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- Government Federal, Medical Health Aged Care
- 06/08/2026
- 12:58
Doctors demand fairness for medical prac students
ASMOF NSW – The Doctors Union is calling on the Federal Government to extend the Commonwealth Prac Payment to medical students undertaking mandatory unpaid clinical placements. The Federal Government recently announced the payment would be expanded to students in ten additional allied health disciplines from 1 July 2027. The CPP is means tested and provides eligible students with up to $338.60 a week while completing mandatory placements. Medical students remain excluded. Medical students complete between 2,000 and 4,000 hours of mandatory unpaid clinical placement, the largest placement requirement of any Australian health degree. This compares with accreditation minimums of 800…
- Entertainment, General News
- 06/08/2026
- 12:24
Platypus and rakali: adorable predators. Balloon veggies. Science cabaret. What came before #WomenInSTEM? Science Week in Canberra
Scientists, experts and event organisers are available for interview before and throughout the ‘week’. Here are ACT highlights from the national festival that reaches…
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- Disability, Federal Budget
- 06/08/2026
- 12:23
Disability community demands the government scrap the NDIS Bill before the upcoming Senate vote on 14 August 2026
NDIS participants, the wider disability community, families and allies rallied across Australia in six locations on Saturday 1 August, warning that the National Disability…
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- Technology Innovation
- 06/08/2026
- 12:18
Toshiba Starts Shipping Engineering Samples of TXZ+(TM) Family Entry-Class M4V Group, Standard Microcontrollers with Arm® Cortex®-M4 Core for System Control Applications
―Enhanced security and data management functions support secure system design for IoT equipment and other applications― KAWASAKI, Japan–BUSINESS WIRE– Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage…
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- Education Training, Entertainment
- 06/08/2026
- 12:15
Queensland’s emerging writers showcase their talent
Queensland school students with a flair for writing were celebrated last night (5 August) as part of the Independent Education Union – Queensland and…
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- Education Training, Entertainment
- 06/08/2026
- 12:15
Gold Coast student takes top prize in QLD Literary Competition
A local Gold Coast student was honoured with an award last night at the Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) and…
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- Education Training, Entertainment
- 06/08/2026
- 12:14
Townsville student takes top prize in QLD Literary Competition
A local Townsville student was honoured with an award last night at the Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) and English…
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- Government Federal
- 06/08/2026
- 12:03
CA ANZ flags major change to how the ATO treats holiday home deductions
6 August 2026 Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is urging holiday homeowners to understand a significant change in how the ATO applies existing tax law to second homes, affecting what expenses can be claimed from the current financial year. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has finalised guidance applying a long-standing provision, the "leisure facility" rule, more strictly to holiday homes. Under these rules, a holiday home that is not held mainly to produce income may be treated as a leisure facility, denying most ownership deductions. Where a property is classified as a leisure facility, mortgage interest, council…
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- Industrial Relations, Union
- 06/08/2026
- 11:51
From Underpayments to Lockouts: MEU Says Peabody Keeps Letting Workers Down
The Mining and Energy Union has condemned Peabody Energy after the company entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman following the repayment of almost $5 million in unpaid wages, superannuation and interest to 197 current and former workers. The undertaking comes as Peabody remains embroiled in bitter, protracted enterprise agreement negotiations with workers at its United Wambo washery in the NSW Hunter Valley, where employees have been subjected to repeated lockouts during enterprise bargaining. MEU General President Grahame Kelly said this was exactly the sort of behaviour Australian workers had come to expect from Peabody. "While this…
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