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Eleven years ago, then Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced a bill to create the National Disability Insurance Scheme. But now, there’s growing anxiety within the disability community about upcoming changes to the NDIS. Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, looks back at where it all began and why he wants participants of the scheme to …
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally free to return home to Australia, ending a 14-year legal journey. 52 year-old Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents. Assange is due to be sentenced to 62 months of time already served at …
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According to the Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association’s, a third of nurses’ work are under-utilised, focusing on administrative works instead of clinical tasks. With chronic health workforce shortages across Australia, nurses are taking on a range of non-clinical tasks linking to the impact of patients’ treatment experience. Image: Shutterstock – Lysenko Andrii Produced By: …
The 2024 European elections were indicative of a growing center-right and far-right trend in Europe. The impact has particularly been felt in France, where after the massive success of the far right National Front. In surprise centre-right president Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections. The Wire’s contributor Jahan Rezakhanlou asked, Bertrand Bourgeois, senior lecturer of …
A new survey shows support for retaining 26 January as Australia’s national day of celebration… to be slipping with a growing number of people open to changing the date. University if South Australia survey of 559 Australian citizens revealed that 67% do not mind when Australia Day falls as long as there is a dedicated …
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The Australian government has allocated substantial funding to critical minerals and clean energy initiatives. Over the next 10 years, $1.4 billion will be provided to support the manufacturing of clean energy technologies. The government’s Future Made in Australia agenda will drive these initiatives. A new framework, established under the Future Made in Australia Act, will …
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Good news for everyone who missed last months Aurora Australis, with a potential it will be making another return to Victoria. Spectators could potentially see the natural light show this week or next week when the Aurora will be rotating back into alignment with the Earth. The Wire’s Jahan Rezakhanlou asked Professor Michael Brown from …
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Biloela’s most famous Tamil family – Priya, Nades, Kopika and Tharnicaa Nadesalingam were the stars of Biloela’s Women of the World festival last weekend. Priya and Nades are talented chefs who now run a business selling home-cooked Sri Lankan and Indian delicacies. This month marks the two-year anniversary of the Nadesalingam family’s return to Biloela …
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