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    Labor promised to end compulsory income management in 2022, so why is it extending it?

    After two years of consultation, the message from people subjected to compulsory income management is remarkably consistent: they want the right to choose if they want to be on it or not. Yet the Government is laying the groundwork to break its promise to First Nations people to abolish mandatory income management.

    Education
    Labor promised to end compulsory income management in 2022, so why is it extending it?
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    Lessons from ANU for Australia’s university governance crisis

    The Australian National University (ANU) has spent the past eighteen months in a state of rolling crisis. The headline issues are now familiar. In October 2024, a large projected deficit was announced to staff. This was followed in 2025 by 'Renew ANU', a sweeping cost-cutting program that has reportedly seen over 1,000 staff leave the University.

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