Written by Systems outage impacting international arrivals and departures Sydney airport has confirmed there are delays at immigration due to a national outage affecting Border Force processing systems. In a statement, the airport said passengers are being processed manually and that no flights have been affected – despite queues being longer than usual. Passengers travelling today are […]
Labor has promised to slash 20% off all student loan debts if elected, wiping around $16 billion of debt for about 3 million Australians. Under a new system, the remaining debt would be repaid with no compulsory repayments for people earning less than $67,000 a year. Both measures would need parliamentary approval, but is this […]
Yesterday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government’s proposal to ban social media use by children under 16, saying social media companies would have to take “reasonable steps” to enforce this. While Albo claimed it was for the “mum and dads” because “social media harms”, it sounded like the government was once again shirking its […]
Rick Morton‘s new book – ‘Mean Streak‘ – chronicles the dysfunctional, illegal nightmare known as Robodebt and the shameful behaviour of Australian public servants, writes Dr Michael Galvin. TOWARDS THE END of his recently published book recounting the many horrors of Robodebt, the author makes the following admission: “Writing this book has made me unwell. Temporarily or otherwise, I cannot […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor says the country is off track, and asks why Australian families are paying the price for the government’s “reckless spending”. Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Coalition gave Australia much higher public debt and student debt, while Labor […]
Good morning Well hello, Australia, and welcome to the third-last sitting week of the parliamentary year. I just learned that the word for that is “antepenultimate”. Prime minister Anthony Albanese joined South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas yesterday to kick off what some are referring to as the election campaign. When we’re all distracted by the […]
Unclaimed Myki credit sits at $115m Josh Taylor The Victorian government is holding $115m in unclaimed Myki funds in a trust, Guardian Australia can reveal. Last month, the NSW government announced it was holding $143m in unused Opal transport card funds from nearly 18m cards that hadn’t been tapped on for over a year, encouraging […]
This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry. The Odours If I could be a pollies c*ck-up,Oh, which one would I choose?To bring disgrace upon my party,And wind up front page news. I’d like to think I’m not Barnaby,Writhing nonsense from a garden bed.I’d much prefer to be Lidia outside the strip club,Yelling […]
Anthony Albanese has denied contacting – in any way – the former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce or any other airline staff to seek flight upgrades. The prime minister’s office on Thursday confirmed Albanese did not contact Joyce by phone, email, text message or any other direct means, and also did not directly contact Qantas […]
Young people say proposed age ban of 16 ‘plucked from the air’ Josh Taylor Young people have expressed frustration that the proposed age for teens to be banned from social media at 16 appears to have no evidentiary backing and seemed to be “plucked from the air”. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, said the Coalition […]