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‘Financial abuse’: how a debit scheme to help vulnerable Australians led to exploitation instead

A Guardian investigation has revealed that Centrepay is exposing scores of welfare recipients to financial harm. Advocates say the government must act now

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Penny Wong says Netanyahu trying to ‘brush aside’ death of Zomi Frankcom ‘deeply insensitive’

Foreign minister’s condemnation of Israeli PM comes as IDF says it has completed its investigation into drone strike that killed seven aid workers

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Government ignored warnings more than 100 companies may be misusing Centrepay scheme, Asic says

Services Australia’s failure to act ‘inexcusable’ and urgent action needed to help people struggling to get by, senators say

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Israeli military likely knew identities of aid workers killed in charity convoy, humanitarian groups say

Australian Council for International Development head says ‘intense coordination and negotiation’ would have occurred prior to passage of workers

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Second energy firm wrongly received money from welfare payments under Centrepay scheme

Services Australia is working with Ergon to return overpayments, prompting fears the issue first identified at AGL could be widespread

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Andrew Giles faces years of litigation as he fights to prevent another disastrous defeat on immigration

The immigration minister has a reputation as the most sued person in Australia. This year the legal terrain got even rockier

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Job providers receiving millions of dollars for positions found by jobseekers themselves

Welfare advocates say there is ‘simply no reason’ for $3.6m in payments over past five years to agencies when jobs were found prior to engaging their service

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‘I just kept paying’: Indigenous people are being exploited by businesses using Centrepay debit scheme

Many of those who sign up are from regional or remote communities, speak English as a second or third language and have limited access to clothing, household goods and services

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‘A lot of question marks’: $70m renewable-energy microgrid project divides Daintree

The financial viability of the government-subsided scheme in the world heritage-listed area is just one of its many unknowns

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Refugees risk being stripped of protection under ‘draconian’ Labor deportation bill, opponents say

Greens immigration spokesperson says bill expands ministerial power to reverse protection findings and deport people previously granted asylum

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Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents show

Exclusive: Dfat official said there was ‘precious nothing in the public domain’ on claims against aid agency hours before pause announced

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‘I had no access’: ex-residents of controversial rehab centre say welfare payments were taken against their wishes

Guardian Australia investigation reveals role of Centrepay in controlling income of residents at WA religious centre Esther House

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TikTok bans account of Australian influencer who promoted nicotine pouches in viral videos

Bodybuilder Stefan Kohut’s account shut after Guardian Australia report, but others continue to showcase the controversial products

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Youth justice on the line as LNP and Labor weigh up community fears about safety

Some Labor MPs are eyeing LNP’s tough policy on detention in bid to sway anxious voters in October election

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LGBTQI+ intolerance prevalent among Australian air force chaplains, inquiry told

Military chief says review into chaplaincy found ‘unacceptable views about minority groups, women, LGBTQI+ persons’

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Energy giant wrongly received thousands from welfare payments of former customers under Centrelink scheme

Exclusive: Calls to overhaul controversial Centrepay debit system that diverted $700,000 to AGL and helped prop up Perth-based gay conversion centre

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Only one in four Victorian public hospitals to report restraints on patients under new reforms

Exclusive: Health department told thousands of people will slip through gaps despite changes in wake of royal commission

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Greens and disability groups criticise federal government gag on NDIS talks

Guardian Australia understands a major announcement will be made on Wednesday but those consulted are sworn to secrecy

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Self-described ‘nationalist’ speaks at anti-trans rights rally on Victoria parliament steps

Matthew Trihey, former member of the Lads Society, opened the #WomenWillSpeak event in Melbourne on Saturday

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Morning Mail: Vaping questions for GP, UN votes for Gaza ceasefire, Trump’s US$279m reprieve

Drugs regulator assesses role of websites in handing out prescriptions; US abstains in UN vote for Gaza ceasefire

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Vaping debate: doctor’s reticence over declaring tobacco money raises questions about conflict of interest

Dr Carolyn Beaumont’s website prescribes vapes without a direct consultation, and she has given education presentations without declaring financial support from tobacco company

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Backed by 5G truthers, exiled from One Nation, banned from parliament – now Troy Thompson looks set to be Townsville’s mayor

Controversy surrounds political hopeful leading north Queensland city’s mayoral race with support from conspiracy theory group

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Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’

First Nations activists call legislation ‘a betrayal’ while Greens leader tells parliament Labor are ‘climate con artists’

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NSW police commissioner says appointment of media adviser under review after new information received

Karen Webb says checks still under way in the appointment of Channel Seven journalist Steve Jackson to the role of police media adviser

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Morning Mail: Who screwed the millennials, IS videos show Moscow terror attack, investors shun nuclear power

Those born between 1981 and 1996 are becoming the first generation worse off than their parents

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