Aged-care royal commission final report | The Saturday Paper
WEBMar 6, 2021 · for less than $2.20 a week. to your inbox. After two-and-a-half years, the report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has landed. Its findings are clear: without a major overhaul and more resources, our elderly will continue to receive substandard care.
‘You had one job’: inside the botched aged-care rollout
WEBJun 5, 2021 · By. ‘You had one job’: inside the botched aged-care rollout. Health Minister Greg Hunt was backed into a corner. It was the end of April, months after the aged-care vaccination program had lurched into disaster, and the Coalition’s point man on the rollout was being pressed by aged-care sector officials about the failure to vaccinate ...
How bureaucrats kept robo-debt alive | The Saturday Paper
WEBDec 10, 2022 · In its third week of full hearings, the robo-debt royal commission fixed its gaze on the most powerful bureaucrat with direct involvement in the scandalous policy, Kathryn Campbell, and revealed an even uglier truth behind its introduction. The best of our daily news podcast, 7am. Selection once a fortnight.
Why the RBA’s interest rates rise won’t work
WEBJun 11, 2022 · The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise rates will not substantially address inflation, as questions are asked about the bank’s role and its obligations to workers. By. The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe. The decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia this week to increase official interest rates by half a percentage ...
Marcia Langton: ‘Whatever the outcome, reconciliation is dead’
WEBOctober 14 – 20, 2023 | No. 471. The referendum campaign has cemented racism into the body politic, and the ‘baseless’ rejection of ‘Yes’ will create a bleak future for Australia and those who stood with First Nations people. By. Marcia Langton: ‘Whatever the outcome, reconciliation is dead’. A voter casts an early ballot at a ...
The uneven justice of Australia’s defamation laws
WEBNov 13, 2021 · The Saturday Paper. to your inbox. This week it emerged that Andrew Laming used his staff to send out correspondence to the non-profit advocacy organisation Older Women’s Network NSW, warning them that a Facebook post they had shared from October was potentially defamatory. If they did not …
Exclusive: National cabinet told hospital crisis could last six months
WEBSep 11, 2021 · By. Exclusive: National cabinet told hospital crisis could last six months. Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media at Parliament House this week. National cabinet has been briefed on new data that represents a dramatic shift away from managing a short-term “disaster” overwhelming intensive care units, as is forecast to happen ...
Profits up, wages down in today’s Australia - The Saturday Paper
WEBJul 2, 2022 · Within days, the independent inquiry into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s trial for alleged rape last year has witnessed a backtrack from DPP Shane Drumgold on his concerns about a conspiracy to derail the prosecution. while sitting down. for less than $2.20 a week. to your inbox. As Australia attempts to control inflation, it is ignoring ...
The flawed logic behind the sovereign citizen movement
WEBFeb 19, 2022 · The flawed logic behind the sovereign citizen movement | The Saturday Paper. February 19 — 25, 2022 | No. 387. As an increasing number of Australians invoke their rights as sovereign citizens, a law academic tries to piece together the logic of the movement. The flawed logic behind the sovereign citizen movement.
Centres for working women at risk - The Saturday Paper
WEBMay 22, 2021 · The bad news came buried 31 pages into the women’s specific economic budget released on Tuesday night. There was just $200,000 to keep the Queensland and Northern Territory centres open, and very little for any front-line, industrial services. Petrou says the money buys the two centres just a few more months of operation.