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Australia lags on gender equality: global index
Australia has failed to make the top 40 in global rankings for gender equality.
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Australia has failed to make the top 40 in global rankings for gender equality.
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The federal-state deal to crank up South Australia’s desalination plant to provide drought relief won’t do much more than waste taxpayers’ money, argues UniSA’s Lin Crase.
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Australia’s top bureaucrat ignored crucial pieces of information in a “shallow review” which cleared former ministers Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne of potential misconduct, a crossbench senator says.
A Liberal backbencher has urged his party to increase the dole, backing calls from former prime minister John Howard and the Reserve Bank to raise the Newstart rate.
UPDATED | Australia’s top bureaucrat has cleared former ministers Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne of any potential misconduct over jobs they have accepted since retiring from politics.
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