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Immigration bosses slammed over $250 million office plan
Even government MPs say they are "deeply unimpressed" with the Immigration Department.
Adam Gartrell is a political correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Even government MPs say they are "deeply unimpressed" with the Immigration Department.
Malcolm Turnbull has refused to rule out further regulating electricity prices to get a better deal for consumers as energy retailers declared his new inquiry will "bust the myth" there is any price-gouging in the market.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to conduct a major review of electricity retailers.
Cuts to Sunday penalty rates for low-paid workers could blow a $650 million hole in the federal government's budget bottom line, according to the Australian Institute.
Australia's top-selling new cars are using up to 60 per cent more fuel than advertised, according to a report that casts fresh doubt on the accuracy of the laboratory testing underpinning the federal government's vehicle emissions standards.
When NSW couple Edna and Bill Williams were told how much they'd be expected to pay for their private health insurance next year - $17,594 - they were so shocked they couldn't sleep for three nights.
"I get a travel allowance, others get penalty rates – it's part of the package."
The former minister has been called to appear as a witness at a Crime and Corruption Commission public hearing.
"It was an attack on parliaments, freedom and democracy everywhere in the world," Malcolm Turnbull said.
Turnbull government MP Sussan Ley has broken her silence on the travel expenses scandal that ended her frontbench career, releasing a report that shows only one Comcar ride fell outside parliamentary rules.
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