Federal Government

• Bob Day's friend tells court she signed documents without reading

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted January 23, 2017 12:27:18 | Updated January 23, 2017 13:35:21

  A woman tells the High Court she signed documents for the purchase of a building owned by former Family First senator Bob Day without reading them.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, federal-parliament, federal-government, adelaide-5000, sa, act, australia

• Facial recognition, fingerprints to replace passports at airports

  By political reporter Alexandra Beech

  Posted January 22, 2017 16:25:12

  The Department of Immigration and Border Protection is seeking tenders for a self-processing system to be introduced at airports later this year.

  Topics: federal-government, security-intelligence, australia

• New campaign demands better access to medicinal cannabis

  Exclusive by the National Reporting Team's Meredith Griffiths

  Posted January 21, 2017 07:20:06 | Updated January 21, 2017 13:07:16

  Some of Australia's most high-profile medicinal cannabis advocates band together to launch a new campaign for better access to the drug, saying current legislation is leaving those needing it facing a "catastrophic event".

  Topics: health, drug-use, laws, law-crime-and-justice, diseases-and-disorders, epilepsy, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia

• Tasmania wants Centrelink debt recovery expansion to pensioners delayed

  By Ted O'Connor

  Posted January 20, 2017 18:52:13

  Tasmania's Government urges its federal counterpart to delay expanding Centrelink's troubled debt recovery to pensioners until the system is working properly.

  Topics: federal-government, welfare, community-and-society, tas

• New Acland coal mine expansion approved by Federal Environment Minister

  By Isobel Roe

  Posted January 20, 2017 17:43:16 | Updated January 20, 2017 20:14:46

  Josh Frydenberg gives his approval to the controversial $900 million coal mine expansion on Queensland's Darling Downs, but the project has more hurdles to clear before it can go ahead.

  Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, rural, environment, federal-government, states-and-territories, acland-4401

• Government announces independent review of NDIS (photos)

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 20, 2017 17:13:05 | Updated January 20, 2017 17:14:37

  The Federal Government announces an independent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to examine overall costs, value for money and its long-term sustainability.

  Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia

• Youth homeless prevention service faces funding cuts

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  By Karen Michelmore

  Posted January 20, 2017 12:51:06

  As Mission Australia reports seeing a rise in young people seeking their services, the future of a successful program helping to prevent them from ending up sleeping rough hangs in the balance.

  Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, youth, family, government-and-politics, federal-government, social-policy, australia, melbourne-3000, nsw, sydney-2000, vic

• Obama and his many encounters with kids

  Posted January 20, 2017 06:08:56 | Updated January 20, 2017 09:12:20

  There may have been lots of important, grown-up business to attend to as President of the United States, but over his eight years in office, Barack Obama still found time for child's play.

  Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, federal-government, family-and-children, children, human-interest, united-states

• Abbott fires back at Turnbull's cabinet processes remark

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 19, 2017 17:11:57 | Updated January 19, 2017 17:43:03

  Former prime minister Tony Abbott categorically rejects Malcolm Turnbull's allegation that traditional cabinet processes were absent under his leadership.

  Topics: abbott-tony, turnbull-malcolm, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• Letter claims Centrelink staff told to ignore debt errors

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  By Pat McGrath

  Posted January 19, 2017 13:55:06 | Updated January 19, 2017 14:03:29

  Centrelink staff working on the agency's controversial debt claw-back program have been told to ignore errors in calculations and push through debts they know are incorrect, according to an anonymous letter written by a person claiming to be a compliance officer with the agency.

  Topics: welfare, federal-government, australia

• Ken Wyatt's supporters say he could be next Indigenous affairs minister

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  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted January 19, 2017 00:24:48

  West Australian Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt's supporters are welcoming his new ministry but say he would be well qualified to become the federal Indigenous affairs minister, replacing Senator Nigel Scullion.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, federal-government, parliament, wa, australia

• Wyatt becomes first Indigenous minister in 'signature moment' for Australia

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 18, 2017 15:10:50 | Updated January 18, 2017 22:40:40

  West Australian Aboriginal MP Ken Wyatt is the first Indigenous person to be promoted to the ministry, as part of Malcolm Turnbull's frontbench reshuffle, in what fellow frontbencher Greg Hunt calls a "long overdue" move.

