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Albanese government gets F on its integrity report card

Albanese government gets F on its integrity report card

More secrecy, a failure to curb the influence of lobbyists and diminishing accountability have scuppered the Albanese government's transparency record.

'Not a luxury': cheaper contraception offers choice

'Not a luxury': cheaper contraception offers choice

'Not a luxury': cheaper contraception offers choice

'Not a luxury': cheaper contraception offers choice

A contraceptive option will soon be far cheaper to buy after it is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, alongside increased bulk billing for IUDs.

Car shot up outside long-targeted tobacco store

Car shot up outside long-targeted tobacco store

Car shot up outside long-targeted tobacco store

Car shot up outside long-targeted tobacco store

A tobacco store has been targeted for a fifth time, with gunshots fired at a car parked outside the business.

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Fundraising fizzers signal stark challenge for the arts

Fundraising fizzers signal stark challenge for the arts

The first national donations day run by Creative Australia has raised more than $1 million, but many groups failed to meet their fundraising targets.

Albanese walks in Whitlam's footsteps half a century on

Albanese walks in Whitlam's footsteps half a century on

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lauded a titan of the Labor movement for significant reforms social and political reforms that changed Australia.

'Scorched earth': public housing demo plan picked apart

'Scorched earth': public housing demo plan picked apart

Legal minds, engineers and residents have renewed their fight to tear down plans to demolish and rebuild a city's entire stock of public housing towers.

Icing on the funding cake: Aussie arts' pitch for cash

Icing on the funding cake: Aussie arts' pitch for cash

The first national crowdfunding day for artists is being run by Creative Australia, but does the pitch for donations highlight a lack of government support?

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Gallery defends staff cuts as 'funding cliff' looms

Gallery defends staff cuts as 'funding cliff' looms

Gallery defends staff cuts as 'funding cliff' looms

Gallery defends staff cuts as 'funding cliff' looms

Officials from the Art Gallery of NSW have defended job cuts and say executives have not been shielded.

'Grey corruption', ministerial staff conduct unpunished

'Grey corruption', ministerial staff conduct unpunished

'Grey corruption', ministerial staff conduct unpunished

'Grey corruption', ministerial staff conduct unpunished

A former ombudsman is calling for greater accountability of ministerial staffers who engage in misconduct but aren't covered by independent oversight.

Hastie left with a Scarr in Liberals immigration spat

Hastie left with a Scarr in Liberals immigration spat

Hastie left with a Scarr in Liberals immigration spat

Hastie left with a Scarr in Liberals immigration spat

The coalition's immigration lead wants cooler heads to prevail in the migration intake debate after weeks of inflammatory comments from Liberal colleagues.

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

A Sculpture by the Sea installer, who needed facial surgery after a workplace accident, claims he was dismissed after complaining about workplace safety.

Crime-troubled territory names new police chief

Crime-troubled territory names new police chief

Crime-troubled territory names new police chief

Crime-troubled territory names new police chief

Months after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal, a crime-hit territory has named a new police commissioner with the force under the spotlight.

Top cop sacking prompts overhaul of police appointments

Top cop sacking prompts overhaul of police appointments

Top cop sacking prompts overhaul of police appointments

Top cop sacking prompts overhaul of police appointments

Appointments of senior police officials in a crime-troubled jurisdiction will be overhauled after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal.

Election calls heap pressure on Macron to end crisis

Election calls heap pressure on Macron to end crisis

Election calls heap pressure on Macron to end crisis

Election calls heap pressure on Macron to end crisis

The collapse of France's government in just hours makes things even tougher President Emmanuel Macron, who faces calls to quit or hold a snap election.

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French crisis deepens as government quits after one day

France's prime minister has slammed the "egos" of opposition politicians as he quit just a day after naming his government and after only three weeks in office.

Psychiatrists win pay leap but system still 'broken'

A big temporary pay boost for public psychiatrists has been handed down after scores of specialists quit an under-resourced state public system.

Trump uses government shutdown to dole out revenge

President Donald Trump is mulling “temporary or permanent” spending cuts that could set up a lose-lose dynamic for Democratic politicians.

Call for MPs to show 'bravery' and pursue tough reforms

A think tank economist is urging politicians to stop hiding behind "mandates" and show conviction in order to support difficult but important changes.

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AI deployed to flush out business conspiracies

Companies teaming up when bidding for more than $42 billion worth of public work have been warned as the consumer watchdog sets AI on collusive behaviour.

'Bad faith' public servants chased for state legal fees

Public servants who didn't act in "good faith" when giving evidence at a child sexual abuse inquiry need to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.

Leader critical as state MPs approve their own pay rise

A pay rise for parliamentarians has drawn a rebuke from the premier who says the figure should be in line with public service hikes and community expectations.

Coal 'crisis': hundreds of jobs cut, mine mothballed

A mining giant has been labelled "un-Australian" by a state government for cutting hundreds of jobs and mothballing one of its oldest sites.

Child safety agency boss fired after scathing report

The head of an agency overseeing working with children checks has been fired after "inept" handling of complaints and a "toxic" workplace.

Not a millionaire? You can rent a masterpiece instead

A government leasing program for Australian art that has amassed a collection worth $47 million is marking 45 years of lending out works.

Premier cops questions over dumping of health official

A dispute over the appointment of a top health official has led to a corruption watchdog being asked to investigate a state premier and his cabinet.

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