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‘A market for crazy’: Turnbull serves cold fury for the Murdochs
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull makes it clear he has only contempt for the Murdoch media empire
- by Tony Wright
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‘Not correct’: Aus Post chair fires back at Christine Holgate
Australia Post Lucio Di Bartolomeo has rejected Christine Holgate’s claims he unlawfully stood her down over the Cartier watches saga last year.
- by Lisa Visentin
‘The most harrowing 10 days of my career’: Holgate breaks silence over Australia Post watch saga
Ex-Australia Post chief Christine Holgate, who resigned amid an uproar over her decision to reward employees with Cartier watches, has fired back at the board she says abandoned her.
- by Lisa Visentin
Low rates to drive house prices up 17 per cent this year
ANZ economists are tipping house prices to grow at their fastest pace since the late 1980s as buyers take advantage of record-low interest rates.
- by Shane Wright
Ministers have not seen critical submarine deal
No Australian minister has seen the critical contractual agreement with a French company setting out local content requirements for a $90 billion submarine fleet.
- by Anthony Galloway
Treasury warns 150,000 jobs to go when JobKeeper ends next week
Treasury says the staff most at risk of losing work when JobKeeper finishes are those on zero or low hours but the effects would be relatively broad.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
ABC boss defends coverage of Porter rape allegation as ‘highest quality’ journalism
David Anderson said he was confident the quality of the broadcaster’s coverage would be borne out in defamation proceedings launched by Attorney-General Christian Porter.
- by Lisa Visentin
Australia Post abolishes CEO credit card following Christine Holgate’s exit
Former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate is expected to break her silence on her departure over the Cartier watches scandal at a Senate inquiry in the coming weeks.
- by Lisa Visentin
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ABC terminates New Daily contract, focuses on Google and Facebook
The ABC is ending its long-standing commercial agreement with controversial superannuation-funded website The New Daily.
- by Zoe Samios and Lisa Visentin
‘Every death in custody is a tragedy’: Two Indigenous inmates dead in the past week
The NSW government has defended the rate at which it is modifying jail cells to prevent self harm, following revelations an Indigenous woman took her own life at Silverwater jail last week.
- by Lucy Cormack
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Unrepresentative swill or star of accountability? The ‘democratic deficit’ in people’s understanding of the Senate
This vital part of Australian democracy and Parliament plays a key role in holding governments to account but is poorly understood by many.
- by Katina Curtis