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Confusion over Liberal plan to cut public service

The opposition leader has vowed to slash the number of public sector workers but his frontbenchers have been more reserved, instead focusing on efficiency.

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Libs flag axing diversity jobs, welcome to country cash

Public service diversity programs and welcome to country ceremonies are down the coalition's sights as they're accused of stealing Donald Trump's plays.

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Dutton wants to slash thousands of government jobs in an Elon Musk-style crusade. But what’s actually on the chopping block?

Cutting the 36,000 new public servant roles created under Albanese could lead to delayed payments and affect disability services, Labor says

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Afternoon Update: Labor takes aim at ‘nuts’ Ley speech; Colombia U-turns on US deportees; and who really took that famous Vietnam war photo?

Katy Gallagher criticises Sussan Ley’s comparison of the first fleet to Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission to Mars

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Cabinet gender parity as election fight intensifies

The prime minister has lauded the fact the cabinet has gender parity for the first time as political leaders tussle with an election on the horizon.

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A decade past its due date, the NBN promises to deliver

Removing copper connections from the National Broadband Network will come at a cost of more than $6 billion but tech experts say the move will be worth it.

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More women in cabinet but representation worries build

The political representation of women has received a boost after a pre-election cabinet shuffle but concerns remain over the opposition's gender imbalance.

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Federal budget $27bn in the red and won’t return to balance for a decade, Myefo forecasts

Budget downgrade blamed on Australian economy being hit harder than anticipated by higher interest rates, cost of living pressures and global uncertainty

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Super concessions take biggest bite from the budget

Cost-of-living relief measures are off the table in the mid-year budget update, as a tax expenditure list shows the type of deductions that cost the most.

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Former senior bureaucrat Dennis Richardson to lead urgent review into agency tasked with $368bn Aukus contract

Former senior defence and foreign affairs secretary will focus on governance in his probe of Australian Submarine Agency

The Guardian - AU

Bank's bungled cash fee a sign of anti-branch shift

Australia's biggest bank has backed down on a threat to charge some customers to access their own money after a 24-hour pile-on.

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Labor plays down Greens' push for power-sharing deal

Frontbencher Katy Gallagher says there are no plans to strike a power-sharing deal with the Greens and is talking up Labor's prospects at the next election.

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Coalition MP Gets Flamed For Comments On Gender Equality: ‘Women Don’t Want To Be CEOs’

Coalition MP Colin Boyce has been slammed by Minister for Women Katy Gallagher over comments he made regarding women in the workforce.

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Impasse over political donation limits torpedoes deal

A deal between Labor and the coalition on capping electoral expenditure has been scuppered at the last minute due partly to an impasse on donation limits.

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Censures, coffees and a clinched deal: MPs off for Xmas

Parliamentarians are preparing to head home for the year after a far from lacklustre final day in the halls of power.

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Coalition vows to overturn extra Future Fund priorities

Adding clean energy and housing as supplementary investment priorities for Australia's sovereign wealth fund has drawn sharp rebuke from the opposition.

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Big four consultancy firms should have partner numbers slashed by up to 600, Australian inquiry says

Banning political donations or restructuring firms to reduce conflict of interest are not part of recommendations

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How the govt will slash hundreds of millions in outsourced work

External labour on the chopping block after new APS-wide targets.

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'No doubt' inflation is moderating: finance minister

Much is riding on quarterly inflation data out next week as Australia's slow progress by international standards has Labor defending its economic record.

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Big business blueprint to nail down housing crisis fix

Quicker approvals and slashing red tape are some of the key measures the business lobby has put forward to improve housing affordability and accessibility.

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Falling apprentice numbers a worry for housing targets

Lacklustre trade apprenticeship numbers do not bode well for an industry short of the manpower to meet national home-building targets.

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'Unprecedented experiment': Pocock, Gallagher weigh in on social media

This is what the ACT's politicians want to do with the apps.

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Labor, expert lash 'crazy' call to step in over rates

Calls for Canberra to intervene with the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates to get financial reforms over the line have been rejected by Labor.

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More super for mums, dads as parental leave laws pass

Laws that will boost super on paid parental leave have passed parliament, marking a 'win for parents, win for gender equality and a win for the economy'.

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'Impossible to deliver': Katy Gallagher dismisses Libs' stadium plan

'It looked like a thought bubble,' Finance Minister says.

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