Category: Federal

By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has accepted a Remuneration Tribunal recommendation for a 3 per cent pay increase for politicians. The recommendation follows Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s two year freeze on…

By Rob O’Brien   The Commissioner for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has cited the RailCorp corruption scandal as a landmark investigation in his tenure at the helm of…

By Stephen Loosely The global response to the collapse of the financial banking system has reinvigorated local debate around Australian federalism and how the system should evolve in a changing…

By Staff Writer The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for more involvement of homeless people in developing policies and laws.  In a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee inquiry into…

By Staff Writer The effectiveness of the rules of referendums will come under scrutiny in a new parliamentary inquiry. Chair of the House of Representatives Committee, Mark Dreyfus QC, announced…

Australia’s Indigenous population is projected to exceed 700,000 by 2021, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is…

By Rodney Crisp Amalgamation of our two countries is now approaching the final stages.  The remaining barriers to a complete union are predominately societal: two currencies, two national social security…

By Angela Dorizas New research has identified 20 regions across Australia that emerged from the economic downturn with at least five per cent increase in employment. Bankwest research showed that…

By Angela Dorizas The global financial crisis has reinvigorated the federalism debate, according to Stephen Loosely. The former Senator for New South Wales and ALP National President said the relationship…

Working women still earn 17 per cent less than men, says the Equal Pay Alliance. Image: iStock. By Angela Dorizas A new alliance has called on government to close the…