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Aussie musicians demand fair pay for radio plays

Aussie musicians demand fair pay for radio plays

Australian artists want to be fairly compensated for their songs playing on commercial radio, pushing to scrap a cap limiting how much they can be paid.

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

A public sector organisation misused taxpayer money to cover at least $30,000 in funeral and memorial expenses for staff, the Victorian Ombudsman has revealed.

Queensland police first to trial safer US Tasers

Queensland police first to trial safer US Tasers

Queensland police first to trial safer US Tasers

Queensland police first to trial safer US Tasers

Queensland police will be the first law enforcement jurisdiction outside the US to roll out powerful new Tasers.

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Procurement system a consultants' 'protection racket'

Procurement system a consultants' 'protection racket'

A parliamentary committee has savaged the procurement process for government contracts, saying it is an uncompetitive rort.

Vanadium could be the next lithium for big battery tech

Vanadium could be the next lithium for big battery tech

Australia holds a third of the world's vanadium, an element that's key to a kind of battery that may be the answer to the long-term storage of energy.

Bleaching halts coral recovery on Great Barrier Reef

Bleaching halts coral recovery on Great Barrier Reef

Hard coral recovery has paused on most of the Great Barrier Reef thanks to a mass bleaching event in 2022, which should have been a cooler year for sea life.

West Africa hopes for mediation ahead of Niger summit

West Africa hopes for mediation ahead of Niger summit

A bloc of West African leaders is still hoping for diplomacy to end the Niger coup, ahead of a summit on a possible military response.

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Pacific aid to enforce climate, gender equality targets

Pacific aid to enforce climate, gender equality targets

Pacific aid to enforce climate, gender equality targets

Pacific aid to enforce climate, gender equality targets

Australia's new international development policy will make sure new projects in the Pacific target climate change and gender equality.

Premier cries Fowles as ousted MP's resignation stands

Premier cries Fowles as ousted MP's resignation stands

Premier cries Fowles as ousted MP's resignation stands

Premier cries Fowles as ousted MP's resignation stands

The political fallout continues after Victorian MP Will Fowles resigned from the parliamentary Labor Party following allegations of a serious assault.

Controversial cultural heritage laws dumped in backflip

Controversial cultural heritage laws dumped in backflip

Controversial cultural heritage laws dumped in backflip

Controversial cultural heritage laws dumped in backflip

The West Australian government has scrapped controversial laws designed to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage following months of anger among farmers.

Black box found in Taipan military helicopter crash

Black box found in Taipan military helicopter crash

Black box found in Taipan military helicopter crash

Black box found in Taipan military helicopter crash

A key voice and flight data recorder has been recovered from the wreckage of a helicopter that went down during a military exercise and killed four crewmen.

Consultancy giants load up on $3.7b Defence contracts

Consultancy giants load up on $3.7b Defence contracts

Consultancy giants load up on $3.7b Defence contracts

Consultancy giants load up on $3.7b Defence contracts

Australia's biggest four consultancy firms raked in billions of dollars from Defence contracts, new analysis shows, sparking calls for greater transparency.

Cabinet retains the power to send soldiers to war

Cabinet retains the power to send soldiers to war

Cabinet retains the power to send soldiers to war

Cabinet retains the power to send soldiers to war

Decisions to send Australian troops into conflict will remain in the hands of federal cabinet, but the government has moved to allow more debate on the issue.

Australia to strengthen objection to Israel settlements

Australia to strengthen objection to Israel settlements

Australia to strengthen objection to Israel settlements

Australia to strengthen objection to Israel settlements

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pledged to harden Australia's stance in relation to the Israeli government's planned West Bank settlements.

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Trade minister writes to China to end barley snub

The Australian government is continuing to lobby China to add its largest barley producers to a customs list after tariffs were dropped.

PM rejects claims of voice legislation being hidden

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit out at claims the government was hiding legislation on setting up an Indigenous voice.

First mover or fast follower, mining in a race to adapt

Australian battery minerals and base metals producers are determined to move up the value chain, whether on team US or for China and its mega-factories.

Federal Labor pushed to follow WA on cultural heritage

A decision by the West Australian government to scrap Aboriginal cultural heritage protection laws has echoed in Canberra.

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Lehrmann report sparks sexual assault training for cops

More staff and training over sexual assault are among responses by ACT Police to an inquiry into how the justice system handled a rape investigation.

Lynas in the pink with best rare earths outside China

Lynas Rare Earths CEO Amanda Lacaze chuckles when Western governments get indignant about China's dominance in the sector, because its goal was never a secret.

Latham says tweet enhanced, not harmed MP's reputation

Mark Latham has claimed an allegedly defamatory tweet describing graphic acts by Alex Greenwich enhanced rather than hurt the independent MP's reputation.

Renters' rights and housing supply on leaders' agenda

Housing talks will be front of mind when state and territory leaders meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for national cabinet next week.

Floods to fires: no respite in sight for northern NSW

Barely a year after floods devastated northern NSW, communities are bracing for the return of catastrophic bushfires sparked by hot and dry conditions.

Push to refer ex-PM Morrison to committee over robodebt

The Greens have sought to have former prime minister Scott Morrison referred to parliament's privileges committee over his role in robodebt.

Nurses, midwives reluctantly accept pay increase

Nurses and midwives in NSW have narrowly voted to accept a four per cent pay increase, despite it falling short of union expectations.

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