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NBN Co chief’s salary jumps to more than $3m despite government call for restraint

Stephen Rue is now paid five times more than prime minister Anthony Albanese’s salary of $587,000, annual report confirms

The Guardian - AU

Canberra mums welcome paid parental changes

Families currently have access to 20 weeks of leave.

The Canberra Times

Families to get six months of paid parental leave

Parents will soon be able to share up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave in a move to provide greater flexibility for families.

AAP

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Canberrans 'cheated' over urgent care clinics, GPs say

GPs say ACT roll-out will be different to all other jurisdictions.

The Canberra Times

How the land lies now: ‘fearful, nasty, apathetic and lazy’

Perhaps ignorance really is bliss, Crikey readers say, as they lament the No vote for an Indigenous Voice being enshrined in our constitution.

Crikey

Albanese must employ some Hawke urgency

WORKING FUTURE: White paper on jobs lacks energy and commitment to change

Newcastle Herald

A national digital ID scheme is being proposed. An expert weighs the pros and (many more) cons

In 2018-19, identity crime directly and indirectly cost Australia an estimated A$3.1 billion.

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COVID royal commission backer says things have changed

The Albanese government has been forced to defend its decision not to set up a royal commission but rather a three-expert inquiry into the pandemic.

AAP

Digital ID bid to shield Australians from data breaches

The nation's digital ID system is being expanded and strengthened in an attempt to better protect the data and privacy of Australians.

AAP

Jail break for Julian Assange?

Washington’s ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy says it’s possible Julian Assange could get a David Hicks-style plea deal to let him come back to Australia, and Bruce Lehrmann reckons he should get $6 million compensation because he ‘may never work again’.

Crikey

Katy Gallagher can find billions in savings — if she gets her department to crack the whip

What if bureaucrats could report dodgy procurement deals to the Department of Finance? The savings could be in the billions.

Crikey

The plan to improve culture and conduct in the nation's most powerful building

Senator Gallagher expects opposition because of the potential for MPs to be sanctioned.

The Canberra Times

Ten years on and Canberra's maternity unit has the same problems

'We can't allow it to continue', the health minister said in 2014.

The Canberra Times

APSC reveals number of robodebt referrals over conduct 'breaches'

A taskforce will now consider whether to commence Code of Conduct investigations.

The Canberra Times

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The Guardian - AU

Finance department hires consultant to advise on hiring consultants in move compared to ABC’s Utopia

Exclusive: Department’s $32,000 contract, which comes after PwC tax leak scandal, slammed as ‘laughable scenario’

The Canberra Times

Barr hopes deal saves time on light rail sign off

It could cut years off the process to extend light rail to Woden.

The Guardian - AU

Senior public servants criticised by robodebt royal commission scrubbed from organisational charts

Lawyer Annette Musolino is on leave, as PM’s department assistant secretary Russell De Burgh is replaced on staff listing

The Guardian - AU

Australian government spending on big four consultancy firms up 1,270% in a decade, analysis shows

PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY face scrutiny as critics warn core functions of democracy should not be outsourced

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The Guardian - AU

Deloitte declines to tell Senate which government department’s information it leaked internally

Greens senator repeatedly asks firm to reveal which department was implicated but question taken on notice

AAP

First female RBA governor to bring 'reform agenda'

The incoming governor of the Reserve Bank, Michele Bullock, will have a full plate overhauling the major institution and laying out new ground rules.

The Guardian - AU

PM says time to get ‘yes’ case rolling – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Newcastle's first public service academy opens

The Hunter has 'work force, profile and potential' to attract public servants

Crikey

Playing with power

The energy regulator warns Australia is too slow investing in a new, clean electricity supply, and NDIS Minister Bill Shorten describes last week in Parliament as ‘worse than shambolic, it was toxic’.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Business as usual in Canberra – so much for a kinder, gentler politics

Winston Churchill once observed that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried”.

The Guardian - AU

Crikey issues lengthy second apology after opinion piece on Brittany Higgins

Editors of the online news outlet vow to change editorial processes after taking down controversial article

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