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After days of tense and tumultuous negotiations, the NSW government has cemented a historic pay deal for paramedics, preventing a potential breakdown of the state’s triple-0 services on January 1. Urgent negotiations between the government…

The federal budget deficit forecast for this financial year has been slashed to just $1.1bn, all but guaranteeing Jim Chalmers will deliver back-to-back surpluses.In a move designed to ease inflationary pressures, the Mid-Year Economic and…

A bombshell report has found Victoria’s public sector is ruled by a “culture of fear” and a “creeping politicisation”, with the Ombudsman noting “cracks” are appearing in the pillars “upholding responsible government”.Ombudsman Deborah…

Days before she died, Peta Murphy had a question.Surrounded by her Labor colleagues last Tuesday, she rose to her feet in the House of Representatives and asked the Housing Minister about the party’s shared equity scheme. It would turn out…

“Used and let down” paramedics have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns, urging his government to honour an election promise to drastically improve pay and conditions.More than 1900 NSW paramedics have pledged to boycott renewing their…

A top weapons manufacturer has argued that Australia’s defence industry is far too reliant on the UK and the US for munitions, declaring that the government must overhaul its defence strategy to favour local procurement. NIOA Group chief…

A showdown over expanded detention laws aimed at placing some of those released from immigration detention back behind bars is expected to dominate the final parliamentary sitting week.A bombshell High Court ruling last month found holding…

NSW will pledge to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, bringing the state in line with other states including Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, and join more than 500 city signatories across the world.Marking World AIDS…

Cash-strapped Netball Australia has been warned nearly $18m in funding will soon be reallocated to other sports amid concerns it will not be appropriately spent.The federal government sounded the alarm on the future of a Morrison-era pledge…

Further assistance to low and middle-income home buyers is on the horizon with the introduction of legislation to parliament which, if passed, will result in the federal government taking an equity stake of up to 40 per cent in new or…