Universities will now face tougher governance and transparency requirements under new federal standards, including public disclosure of board decisions, executive pay and consultancy spending.
Universities will now face tougher governance and transparency requirements under new federal standards, including public disclosure of board decisions, executive pay and consultancy spending.
Universities will now face tougher governance and transparency requirements under new federal standards, including public disclosure of board decisions, executive pay and consultancy spending.
Australian parliaments inherited an ancient power from the United Kingdom’s House of Commons: the order for the production of documents (or OPD). These orders require the government to hand over to the Parliament (and make public) documents, reports, data and any other kind of information.
Former Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said there is a national appetite for a tax on gas exports, days before the Labor Party's National Conference in Adelaide.
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The Australian Labor Party looks set to include a new tax regime for the export gas industry in their party platform at next week’s ALP National Conference in Adelaide, according to reporting in the Australian Financial Review over the weekend.
There are calls for an overhaul of Australia’s education funding system after new polling found more than a third of private school parents would have chosen the public system if it had been better funded.
Australia's largest super fund answered just 1 in 10 calls during an independent mystery shopper study that found none of Australia's major funds are delivering an acceptable standard of customer service.
The New South Wales Government has been accused of orchestrating “one of the bigger environmental frauds in Australian history” by using a new carbon credits method to fund a long-promised national park.
Former defence minister Christopher Pyne has declared the $368 billion AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program “unstoppable”, telling a public inquiry Parliament should have no role in deciding Australia’s national security arrangements.
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According to the most recent Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) data from 2018, theft is the largest source of new illicit weapons in Australia. Every theft adds more guns to the over 200,000 illicit firearms in Australia. Fewer legally owned firearms means there are fewer firearms that can be stolen.
Australia has spent decades giving away its gas for free because politicians and senior officials have been unwilling to admit they were "conned" by the industry, according to Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss.
Australia’s climate policy is back in the spotlight after the 'shameless' New South Wales Government was given the greenlight to use carbon credits to help fund its long-promised Great Koala National Park – a move critics argue relies on dodgy offsets.
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