Job losses real and hidden mount up as Coalition pursues funding cuts
Bianca Hall You can tell a lot about a government's priorities by what is kept and what is canned in a tight economic environment.
Bill Shorten puts jobs on the agenda after Holden announcement
Bianca Hall Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has branded Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrogant for saying Holden workers who lose their jobs will be ''liberated''.
Gifts to keep our leaders up and running
Bianca Hall By the time you read this, odds are I'll be breaking into a cold sweat and a slow trot at a shopping centre near you.
Tony Abbott quick to kill same-sex marriage
Bianca Hall The honeymoon is over, and some people couldn't be more delighted.
Car workers' union says Holden employees will need special help
Bianca Hall The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union wants the federal government to offer social support to Holden workers and their communities, as well as workplace support and training.
'Sneaky' Coalition move to change marine park rules
Bianca Hall Environment groups have expressed dismay at the federal government for quietly removing management plans from the world's largest marine park network.
Abbott government abandons Labor tax measures
Bianca Hall The government will drop 48 tax measures announced by Labor, in a move designed to cut red tape.
Childcare workers asked to hand back wage rise
Jonathan Swan and Bianca Hall The Abbott government is asking childcare providers to ''do the right thing'' and hand back $62.5 million given to them to improve wages in the poorly paid sector.
Coalition sending mixed signals on childcare wage rises
Bianca Hall Labor had set aside $300 million to boost the wages of 30,000 childcare workers.
Convention more breached than honoured
Bianca Hall Prime Minister Tony Abbott opened a can of worms last Tuesday.
What Gonski means for your child's education
Bianca Hall The federal government's aerobatics on funding have left many parents scratching their heads.
Tony Abbott's more controversial speeches disappear
Bianca Hall Some of Tony Abbott's most controversial speeches have been airbrushed from Coalition history since the election, including a 2009 speech in which he backed a carbon tax, and a 2004 speech in which...
Australian Education Union warns of massive Gonski losses
Bianca Hall Political Correspondent State governments are only guaranteed less than 20 per cent of the funding they stood to gain under a schools deal that has been ripped up by the Abbott government, the Australian Education Union...
Tony Abbott's controversial speeches wiped
Bianca Hall Some of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's most controversial speeches have been brushed from Coalition history since the election, including a 2009 speech backing a carbon tax, and a 2004 speech in which...
Education union warns of massive Gonski losses
Bianca Hall State governments are only guaranteed less than 20 per cent of the funding they stood to gain under a schools deal that has been ripped up by the Abbott government, the Australian Education Union...
Marked down for dismissing Gonski
Bianca Hall Those long-suffering souls we put in charge of educating our kids in government schools must be shaking their heads in despair.
Tobacco tax hike to hit disadvantaged hardest, says doctors' group
Bianca Hall A doctors' lobby group has warned that a tobacco tax that comes into effect on Sunday , will hit low-income people and those with mental illnesses particularly hard.
Detention centres inhumane: UN
Bianca Hall, Julie-Anne Davies, Lisa Visentin Asylum seekers detained offshore at Australia's behest are kept in inhumane conditions, with children treated harshly in breach of international law, United Nations inspection teams have found.
Asylum seekers Children found in distress UN denounces inhumanity of island centres
Bianca Hall, Julie-Anne Davies Offshore processing centres are more focused on sending asylum seekers home.
Asylum seeker children evacuated from Nauru due to health issues
Julie-Anne Davies, Bianca Hall A group of unaccompanied child asylum seekers has been transferred from Nauru to Brisbane amid concerns about their mental health and fears they may try to self-harm.
