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…
Category: Federal
OPINION: Challenges and opportunities for Australian federalism
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…
Call for homeless to be involved in policy
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…
Inquiry on referendum rules
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…
High rate of growth in Indigenous population
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…
OPINION: The Republic of Australia and New Zealand
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…
Government sector, east Perth and lower-northern Sydney defy downturn
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…
Economic crisis reopens federalism debate
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…
New alliance calls for equal pay
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…
Indigenous Australians exercising self-determination for the first time: Calma
By Angela Dorizas Australia’s new representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be a private company funded by the Federal Government, said Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma. An…