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Consultants in firing line amid public servant stoush

The coalition wants to slash public servant numbers but Labor says the alternative is costly consultants, as both sides lavish voters with cost-of-living help.

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Mafia-style laws mooted to stop construction 'rip-off'

The opposition wants US-style laws to jail organised crime bosses it says are pulling the strings of alleged construction sector corruption.

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Women marching forward, but more work to be done

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

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Advocates praise recommendations from Australian sexual violence report but say lack of radical change a ‘missed opportunity’

Albanese announces $21m package for support services but advocates say more is needed

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'Systemic' barriers to reporting sexual violence

A landmark review into how the criminal justice system manages sexual violence has been released, with extra funding given to help support victim-survivors.

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Coalition, Labor miss the mark on $347b spending claim

The opposition's claim Labor has added $350 billion in spending omits the impact of inflation, while Labor's response misconstrues the coalition's planned cuts.

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Peter Dutton denies having access to sensitive information as Labor questions personal investments

Liberals decry government ‘dirt unit’ as Labor scrutiny leads to fiery clash during Senate estimates

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Peter Dutton wants to cut public service jobs in Canberra. Here’s what happened last time

There are 26,000 more APS employees than in 2022 but the bill for contractors has fallen from its Covid pandemic peak

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'Hold the line': politicians say goodbye ahead of poll

Retiring politicians have issued rallying calls to the nation to remain optimistic about the future as they bid farewell ahead of a federal election.

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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

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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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