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Policy rumblings begin in Australia following the US election
1 day ago · The American election result has big policy implications for Australia. While a great many Australians are trying not to think about the result of last week’s US election, the truth of the matter is it can’t be ignored.
Australia now has an Anti-Slavery Commissioner | Riotact
1 day ago · Mr Evans was a Senator for Western Australia between 1993 and 2013. He served as Leader of the Government in the Senate (2007-13), Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2007-10), Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (2010-11) and Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research (2011-13).
ACT Election 2024: The state of play at close of counting
Oct 19, 2024 · UPDATE 12:10 am: The state of the parties at the end of counting tonight is Labor 10, Liberal 8, Greens 2, IFC 1, 1 independent, with three to be decided, although it is likely the Liberals will end on 10. With three-quarters of the vote counted, five seats remain to be decided. Two are in Brindabella, where Mick Gentleman is battling with Taimus Werner Gibbings for a second Labor seat.
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2 days ago · Region Media acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and report. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging and commit our company to ongoing acts of reconciliation.
ACT laws making renters' lives better, says new report
1 day ago · The ACT’s rental laws are helping to reduce rent increases and improve the lot of tenants and their interactions with landlords, according to a new report from the renters’ lobby group. Better Renting’s Cost of Renting Report found renters in the ACT faced smaller rent increases than anywhere ...
Robodebt's sealed section looks set to be made public
Nov 6, 2024 · The sealed section of the report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme looks set to soon be made public. Cabinet Minister Murray Watt and officials from the Attorney-General’s Department confirmed under questioning in Senate Estimates on Tuesday (5 November) that the Federal Government is considering releasing the sealed section of the report.
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Surge in data breaches suggests we're losing the battle
Oct 1, 2024 · According to the Guardian‘s report, Services Australia says the surge in social engineering is largely the result of people using someone else’s personal information that was stolen from data hacks elsewhere. “The vast majority are the result of customer information becoming compromised through previous third-party data breaches occurring in Australia and overseas, as well as from small ...
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