocked back, the Queensland premier directly lobbied two foreign PMs.

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