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As China shapes the world, who are the people shaping China?

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Private job agencies are capturing welfare payments

New data shows that only one-in-nine jobseekers (11.7%) found long term employment via a job agency in the financial year ending in June 2025. This is despite an increase in public funding through Workforce Australia, a Commonwealth Government service which pays private job agencies to help people who are unemployed find jobs.

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5 times Trump’s own team called him worse than anything Kevin Rudd said

What’s a few barbs between allies? They seem to be doing their jobs in Washington DC just fine.

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