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The latest national academic performance figures have revealed “signs of improvement across the country”.

One wrong word sends PS boss spinning

An alleged gaffe has seen the Immigration Department rush to avoid accusations of Nazi denial.

Locals warn of rising brain drain

Top scientists warn that the CSIRO’s “trashed” reputation will see the next generation of experts seek work somewhere else.

TPPA to hit public health

There is more criticism this week of the recently-negotiated TPPA and its impact on public health schemes.

Executive equality makes money

Australia’s top companies, across all industries, do better with more women on their executive teams.

Utility users lose in regulatory 'arms race'

Rising utility prices are a source of concern and outrage for Australian consumers, leading experts to look at ways to keep the system honest.

1 in 3 caught short by childcare switch

ANU research says one in three families will be worse off under the Federal Government's planned changes to child care.

Lawler quits after near-year's leave

Fair Work Commission (FWC) vice-president Michael Lawler has resigned, ending a long-running legal dispute and leaving a big bill for time on leave.

Union workers across areas including Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support, the Tax Office, the Bureau of Meteorology, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Bureau of Statistics are going on strike again.

NBN builders test better tech

Leaked reports suggest the company building the National Broadband Network has investigated a new kind of fibre-to-the-premises technology.

NT teachers claim Gonski grift

The NT education union has grilled the Government on where $272 million of funding is being spent.

PM's people shoot down pay deal

Staff in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s own department have emphatically rejected the latest enterprise agreement.

Unions move to form mega-front

Two of Australia’s largest and most powerful unions are one step closer to merging.

Leaks speak of huge lag on NBN

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is not going to meet its rollout targets, according to a leaked report.

Anti-Safe-Schools brigade growing

The Prime Minister is under more pressure from the Neolithic faction of the LNP.

Final years campaign maintained

The Australian Education Union is ramping up its efforts to secure needs-based school funding.

Drones, subs and billions more in Defence paper

Australia will spend nearly $30 billion on new planes, submarines, soldiers and other military matters after the release of the Defence White Paper today.

Security post threatens standing agreement

Liberal backbencher Andrew Nikolic is lining up to chair the Joint Intelligence Committee, but Labor says his “extreme right wing” views should disqualify him from the post.

Weather-heads reject sub-par pay

Staff at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) have become the latest to reject a bargaining agreement that their union says is framed by the Government’s “harsh and unworkable public sector bargaining policy”.