A damning audit report has revealed major government departments -including the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - are routinely rejecting Freedom of Information requests (FOI) and failing to meet their own transparency standards.
From NDIS reform and housing policy to fossil fuel subsidies and Angus Taylor’s budget reply, speakers at the Antipoverty Centre’s post-budget webinar criticised policies they say would worsen inequality for vulnerable Australians.
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It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing backlash after quoting inaccurate statistics from the gas lobby, while defending his decision not to impose a 25% tax on gas exports in the federal budget. Mr Albanese was interviewed on radio during a post-budget trip to Perth, during which he claimed that “gas companies paid $22 billion of tax last year”. The $22 billion figure is not an official estimate by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), but a figure produced by a gas lobby group.
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has stepped into the debate on changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) announced in last week’s budget with a full-throated defence of the Government’s proposals.
The Greens have accused major corporations of capitalising on global instability to drive stronger inflation and boost profits, following the release of new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) research.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for urgent nationwide reform to address racism in Australia’s criminal justice system after the United Nations raised “grave concerns” about the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Environmental groups have accused the Albanese Government of laying the groundwork to weaken nature protections after the federal budget allocated millions toward devolving environmental approval powers to states and territories.
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It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
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