Turnbull staffer suspended over three-month old 'Tuck Frump' Facebook post
The Prime Minister's Office has suspended an administrative staffer amid a storm prompted by a Sydney shock jock.
Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
The Prime Minister's Office has suspended an administrative staffer amid a storm prompted by a Sydney shock jock.
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An official statement from the White House has confirmed US President Donald Trump is "still considering" whether to honour the refugee resettlement deal with Australia struck under his predecessor Barack Obama.
The Turnbull government has paid an estimated $1 million in compensation and formally apologised to nine charity workers who were ejected from Nauru in 2014 after unsubstantiated claims of political activism and impropriety.
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