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Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Providers must step up to protect residents
As COVID-19 vaccination protection across aged care dwindles, it is right for the regulator to put providers on notice.
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Sydney councils
Most NSW mayors and councillors earn their pay rises
It is difficult to begrudge modest pay increases for mayors and councillors.
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Political donations
South Australia goes down road never travelled on political donations
South Australia is proposing to ban political donations from state elections.
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Superannuation
Labor MPs’ super work raises doubts
Two state Labor MPs who are working second jobs with a superannuation fund which has been found to have deceived investors over ethical investment should concentrate on their parliamentary work.
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Water
Drinking water polluted by forever chemicals needs new safety standard
Many Australians were nurtured on the belief their drinking water was the world’s best, but it now emerges we’ve been drinking tap water turned toxic by so-called forever chemicals and authorities.
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Media & marketing
Peter Costello had to go. And thank goodness he has
It was simply untenable for the chair of a media company to seemingly shove a reporter to the ground, laugh, walk off and carry on in the boardroom as if nothing had happened.
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University
They say cheaters never win, but they can make universities losers
Unchecked cheating has the potential to hurt Australia economically, but for universities it amounts to an existential threat.
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Modern slavery
We all have a role to play to end forced labour
A cocktail of COVID-19, climate change and escalating conflicts around the globe have created opportunities for the hidden crime of modern slavery to thrive.
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Immigration
Question hangs over new direction of troubled immigration portfolio
Will the Albanese government’s belated rethink of its ill-thought-through direction to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on visa applications from convicted criminals convince Australians they are safe?
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Planning
Sydney’s housing crisis is no place for low-rent NSW Liberal politics
The NSW Liberals are working to tear down legislation aimed at Sydney’s housing crisis but remain tight-lipped about how they will solve the problem.
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Narendra Modi
Modi’s third win a chance to restore India as a leading democracy
India’s Narendra Modi has won a third term but for the first time he’ll have to share power with coalition partners.
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