Hungry ‘monster’ gave no warning
The catastrophic inferno that ripped through NSW towns this week was like a ‘monster with its own appetite’, a local MP says.
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Crackdown on serious welfare fraud through “optical surveillance devices”.
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The ageing population was at the forefront of the federal cabinet’s thinking in June 1998.
Thousands stranded in New Year fire and fury
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The Howard government was determined to beef up its Work for the Dole program in 1999.
Discriminatory attitudes on intellectual disability rife
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Neighbour nurse plan ‘a big boon’
A new ‘neighbourhood nursing’ scheme could keep older people in their own homes longer and save the economy $4.5bn a year.
Criminal liability call for aged care
National Seniors warn that regulation in the industry has been ‘captured by providers and their owners’.
Frydenberg, Liu poll challenges dismissed
Chinese-language signage designed to look like official AEC information ruled to have no impact on election.
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