Top mandarins score pay rises of up to $17,000-a-year
Nation's top public servant now earning nearly $880,000.
Nation's top public servant now earning nearly $880,000.
The Turnbull government has chalked up a major policy win with its Gonski 2.0 overhaul of school funding passing the federal parliament before the long winter break.
Payment software a 'shambles' a 'shit show' and a 'cock-up', say public servants.
The Turnbull government is considering a bounty style reward worth millions of dollars for those who blow the whistle on corruption or unethical behaviour at the hands of multi-billion dollar corporations.
It was a momentary mistake that stuck with Bob Hawke and became, when all was said and done, one of his most memorable lines.
The RAAF will start flying its advanced intelligence-gathering planes over the southern Philippines to help the country's military beat back an onslaught by Islamic State-affiliated insurgents.
Federal politicians are set for a July 1 cash bonanza, with every MP in Parliament to receive thousands of extra dollars in pay, and a cut to their tax rate.
Another crash and burn of Tax Office's internet systems with just nine days until tax time.
Hopes gas will play the role of a so-called transition fuel towards a low-carbon future are dimming as costs of renewable energy dive and its emissions edge over coal is increasingly questioned, a new report by the Climate Action Tracker argues.
The Education Minister repeatedly refused to condemn Pauline Hanson's comments children with disabilities should be segregated from mainstream classrooms
A trio of Turnbull government ministers will make an abject apology toĀ Victoria's highest court on Friday, a week after they refused to apologise forĀ comments critical of the judiciary.
Australia is shedding jobs for retailers and farmers by the tens of thousands as we become a country of carers and builders.
Emma Husar loves her son - so it was as a mum, not a politician, that she responded to Pauline Hanson.
Almost two thirds of adult Australian news consumers say they are either "very" or "extremely" interested in news stories but 56 per cent also admit to actively avoiding the news either often or occasionally.
Defence public servants accept a new workplace deal at the fourth time of asking.
Parliamentary committee says Centrelink's 'robo-debt' effort should stop immediately.
The Turnbull government has locked in the numbers for a stunning victory on its Gonski 2.0 school funding package by agreeing to fast-track its spending plan and pump an extra $5 billion into the nation's schools.
A small but growing number of Chinese-Australians with close links to the CCP now seek to occupy roles in this country's political structures.
In a wide-reaching speech, Senator Gichuhi set out her agenda and her passions.
In the end, the admirably calm Education Minister cleverly used the Greens' package as the road map to an acceptable deal with a far less progressive cross-bench.
Australia has dropped five places in a global survey of the best places to live, but still remains one of the only countries outside of Scandinavia in the top 10.
Push for the use of wood pellets and other biomass products to reduce emissions'
Students with disabilities are putting a strain on teachers and schools, Pauline Hanson has told parliament.
A top language testing expert has rebuffed Peter Dutton over claims Labor wrongly exaggerated the difficulty of English testing that aspiring citizens would have to pass.
Australian Press Council chair David Weisbrot has bowed to pressure and resigned.
Privatisation. Back in the day, opposing it was the province of self-interested public sector unions and sentimentalists.
Like the Pythonesque parrot, Alan Finkel's independent review into the future security of Australia's electricity market is merely sleeping.
Bill Shorten has been forced to distanceĀ himself fromĀ a CFMEU boss who threatened to reveal the home addresses of construction industry inspectors, as the government flagged it would refer the unionist to police.
The Senate will vote on the change, following Labor's notice to move a disallowance motion.
It's a 'sh*t show', say public servants. It's going great, says the department.
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