Almost one in 10 staff from families,housing department to be let go

Almost one in 10 staff from families,housing department to be let go

The public sector union has warned Victorian child protection workers will be unable to effectively do their jobs if 400 positions are cut in mass redundancies.

  • byBianca Hall

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Six months on from the election,is the inexperience of Minns’ front bench becoming more apparent?

Six months on from the election,is the inexperience of Minns’ front bench becoming more apparent?

The NSW Labor administration may be buying time with a raft of reviews launched since the election,but government inquiries have a chequered history.

  • byDeborah Snow
MPs to get biggest pay rise in a decade

MPs to get biggest pay rise in a decade

Federal politicians will get a pay rise on Thursday after the agency that sets MPs’ wages said previous pay reviews had been conservative.

  • byStephanie Peatling
The Reporter podcast:Tow Trucks and Death Threats

The Reporter podcast:Tow Trucks and Death Threats

This week on The Reporter podcast,Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson the inside story of an industry that spun out of control.

Tow trucks and death threats:The Perth industry that spun out of control

Tow trucks and death threats:The Perth industry that spun out of control

Perth’s unregulated tow truck industry was a hotbed of corruption and violence. And when one reporter exposed its underbelly,detectives told him to leave town.

  • byGary Adshead
The ‘bed-and-breakfast’ suburbs trapping Melburnians on city fringe

The ‘bed-and-breakfast’ suburbs trapping Melburnians on city fringe

The lack of professional jobs in growth suburbs will keep workers trapped in low-paid industries or long commutes,with one mayor saying her neighbourhood acts as a “bed and breakfast” for its residents.

  • byRachael Dexter andNajma Sambul
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Buried report reveals Perth infill ready for ferry expansion

Buried report reveals Perth infill ready for ferry expansion

Previous barriers to a new route being cost-effective are falling away,says the latest report,written in 2019 but republished on a state website this month.

  • byHeather McNeill andHamish Hastie
The Reporter podcast:When the whistleblower turned out to be the fugitive

The Reporter podcast:When the whistleblower turned out to be the fugitive

This week on The Reporter podcast,Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson a story of deception that would better suit a Hollywood movie than a WA health service.

This fugitive con artist fooled health departments across Australia. Until the day her phone rang

This fugitive con artist fooled health departments across Australia. Until the day her phone rang

The true story of how a journalist pursued this prestigious executive’s true identity,building a damning dossier that brought her house of cards crashing down.

  • byGary Adshead
Dozens of Victorian senior public servants axed,Treasury left without senior trio

Dozens of Victorian senior public servants axed,Treasury left without senior trio

The Andrews government has sacked 49 Department of Justice executives,while three deputy secretaries have left the Treasury.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andCameron Houston
Inside story:How a bikie debt collector brought down a Perth pillar of parliament
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Inside story:How a bikie debt collector brought down a Perth pillar of parliament

Small town,big connections:How a speed junkie was running Perth’s parliament,how one man brought him down,and how this reporter was finally unleashed.

  • byGary Adshead