Hard questions over why $34 million in benefits went begging
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Home schooling surge put under the microscope
Unregistered students a focus
WorkCover NSW told to hurry apology over internal bullying
Badly behaved bosses warned there can always be more “public humiliation”
WA solar energy lobby claims success in swinging votes away from renewable energy skeptics
The abolition of the Carbon Tax was sold as the cure for soaring power bills, but in Western Australia the prospect of households losing the opportunity to feed into the grid and cut their power bills is burning a few fingers.
New row over Commission of Audit’s cone-of-silence
Public submissions normally collated and published online by the government have been dispensed with before the Budget.
Abbott says federal job cuts of 12,000 will be it
By Julian Bajkowski Opposition leader Tony Abbott has sought hose down rising fears that between 20,000 and 30,000 federal public service jobs will ultimately be axed in a repeat of…
Fear of mass public service sackings grips Canberra campaign
By Julian Bajkowski Canberra may well be celebrating its Centenary this year, but locals are weighing the prospect of the public service designer city being partly depopulated. As the election…
Hunters dropped in NSW National Parks gun fight
By Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales O’Farrell government has squeezed the trigger on a deeply unpopular push by the shooter’s lobby to gain much greater access to the state’s…
Liberals support for referendum shatters
By Julian Bajkowski Bitter factional infighting has torn apart public Coalition support for a Constitutional change that would guarantee federal funds can flow directly to more than 500 local governments…
New challenge to council CCTV use
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A fresh row over how councils can use video surveillance and CCTV in New South Wales has erupted after moves by Local Government Minister…