Crash reducing brake technology consultants begin
The Australian Government has begun consulting on the future of vehicle safety technology – Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems for… Read More
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Liberal Party introduces their own version of the Australia Card
Minister’s Tudge and Robert fronted the Canberra press gallery recently to inform the nation of a new tender that will… Read More
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Legislative reforms to provide greater privacy protections for participants in Disability Royal Commission
The Morrison Government is taking further measures to ensure that people with disability and their supporters will be able to… Read More
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Budget Polling: Majority of Australians Plan To Save, Not Spend, Tax Cuts
New research from The Australia Institute has shown that a majority of Australians plan to save the tax cuts announced… Read More
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Budget 2020: Backing Our Regions
The 2020–21 Budget locks in more investment, jobs and a secure future for our regional communities, ensuring they remain a… Read More
2 weeks agoWomen’s Equality side-lined in Federal Budget
Women’s Electoral Lobby Australia, (WELA) finds little hope in the Morrison Government’s Federal Budget’s meagre funding allocations to address women’s… Read More
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Budget backs farmers and the bush to get Australia growing
Federal Budget recognises the fundamental role agriculture and the regions are poised to play in Australia’s COVID-19 recovery and affirms… Read More
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Volunteering sidelined in Federal Budget
The Federal Budget has allocated no new funding to volunteering despite the devastating impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Two in three… Read More
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Predatory lending risks undermining Government’s economic recovery effort
With jobs, household spending and economic recovery the focus of last night’s Budget, the Stop the Debt Trap Alliance is… Read More
2 weeks agoFederal Budget fails to respond to call for urgent funding for specialist women’s legal services
Women’s Legal Services have been left struggling to help Australian women escape abusive partners, after the Federal Budget failed to… Read More
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Is mass vaccination of citizens possible by next year?
Australia is set up to vaccinate approximately five million people a year through its national immunisation program, compared to the… Read More
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Can Cherish Life swing the Queensland election?
Pentecostal Christian’s are on the march and attacking various Labor administrations around the nation. They claim to represent the silent… Read More
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Income Tax Cuts Panned: National TV Ad Campaign, 40 Experts Target Government’s Economic Plan
A national advertising campaign opposing the early introduction of the Government’s income tax cuts will begin airing on SKY and… Read More
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Workers demand Action for Aged Care
Recently the unions representing aged care workers and the ACTU have launched a comprehensive plan to fix our broken aged… Read More
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Human rights scrutiny of Victoria’s curfew is welcome and required
The Human Rights Law Centre said recently that human rights scrutiny of Victoria’s curfew was welcome and required. Hugh de… Read More
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Groups acknowledge Australian leadership on Covid response, but urge them to go further and seek phase-out of wildlife trade
Ahead of the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting this week, World Animal Protection, along with Humane Society International (HSI) and Animals… Read More
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Australia remembers the invaluable role the Merchant Navy has played in war
Australia remembers the invaluable role the Merchant Navy has played in the more than 100 years since it first served… Read More
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Remembering our international peacekeeping operations and peacemakers
On 14 September each year, we remember those Australian Defence Force personnel, civilians and police forces who have served on… Read More
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R U OK? Day
Today 10 September is R U OK? Day — a day that reminds us of the difference each and every… Read More
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Parliamentarians launch updated National Pain Services Directory
The new Parliamentary Friends of Pain Management Group has recently launched the updated National Pain Services Directory, which now lists… Read More
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ACT Tops the nation for vaccination coverage of First Nations people
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare there has been increasing vaccination coverage under the National Immunisation Program… Read More
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New report sheds light on sexual assault in Australia
Young females in their late teens are more likely than other Australians to be victims of sexual assault, and young… Read More
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The Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Australia’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
The Institute for Integrated Economic Research has recently released an 11 page research paper about our national supply chains vulnerabilities.… Read More
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Does the Aboriginal flag belong to all Aboriginal people?
Edited ABC News Afternoon Briefing with Patricia Karvelas and Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt. Karvelas: Minister, do you agree… Read More
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Recycling labels are a ‘Dog’s breakfast’ according to new survey
An independent national audit of recycling information on consumer products and packaging has revealed a situation that is confusing for… Read More
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AGD complains about Lobbyist Registration IT system transferred from PM&C
In 2018 the Australian National Audit Office had completed a performance audit of PM&C’s administration of the lobbying code, which… Read More
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New user-focused guide for establishing or changing levies
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has recently released a new industry-focused guide that will provide practical, step-by-step… Read More
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New paper: Seizing the opportunity for free trade with the UK
In a new paper A ripper deal: the case for free trade and movement between Australia and the United Kingdom… Read More
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Impact of COVID-19 on people with disability
Every Australian Counts Campaign Director Kirsten Deane recently gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse and Exploitation of… Read More
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A free vaccine for all Australians
The prime minister has announced that should the AstraZeneca/Oxford University trial prove successful a free vaccine would be provided to… Read More
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New Research aims to use shareholder voice to call upon Australian companies to improve their transparency on tax
Ethical Partners Funds Management in partnership with Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia has recently released Leaders or Laggards? Tax… Read More
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Poll reveals that votes want tax transparency and they want it NOW!
Ethical Partners Funds Management in partnership with Publish What You Pay Australia has just released Leaders or Laggards? Tax and… Read More
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Uni students occupy Defence Minister’s Office
University students recently stormed the WA Perth office of Federal Defence Minister Linda Reynolds. They were protesting against the government’s… Read More
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75 Years since the end of the Second World War
The Second World War had a significant and enduring impact on all Australians. Around 20 years had passed since the… Read More
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National Science Week has now begun and Winnunga are championing STEM staff in the workplace all week
Launching National Science Week, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said event organisers had shown great resourcefulness in… Read More
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New body to cut food waste by half
The Morrison Government has announced $4 million in seed funding to create a new independent entity that will be responsible… Read More
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Raising a glass in the age of Coronavirus
It’s a year like no other. After drought, bushfires and now in the grip of COVID-19 restrictions, Australians have earned… Read More
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More money for Indigenous community control sector to help close the gap
The Morrison Government will provide a $46.5 million co-contribution over four years to build the capacity of the Aboriginal and… Read More
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Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds wins grant money
The Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds Foundation has recently won a federal government grant to promote the prevention and… Read More
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Not for Profits way behind in staff accessing digital technology
Recent surveys of not for profit organisations has revealed a concerning trend in how they use new technology in the… Read More
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