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Clare O'Neil warns of ongoing disruptions linked to CrowdStrike software outage
Home Affairs Minister warns of ongoing disruptions associated with global IT outage, as Texas-based cybersecurity specialist readies to roll out automatic fix to a faulty software update.
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NDIS to notch up $600m in savings
More than $600m has been shaved off the projected budget forecast for NDIS in the first seven months of the financial year despite almost 20,000 new participants joining the scheme in the past quarter alone.
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Cashed-up election armies swell as war cry looms
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s path to election victory will be determined by cashed-up campaigns waged by Advance and Climate 200-backed independents across more than 40 electorates, as the outfits draw from up to 500,000 supporters.
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