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Greens
'Exactly what politics in Australia needs': Lidia Thorpe to be next Greens senator for Victoria
Members pre-selected Ms Thorpe with what the party says was a historic 65 per cent voter turnout.
- by Timna Jacks
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University
The agony and ecstasy of a humanities degree
The federal government should not gut arts degrees to pay for STEM courses.
- The Age's View
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University
Uni fee overhaul won't change demand or affordability: HECS architect
The man who designed the HECS loan system says it shields students from price signals, so the government's changes won't have the desired effect.
- by Fergus Hunter
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Wage scandal
Almost 80pc of labour hire construction companies broke workplace rules: watchdog
The Australian Building and Construction Commission said it had recovered $563,850 for 1337 affected workers.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Water
NSW pushes to extend Murray-Darling water recovery deadline
The NSW government has refused to attend future meetings with other states over the Murray Darling Basin Plan after Queensland and South Australia rejected its call to extend the deadline for returning water to the river system beyond 2024.
- by Lisa Visentin and Mike Foley
Indigenous
Indigenous families missing out on disability support amid fear of child removals
Indigenous families are missing out on disability support amid fear of child removals, a leading Aboriginal welfare expert says.
- by Dana McCauley
Analysis
Cyber security
Don't dismiss cyber threat as an imaginary problem or political stunt
The Prime Minister faced questions over whether he was crying wolf when it emerged there was no single incident to trigger an alarm on cyber security.
- by David Crowe
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Cyber warfare
NSW government was target of major cyber attack operation linked to China
The NSW government was a major target of a wave of sophisticated cyber attacks carried out in recent months on critical infrastructure and public services.
- by Anthony Galloway and David Crowe