Australian Politics News

Clean-up efforts at 28 Defence Department sites have cost taxpayers $1 billion so far, according to the government.

The chiefs of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation faced a range of questions during an Estimates hearing.

The upgrade is part of a wider rolling capital works and building renewal program in the Senate wing of Parliament House, including 11 new Senate suites.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the reforms were needed for the ’responsible management of the budget.’

According to One Nation, 75 percent of property investors in Australia own only one investment property and another 19 percent own two.

The department admits it does not independently track newsroom closures and was ‘unfamiliar’ with data showing a 19 percent shrinkage in the media landscape.

‘Systemic non-compliance needs to be proven in court with solid evidence and complex legal proceedings,’ said Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.

Liberal Senator James McGrath has written to the AEC who is investigating.

‘If someone is treated unfairly on the basis of pregnancy or potential pregnancy, then that is unlawful discrimination,’ said Anna Cody.

Pocock, who is campaigning for a full gambling ad ban, says the government has left out crucial data around reforms.

Australia’s resources department was unable to say how much gas would remain under Labor’s proposed 20 percent reservation scheme.

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Andrew McKellar said the capital gains measures should only apply to housing, not businesses.

More than 900,000 Australians are currently on the Jobseeker unemployment payment.

‘We now have a commission in which staff are terrified of making any mistake of fact or law,’ Paul Brereton told the Committee.

Taxpayers footed a bill of more than $179 million over three years for consultants investigating the cost and economics of the project.

Liberal and One Nation senators have scrutinised human rights commissioners over their interpretation of discrimination law at recent parliamentary hearings.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission will examine how media were tipped off to Roberts-Smith’s arrest.

The Victorian government has rejected a recommendation to cap legally owned firearms at four per licence holder.

Simon Gordon, group manager for strategy at the NIAA, said he needed to confirm if Price’s claim of $22 billion was accurate.

Nationals MP Alison Penfold has introduced legislation to amend the Sex Discrimination Act that would define “man” and “woman” in law based on biological sex.