Why shared parental leave means ‘women will be worse off’
Parents will be able to share up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave, but one academic claims it’s a backwards step for women. This is why.
Federal Budget
Wage rise snub: Aged-care industry ‘on its knees’
Aged care providers have slammed the Budget, saying workers will be left on the brink of poverty and residents will go without.
Huge problem with first-home buyer scheme
I don’t need your vote, so I’ll tell it to you straight: avoid the government’s Home Guarantee Scheme. This is why, explains Barefoot Investor Scott Pape.
SA crime hub to take sting out of bikie underworld
The AFP is launching a specialist taskforce in Adelaide that will take on the criminal underworld, following the success of the global AN0M sting.
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Live sporting event betting ads ban
BETTING ads will be banned from live sporting events on TV and radio before 8.30pm, under a Turnbull Government plan to combat problem gambling.
Brain cancer treatment hope in $68m facility
CHILDREN with inoperable brain cancers will receive revolutionary treatment in Adelaide when Australia’s first lifesaving Proton Beam Therapy facility opens in 2020.
Budget needs to be bullet proof
IT doesn’t really matter if next week’s Federal Budget is lacklustre, it just needs to take the shine off Labor’s attacks, writes Tory Shepherd.
’Stop the education scare campaign’
EDUCATION Minister Simon Birmingham has called on Labor to stop the “needless lies” over the schools funding shake-up as Coalition MPs hit out at Tony Abbott.
Abbott just made a big move
TONY Abbott is stirring up trouble but this is his boldest attempt yet to make life miserable for PM Malcolm Turnbull.
Catholic schools ‘will not bully’ us
EDUCATION Minister Simon Birmingham says the federal government won’t be bullied or blackmailed by a Catholic schools campaign over funding levels.
Students throw papers at Minister’s face
STUDENTS protesting a $2.8b cut to university funding and fee hikes have been dragged out by police after one threw papers into Simon Birmingham’s face.
Extra $73b for schools under PM’s plan
NSW schools will receive an extra $73 billion over the next decade under the Turnbull government’s reforms, according to figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
Catholic school funding revolt brews
CATHOLIC schools are threatening a revolt over a federal funding overhaul they claim could force a dramatic increase in students fees.
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