Some NSW and Victorian motorists could save $1800 a year in fuel costs under a plan to cap motor vehicle pollution,Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said citing new analysis.
New data from the National Anti Scam-Centre shows older Australians are increasingly losing money through scams on Facebook and Instagram,while reported losses are declining from telephone and SMS scams.
Voters delivered a warning to the prime minister on the cost of living – and a rebuff to Peter Dutton and his goal of winning the suburban electorates needed to retake government.
The prestigious Group of Eight is opposed to a levy to fund infrastructure across the sector,as a 400-page report declares the current funding model is broken.
The publication of wage gap data for the country’s 5000 biggest businesses for the first time will arm employees with valuable information about their position in the workplace.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has indicated new anti-doxxing laws will target the non-consensual release of a broad range of personal and private details,with perpetrators to face jail time.
A second group of asylum seekers has been discovered in remote Western Australia,adding to Anthony Albanese’s border security headache.
The opposition leader has ruled out supporting moves to cash in Defence property assets,accusing Labor of “trashing the history of the Australian Defence Force”.
About two-thirds of federal parliamentarians own two or more properties,an analysis of the declared interests shows.
Legal experts and crossbenchers say Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ plans for a new administrative tribunal don’t do enough to protect against the political stacking of appointees.
Former Labor premiers Bob Carr and Steve Bracks have thrown their support behind an Indigenous governor-general,while former Queensland premier Peter Beattie has suggested that could be divisive,so soon after the Voice referendum.