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The redevelopment of a youth centre providing crucial support to disadvantaged Aboriginal children in Alice Springs is in jeopardy due to federal funding delays.
Almost a third of the credit facilities in the flagship real estate strategy are on a watch list, many assigned to the highest risk category.
Former TAC executive and Geelong deputy mayor Kylie Gryzbek has been fined for breaching the confidence of IBAC's Operation Carina.
Labor urged a local council to seek election funding for an Adelaide soccer precinct before the project had been fully scoped, costed or designed.
The Victorian premier orders a cost assessment of the controversial Western Renewables Link hours after the planning minister approves its environment effects statement.
Economists warn that multibillion-dollar interventions risk locking employees into unproductive firms while hurting overall national productivity.
NBN Co CEO Ellie Sweeney has become Australia's highest-paid public servant in 2026, pending the release of other annual reports.
A Suburban Rail Loop construction rethink will conserve parkland by displacing more residents and businesses, including one business that has already moved once.
The matters expose a risk in the system where people could be working for multiple organisations.
Cash incentives and relaxed entry standards drive the military workforce to 64,200, as the ADF’s recruitment intake hits a 16-year-high.
The gift would usually require the status points garnered from flying Sydney to Melbourne 7500 times.
The Calvary Health-led consortium was forced to up its offer by $60 million in recent weeks to seal the deal.
The Snowy Hydro 2.0 project is seven years behind schedule and $10 billion over budget.
Three new AI implementation scenarios for Commonwealth agencies outline how the government should approach genuine consultation as a model employer.
The reduction in the 58-year-old’s funding, which coincided with a sudden temporary and unannounced closure of one of Victoria’s first NDIS offices, has sparked alarm among disability support workers.
A migration slowdown on skilled workers and backpackers has farmers concerned their workers' visas won't be approved in time for the upcoming harvest season.
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A prostate cancer charity is warning that specialist care could suffer when Commonwealth funding for nurses shifts to the McGrath Foundation next year.
The Federal Government is alone in its new $5000 limit on allied health services for veterans, with politicians across other parties overwhelmingly against the move.
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An APS4 has been charged with sharing sensitive tax office information with organised crime associates.
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