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Ghost Bat flies in on precision diplomatic timing

Ghost Bat flies in on precision diplomatic timing

Precision timing, combined with laser-guided military-diplomatic munitions, has emerged as one of the Albanese government’s most effective tools for dealing with the Trump administration’s agenda. The announcement of a major expansion of the Ghost Bat unmanned combat aircraft program has been skilfully coordinated to coincide with a “full steam ahead”
Queensland Health workers lock in 8% pay rise

Queensland Health workers lock in 8% pay rise

More than 38,000 Queensland public sector health workers have secured a certified agreement with the government. A majority of staff at Queensland Health and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce accepted the government’s offer in a ballot for a wage increase of 8% over three years. The terms
Why Labour’s plotters are doomed to fail

Why Labour’s plotters are doomed to fail

Rewatching the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express the other night, I was struck by the incredible organisational skills of Mrs Harriet Hubbard, played by Lauren Bacall. (Spoilers on the line ahead – anybody that somehow doesn’t know the incredibly audacious and ingenious solution to this particular whodunnit, disembark now.) Mrs Hubbard ...

Ghost Bat flies in on precision diplomatic timing

Ghost Bat flies in on precision diplomatic timing
Precision timing, combined with laser-guided military-diplomatic munitions, has emerged as one of the Albanese government’s most effective tools for dealing with the Trump administration’s agenda. The announcement of a major expansion of the Ghost Bat unmanned combat aircraft program has been skilfully coordinated to coincide with a “full steam ahead”

Queensland Health workers lock in 8% pay rise

Queensland Health workers lock in 8% pay rise
More than 38,000 Queensland public sector health workers have secured a certified agreement with the government. A majority of staff at Queensland Health and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce accepted the government’s offer in a ballot for a wage increase of 8% over three years. The terms

Why Labour’s plotters are doomed to fail

Why Labour’s plotters are doomed to fail
Rewatching the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express the other night, I was struck by the incredible organisational skills of Mrs Harriet Hubbard, played by Lauren Bacall. (Spoilers on the line ahead – anybody that somehow doesn’t know the incredibly audacious and ingenious solution to this particular whodunnit, disembark now.) Mrs Hubbard ...