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Australia's Peak Union Body Will Ask the Government For a 5% Pay Rise For Workers
The ACTU's submission to the annual pay review will push for a 5 per cent pay rise to minimum and award wage workers.
Is Your High Distinction Worth Less Than it Was 10 Years Ago?
According to a landmark study from the University of Sydney, more than a quarter of uni students are now achieving top grades.
Inquiry Into Victoria's Public Housing Tower Demolition Plan Launched
The reasoning behind the Victorian government's plan to demolish, privatise and rebuild all 44 of its public housing towers will be the subject of a new parliamentary inquiry.
What Is UNRWA, the Palestinian Aid Agency, and What Does It Do?
The Australian government has reinstated funding to UNRWA. So What does the Palestinian aid organisation do and what is Australia's tie to it?
America's TikTok Ban Passed the Lower House. What Does that Mean for Australia?
Conservative Australian politicians are calling on the government to act after a bill to force TikTok to divest from Chinese ownership passed the United States’ lower house last week.
Review Finds Deaths of Two First Nations Boys ‘Preventable’ After More Than 100 Days in Isolation
The Child Death Review Board’s annual report for 2022-23 discovered that the boys spent more than 2000 hours in solitary confinement.
‘Nowhere Else to Go’: Australian Government Cancels Visas of Palestinians Fleeing Gaza
More than 2,000 visas have been granted to Palestinians with connections to Australia. Now, some of them are struggling to enter the country.
Why Free Palestine Protestors Demonstrated During Ziggy Marley's WOMAD Set
Ziggy Marley's headline set at WOMAD music festival was disrupted by pro-Palestine protestors waiving flags and anti-Zionist banners.
A 23-Year-Old Man Has Died After a Chaotic Weekend of Cancelled Festivals and Extreme Heat
Temperatures reaching 41C, total fire bans, and the death of a festival reveller brought Victoria's long-weekend festivities to an early and somber end.
Elite Sydney School Headmaster Resigns After 'Concerning' Teacher Allegations
Sydney's eastern suburbs private school, Cranbrook, was the focus of an ABC 4 Corners investigation earlier this week.
Surely the Shitbox Apartments Built Inside Australia’s Most Notorious Prison Are Haunted
In 2016, when Pentridge Prison was under construction, large development mock-ups bedecking the temp chain link fences around the site declared, “ESCAPE TO PENTRIDGE”. Enticing.
‘Climate Breakdown Has Begun’: Activists Jailed for West Gate Bridge Protest
Two Extinction Rebellion protestors have been jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge traffic in Melbourne on Tuesday morning.