Company 'transforming' Centrelink led $800m Tax Office bungle
The final stage of Centrelink's digital transformation will be led by Accenture, the same company that delayed 1 million tax returns in 2010.
Eryk Bagshaw is a federal political reporter covering economics based in Parliament House, Canberra. He was previously The Sydney Morning Herald's education reporter.
The final stage of Centrelink's digital transformation will be led by Accenture, the same company that delayed 1 million tax returns in 2010.
A private college network heavily promoted by Steve "Commando" Willis that spent more than a third of its taxpayer funded budget on advertising in one year has closed, leaving 1600 students in limbo and 200 staff redundant.
Universities have been accused of "actively covering up sexual assaults" in a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission, which alleges there have been just six expulsions in the past five years despite more than 500 official complaints.
Tthe NSW government has suspended 17 providers for failing to meet minimum standards under the Smart and Skilled program.
For the past year, 14 Year 12 students have been filming a video diary every day.
The headmaster of one Sydney's most expensive private schools, Cranbrook, wrote "misleading" letters about a teacher accused of child sexual abuse at his former school and failed to report the allegations to a higher authority, a royal commission has found.
Sydney is facing a once in a generation enrolment surge, a NSW Upper House inquiry into inner-city schools has heard, as the NSW Department of Education struggles to keep up with demand.
A fitness college network that has been heavily promoted by Biggest Loser star Steve "Commando" Willis has gone into voluntary administration following the federal government's crackdown on the vocational education sector.
Students at high schools should be made to wear hats, with parents, principals and health experts warning current regulations do not go far enough.
Layna Nona had never travelled south of Cairns.
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