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Findings of carbon credit system review overlook concerns, experts say

Findings of carbon credit system review overlook concerns, experts say

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Experts are unhappy with the findings of an independent review of Australia’s controversial carbon credit system   The review, led by...

Australians still challenged by this year’s floods

Australians still challenged by this year’s floods

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This year the floods and wild weather affected many Australians across New South Wales and South East Queensland. In February...

Indigenous Custody Deaths Remain High

Indigenous Custody Deaths Remain High

Indigenous Social Justice The Law

Thirty-one years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Indigenous fatalities remain alarmingly high. Findings from the Australian...

Prison officers on strike for better conditions in NSW

Prison officers on strike for better conditions in NSW

Social Justice The Law

Prison officers from the Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney have started a strike today to demand better wages and better...

Is Australia meeting international human rights obligations?

Is Australia meeting international human rights obligations?

Social Justice The Law

A report recommending many amendments to the Australian legal system, including a Charter of Human Rights, was released today. The...

La Nina to Provide Cover From Bushfires. Will The Government Seize the Moment?

La Nina to Provide Cover From Bushfires. Will The Government Seize the Moment?

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It’s been about two years since the Australian bushfires, and their devastation to the ozone layer and global climate is...

Defence Department oppose Democratic Oversight

Defence Department oppose Democratic Oversight

International Politics & Economy The Law

The Department of Defence has issued a submission saying that Australian Senators and MPs should not make any decisions on...

Pay Transparency and Greater Job Security for Australian Workers As ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ Bill Passes Senate

Pay Transparency and Greater Job Security for Australian Workers As ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ Bill Passes Senate

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The secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill which last week passed both houses, makes multiple amendments to the Fair Work Act...

ACT and Northern Territory Alter Laws on Voluntary Assisted Dying

ACT and Northern Territory Alter Laws on Voluntary Assisted Dying

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The Federal government passed a bill yesterday giving powers to the ACT and the Northern Territory on legislating around voluntary-assisted...

Lehrmann Retrial Abandoned

Lehrmann Retrial Abandoned

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The case against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping former Liberal party staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament House, has...