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Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards and hear termination disputes under new bill, prompting fierce reaction from employer groups

Matt Kean said $3b figure was based on departmental briefings.

Victorian MP joins Bridget Archer and Keith Wolahan in criticising Coalition’s Centrelink debt recovery scheme

The first federal Newspoll since mid-July, conducted August 28 to September 1 from a sample of 1,200, gave Labor a 53–47 lead, a two-point gain for the Coalition. Primary votes were 37% Coalition (up three), 35% Labor (down one), 13% Greens (up one), 7% One Nation (steady) and 8% for…

Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley is told to leave the chamber during chaotic question time

Opposition leader says constitutional recognition is ‘the right thing to do’ but Indigenous leader accuses him of ‘kicking the can down the road’

From yesterday's decision by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. (S.D. W. Va.) in W. Va. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. v. Morrisey (some formatting changed); note that the court upheld some other provisions of the law, which I discuss in a separate post: In March 2018, the West Virginia Legislature…

From yesterday's decision by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. (S.D. W. Va.) in W. Va. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. v. Morrisey; note that the court struck down two other provisions of the law, which I discuss in a separate post: Previously, the BLPA [West Virginia's Business Liability Protection Act]…

There has been a lot of commentary about how to measure the cost of renewables – but much of it misses the point

Health minister’s office confirms government has accepted expert body’s advice

Analysis of politicians’ Facebook advertising data shows uses of public money to target yes activists, while Fortescue loses an exec and gains Kwasi Kwarteng