A major strike at Centrelink has left people fuming at the “broken” and “degrading” system as some report being placed on hold for over an hour – some left waiting for three months over payment claim advice. Data released by the Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) has revealed on average people were being left on hold by Centrelink for 106 ...

Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce will be called to front a Senate inquiry over his discussions with the federal government in the lead up to a ruling that blocked competitor airlines from offering more flights. Other witnesses to be invited to give their side of the story include Joyce’s successor, Vanessa Hudson, along with officials from Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia ...

Labor’s industrial relations legislation contains a “major flaw” that will apply its “same job, same pay” policy to service contracts, potentially including IT, lawyers and accountants, one of Australia’s foremost academic experts has said. Prof Andrew Stewart made the comments at the Minerals Council’s conference on Wednesday, siding with employers who have raised similar warnings that a major plank of ...

Labor has called for an investigation into the Liberal party’s “misleading” postal vote strategy for the voice referendum. The Liberals have been accused of “dirty tactics” for sending out anti-voice pamphlets that include a QR code for postal vote registrations. That link takes voters to a party website to gather their personal information, despite the fact postal vote registrations are ...

Anthony Albanese will fly to Jakarta this week to launch a major new strategy to deepen Australia’s trade and investment ties with south-east Asia and hedge against top trading partner China. Despite China recently reopening the door to key Australian exports that it shunned at the height of diplomatic tensions in 2020, the Albanese government wants to diversify economic ties ...

Media Release The City of Canterbury Bankstown has made a major step in its fight to keep the City a clean and green place to live. Council recently adopted its Clean City Strategic Plan and Action Plan, which were developed to bridge the gap between Council’s investment and the Community’s expectations. The five key focus areas within the Plans are ...

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is a precise and disciplined speaker, minimalist in her articulation of the Biden administration’s wide-ranging policy towards its greatest competitor – the People’s Republic of China. The spy balloon incident earlier this year is a background, but her speech in February at the Brookings Institution, America’s leading foreign policy think tank, was aimed ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being urged to cut spending to “very costly” major projects across Australia if the government hopes to curb spiralling debt ahead of May’s federal budget. The Grattan Institute has issued several recommendations to slash projects like Victoria’s Suburban Railway Loop and increase taxes, amid concerns Australia faces 25 years of budget deficits. In October’s budget, ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Liberal Party “talk a big game, but they never, ever deliver” after claiming inflation was at its highest when they were in power. “The peak of inflation in terms of the largest ever jump in any quarter this century, was in March 2022 and the jump was 2.1 per cent,” he said. “The Abbott, ...