Federal Budget 2025: Coalition to oppose Labor’s tax cuts
The federal opposition has declared Labor’s $17bn of tax cuts are ‘for the next five weeks, not the next five years’, signalling it will oppose them.
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The University of Sydney has begun a hiring spree to help ‘decolonise’ the sandstone institution’s course subjects amid indoctrination fears.
‘Should not have happened’: Teal couple apologises for Lib sign removal
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‘Corruption of system’: silks blast welcome to country law ratings
The uproar follows the revelation that a Macquarie University law course marked students’ delivery of an acknowledgement of country.
Chalmers flags ‘sensible provision’ for cyclone recovery, defends electricity pledge
After being heckled by protesters, the Treasurer said next week’s budget will have a ‘best estimate’ number for rebuilding after ex-Cyclone Alfred as he maintained electricity prices had come down by Labor’s promised 25 per cent.
Country rites tokenistic, says Indigenous academic
A prominent Indigenous law academic says he would not follow Macquarie University’s example of assessing law students on how they deliver a welcome to country speech, unless there was a specific reason to do so.
Dutton pledges up to $35m to rebuild Adass Israel synagogue
Peter Dutton has pledged a Coalition government would support reconstruction of the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne, which was firebombed in an anti-Semitic arson attack in December.
Deliver a warm welcome to country or law students fail
Law students at Macquarie University face the threat of failing a key exam if they perform an underwhelming acknowledgement of country.
‘We’ll always stand up to a bully like Putin’
Anthony Albanese, in signalling some ‘small’ involvement in a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, says Australia will always stand up to a ‘bully’ like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Pezzullo: Troops to Ukraine would be ‘warfighting’ not ‘peacekeeping’
Former Home Affairs department secretary Mike Pezzullo hits back at Anthony Albanese’s peacekeeping stand, saying Australia should focus on its own security in the Pacific rather than send soldiers to Ukraine to defend against future Russian aggression.
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