The plan is designed to directly ease price pressures and inflation, the federal government said, which has eased in the first quarter but still sits near 30-year highs of 7.0%. "The centrepiece of the budget ..
The Covid Pandemic, and the more recent spate of disastrous floods have caused so much hardship for so many Australians, that the federal government response has often fallen short of community expectations. As a result, there has been a groundswell of opposition that threatens the Coalition with...
The Australian Federal Department of Education has recently estimated that there will be a shortfall of 4100 secondary teachers by 2025 (Australian Government Department of Education, 2022), with the Victorian Teacher Supply and Demand Report 2022 (Victorian State Government, 2024) projecting a shortage...
ACT: Solid but not spectacular While the ACT has very little in the way of natural resources, it has benefited indirectly from the commodities boom through the positive impact on federal government revenue which facilitated increased public sector employment and spending. However, the ACT economy ...
Twitter said the recent passing of the Online Safety Act and the government's federal probe only running for three months is not enough time to effectively implement digital platforms legislation. "With the range of factors that need to considered to holistically advance online safety, we...
The justices are considering whether to limit the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions that have blocked key parts of the Trump agenda until they can be heard in court. Laura MannweilerMay 15, 2025 High Court Weighs Nationwide Injunctions Rep. Jasmine Crockett is preparin...
“It is hard to understand why the Australian government and universities are providing funding for outstanding international students to support their research in Australia, but DHA is then forbidding…them from entering Australia,” notes apetitionto federal government ministers. ...
“While admitting that visa processing was currently slower than pre-Covid levels, the department emphasised that they have now been provided with significant additional funding by the new federal government to ‘clear the visa backlog’,” he explained. ...
This emphasis on the states means that the full range of politics is explored -not just the big moves of a Federal government, but the compromises and obligations of State governments as well. I was interested to see how Bongiorno structured the chronology of the book. He proceeds ...
The new caps will be reviewed on August 31, but the federal government has indicated they will likely be in place until the end of the year. Australian officials have said reaching herd immunity is key to reopening borders. Yet despite living in one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, ...