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Israel and Lebanon have allegedly agreed to a 10-day ceasefire to begin today. Meanwhile, Anthony Albanese has rushed home from Malaysia following a huge fire at one of Australia's two
Stakeholders have less than 10 days to respond to Treasury proposals to beef up the sanctioning powers of the tax agent regulator. Current penalties that can be imposed by the Tax Practitioners Board include censure, orders to complete certain actions such as training, suspensions of registration, and termination. The TPB
Senior Executive Service Band 3 The Australian Bureau of Statistics has promoted Elizabeth Williamson to deputy Australian statistician. Band 2 Yvette Larter is now first assistant secretary of enterprise resource planning at the Department of Defence. Band 1 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has named Katherine Luxford assistant secretary of
Australian public sector bosses are now the best paid in the world, following recent changes to remuneration in the United States. Following the announcement that the Remuneration Tribunal will consider APS secretaries’ and statutory officeholders’ pay, The Mandarin compared their current rates of pay with those of their counterparts in New Zealand, the UK,
Strong stellar wind from a supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. International Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchBlack holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe. They can fling material outwards at speeds close to that of light, in powerful
The war in Iran has become the third major economic crisis in the last 20 years, with fuel prices jumping and inflation once again starting to pick up. Australians are feeling worsening economic pain. While the government has offered some relief on fuel prices, and ensured the immediate supply of
An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation. Remember Peter Dutton’s defence policy? If you don’t, it’s probably because it was just a commitment to spend a lot more. No flesh on that bone.
Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document is the additional defence spending of $53 billion over the next decade, which the government claims (with some accounting sleights of hand) will reach 3% of GDP.
Victoria has its first minister for men and boys. Part of a cabinet reshuffle, the role was given to Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke. It comes with an explicit dual focus: on one hand, boys’ and men’s own wellbeing, and on the other, the harms boys and men perpetrate.
Late on Wednesday, Victorian firefighters were called to a large fire at Viva Energy Group’s oil refinery in Corio, a suburb of Geelong. The blaze is believed to have been an equipment failure. Thankfully, no-one was injured. Viva is one of two refineries left in Australia, and supplies more
Green Left Radio: Free Marwan Barghouti Alex Bainbridge Thu, 16/04/2026 - 14:36 Muayad Ali, Naarm/Melbourne April 16, 2026, Issue 1451, Analysis Muayad Ali
Council officers have been working secretly on new Beach Bar proposals for Gold Coast beaches. read now...
Israel and Lebanon have allegedly agreed to a 10-day ceasefire to begin today. Meanwhile, Anthony Albanese has rushed home from Malaysia following a huge fire at one of Australia's two
Stakeholders have less than 10 days to respond to Treasury proposals to beef up the sanctioning powers of the tax agent regulator. Current penalties that can be imposed by the Tax Practitioners Board include censure, orders to complete certain actions such as training, suspensions of registration, and termination. The TPB
Senior Executive Service Band 3 The Australian Bureau of Statistics has promoted Elizabeth Williamson to deputy Australian statistician. Band 2 Yvette Larter is now first assistant secretary of enterprise resource planning at the Department of Defence. Band 1 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has named Katherine Luxford assistant secretary of
Australian public sector bosses are now the best paid in the world, following recent changes to remuneration in the United States. Following the announcement that the Remuneration Tribunal will consider APS secretaries’ and statutory officeholders’ pay, The Mandarin compared their current rates of pay with those of their counterparts in New Zealand, the UK,
Strong stellar wind from a supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. International Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchBlack holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe. They can fling material outwards at speeds close to that of light, in powerful
The war in Iran has become the third major economic crisis in the last 20 years, with fuel prices jumping and inflation once again starting to pick up. Australians are feeling worsening economic pain. While the government has offered some relief on fuel prices, and ensured the immediate supply of
An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation. Remember Peter Dutton’s defence policy? If you don’t, it’s probably because it was just a commitment to spend a lot more. No flesh on that bone.
Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document is the additional defence spending of $53 billion over the next decade, which the government claims (with some accounting sleights of hand) will reach 3% of GDP.
Victoria has its first minister for men and boys. Part of a cabinet reshuffle, the role was given to Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke. It comes with an explicit dual focus: on one hand, boys’ and men’s own wellbeing, and on the other, the harms boys and men perpetrate.
Late on Wednesday, Victorian firefighters were called to a large fire at Viva Energy Group’s oil refinery in Corio, a suburb of Geelong. The blaze is believed to have been an equipment failure. Thankfully, no-one was injured. Viva is one of two refineries left in Australia, and supplies more
Green Left Radio: Free Marwan Barghouti Alex Bainbridge Thu, 16/04/2026 - 14:36 Muayad Ali, Naarm/Melbourne April 16, 2026, Issue 1451, Analysis Muayad Ali