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In a $42.5 million contract for incorporating radio technology into the nation’s passports, the auditor-general found cases where approval for spending was made before an official order was signed, incidents where no order was ever signed and problems with currency conversion. “The contract management issues extended beyond a failure to convert euros to Australian dollars […]
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie declared on Thursday she would audit her travel history after previously saying she had not received Qantas upgrades and then admitting she had on one occasion. But the Australian Financial Review reported on Wednesday she had received more. “Earlier this week I called on the Prime Minister to provide a complete […]
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But the individual decisions of state premiers were largely spared by a review that focused on ways to deal with a future pandemic. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who had yet to read the report, said it was a hit job on the Morrison government. He said without the support put in place during Covid, there […]
Chalmers said while he received free advice to either provide much more cost-of-living relief or “slash and burn” the budget and provide less assistance, he would be looking to strike a “series of correct balances”. One area in which consumers have felt the most price pain over the past three years has been in supermarkets. […]
Albanese was in Samoa for a Commonwealth meeting on Saturday and took questions on international matters, but ended a press conference before he could be asked about Qantas. Joyce also declined to comment. “This is on a scale that I think bears much further scrutiny, and I think there are deep questions for the prime […]
Albanese was in Samoa for a Commonwealth meeting on Saturday and took questions on international matters, but ended a press conference before he could be asked about Qantas. Joyce also declined to comment. “This is on a scale that I think bears much further scrutiny, and I think there are deep questions for the prime […]
While higher interest rates have hurt the bank’s finances, it made $1.6 billion from the global lift in gold prices over the past year. The bank holds about 6400 bars of the precious metal, now worth $9 billion, in the vaults of the Bank of England in London. Before the pandemic, the federal government received […]
“And it is up to countries like Australia to show leadership. We have done that, which is one of the ways that we have restored our credibility in international forums such as this.” The Tuvalu prime minister spoke to journalists after launching a report by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative that blames Australia, Canada […]
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