  Topics: federal-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, parliament, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia, wa

• Health Minister Greg Hunt 'passionate about new role' Video

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  ABC News

  6min 40sec

  Posted January 18, 2017 14:27:45

  New Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says his vision is to help give Australia the best healthcare system in the world.

  Topics: federal-government, australia

• Centrelink staff warned over 'criminal' leaks amid debt recovery row

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  By Pat McGrath

  Posted January 18, 2017 14:10:03 | Updated January 18, 2017 14:25:56

  A leaked email reveals Centrelink management has warned staff they may be committing a criminal offence by leaking internal information, as the welfare agency struggles to manage a backlash from staff angered by the debt claw-back project.

  Topics: welfare, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia

• Can you manage a perfect score in our inauguration quiz?

  Posted January 18, 2017 12:07:18

  Real estate mogul Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January 20. Get ready for the big day by taking our quiz on past — and future — presidential inauguration ceremonies.

  Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, federal-government, obama-barack, united-states

• Greg Hunt announced as Health Minister Video

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  ABC News

  3min 19sec

  Posted January 18, 2017 10:44:46 | Updated January 18, 2017 14:19:44

  The Prime Minister has announced his fourth Cabinet reshuffle since taking office, with Greg Hunt named as the new Health Minister, taking over from Sussan Ley who resigned from Cabinet amid an ongoing expanses scandal.

  Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, australia

• Greg Hunt announced as new Health Minister

  By political reporter Stephanie Anderson

  Posted January 18, 2017 10:19:54 | Updated January 18, 2017 15:15:32

  Greg Hunt is named Australia's new Health Minister as part of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's fourth reshuffle since taking the top office.

  Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, australia

• Centrelink 'debacle' may face Senate inquiry

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 18, 2017 07:25:53 | Updated January 18, 2017 11:47:09

  Centrelink's automated debt-recovery program is likely to face a Senate inquiry, with Labor vowing to move a motion when Parliament returns next month to examine "what can be done to fix this mess".

  Topics: welfare, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• Greg Hunt tipped to be next health minister

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  By political reporter Peta Donald

  Posted January 18, 2017 05:57:02 | Updated January 18, 2017 07:33:38

  Industry Minister Greg Hunt is a front-runner for the role of health minister after the resignation of Sussan Ley, the ABC understands, with Arthur Sinodinos expected to step into Mr Hunt's role.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, health, health-policy

• One in three uni students not finishing their degree, data reveals

  By Jean Kennedy and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 18, 2017 00:04:00 | Updated January 18, 2017 11:20:36

  Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham urges prospective university students to pick their courses carefully as new data reveals one in three will not have finished their bachelors degree in six years.

  Topics: university-and-further-education, education, federal---state-issues, federal-government, australia

• Calls for offsetting options to help farmers

  ABC Rural

  By Lydia Burton

  Posted January 17, 2017 16:05:27

  A Federal MP is calling on banks to develop offsetting options for farm management deposits.

  Topics: banking, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, federal-government, drought, storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, longreach-4730

• What does Barack Obama do now that he's not president anymore?

  Posted January 17, 2017 15:05:12 | Updated January 21, 2017 09:27:02

  With the inauguration of Donald Trump now complete, Barack Obama is no longer president. The question now is, what will he do next?

  Topics: obama-barack, government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, united-states

• $1b spent on detention contracts without authorisation, audit finds

  By Stephanie Anderson

  Posted January 17, 2017 13:55:16 | Updated January 18, 2017 00:10:36

  The Department of Immigration and Border Protection is accused of mismanaging offshore detention centre contracts, with an independent audit alleging more than $1 billion was spent over the last four years without proper authorisation.

  Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, federal-government, australia, nauru, asia, papua-new-guinea, pacific

• Pensioners and disabled in Centrelink's debt recovery sights

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 17, 2017 13:19:32 | Updated January 17, 2017 19:01:15

  The Federal Government is looking to claw back $1.5 billion by expanding Centrelink's automatic debt recovery program to target aged pensioners and those on disability support payments.

  Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, welfare, community-and-society, australia

• Inside the Yahoo hack: How big a threat is it?

  By the National Reporting Team's Benjamin Sveen

  Posted January 17, 2017 12:39:57 | Updated January 17, 2017 18:08:43

  Private email accounts belonging to high-profile politicians and senior Defence officials are among the 1 billion victims of the massive Yahoo data breach. Who were the hackers and how serious was the attack?

  Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia

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