Federal election 2022 live news: Maverick MPs go head to head in lively debate
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Welcome to rolling coverage of news from Canberra and around Australia as the leaders enter week two of the federal election campaign.
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University staff paid more than premiers
Eye-popping pay for vice-chancellors is revealed in a damning new study that blows the whistle on ‘reckless largesse’ and wasteful spending at universities.
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Might as well close it: Chalmers’ big call leaves fund without a future
It’s Jim Chalmers’ big chance to put his loopy ideas about ‘reinventing capitalism’ to become a ‘values-driven’ system into practice. Labor has never really liked the Future Fund because it’s a reminder of Peter Costello’s success.
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