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Afternoon Update: Biden to visit Israel; RBA’s rate rise warning; and rating Australian olive oils

The US president’s visit will come amid growing concerns the Israel-Hamas war could spiral into a regional conflict

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2023

Labor senator condemns Israel’s military action in Gaza – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2023

Key Labor MP urges new independent watchdog for job services providers

Julian Hill has warned the National Employment Services Association the era of ‘massive multibillion-dollar “set and forget” tenders’ is over

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023

Labor eyeing changes to ‘punitive’ mutual obligations for jobseekers, draft party platform suggests

Commitment to review welfare rules for unemployed people has lifted expectations the government will axe requirements such as work for the dole

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2023

Rules should be tightened to stop ‘unjustifiably partisan’ grants programs such as car park rorts, review finds

Audit committee calls for crackdown on politicised funding schemes following controversy over urban congestion and building better regions funds

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2023

Chris Perkins: Dolphins don’t necessarily want a receiving tight end; I understand that now

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins don’t want a receiving tight end as badly as I do.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023

Labor MP calls for ‘nuclear’ reforms to stop international education providers teaching poor quality courses

Speaking to parliament, Julian Hill warned of Australia’s student visa being used as a ‘low-rent work visa’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor's Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok

The federal budget gave a much-needed, but very modest, increase to those on JobSeeker and associated payments. However, it didn’t address that other important issue of the unemployed: how to help as many JobSeekers as possible to get into work, whether full- or part-time.

The Conversation · May 25, 2023

International education providers ‘gaming the system’ undermine Australia’s reputation, inquiry hears

Labor MP Julian Hill says behaviour of some providers is harming students and could ‘destroy the social licence’ of the sector

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2023

Paul Bongiorno: Cruel stereotypes won’t help a broken jobs market

The Opposition believes these bald numbers prove the point: The jobs are there if only the bludgers (wink wink, nudge nudge) would step up.

The New Daily · May 15, 2023