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Audit Committee to examine the Annual Performance Statements

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The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) will hold a series of public hearing roundtables on Friday 28 July 2023 for its inquiry into the Annual Performance Statements 2021–22. The JCPAA will welcome the Auditor-General and other representatives from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), in addition to the Department of Finance, and the entities included … Continued

Days are numbered for Restrictive Practices

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PWDA welcomes today’s release of the Disability Royal Commission’s Research Report on eliminating restrictive practices. As a disability representative organisation of and for people with disability, we strongly believe that restrictive practices are discriminatory and must end. PWDA therefore urges the Disability Royal Commission to make this recommendation in their final report.  “For too long, … Continued

Everybody’s Home backs call for one million homes

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  Tuesday, July 25   National housing campaign Everybody’s Home has backed calls by the CFMEU for the federal government to fund the construction of almost one million social and affordable homes over the next two decades.   The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining And Energy Union (CFMEU) has today called for the introduction of a … Continued

Supermarkets, alcohol, tech, and care services next on the House Economics committee’s agenda

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The House Standing Committee on Economics will next focus its attention on competition and dynamism in the supermarket, alcohol, and tech sectors, as well as in care services, as part of its inquiry into economic dynamism, competition and business formation. Peter Harris, former chair of the Productivity Commission, will also discuss competition in the domestic airline industry.  The … Continued

Report reveals brutal reality of housing crisis

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More than four in five renters are in housing stress, with homelessness the leading impact of the housing crisis, a report by national housing campaign Everybody’s Home has revealed.  Based on surveys of almost 750 people, the Brutal Reality report found that: Two thirds (67%) of people are in housing stress Four in five (82%) … Continued

Trade and assistance review exposes rising industry assistance

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Assistance to Australian industry – money spent by governments to support Australian businesses – rose to $13.8 billion in 2021-22, according to the Productivity Commission’s annual Trade and Assistance Review (TAR) released today. The 49th TAR examines the increasingly opaque government subsidies and concessions, which increased by $460 million over the previous year. “The TAR … Continued

International Methane Agreement a Smokescreen

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SANTOS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW NEW METHANE AGREEMENT IS A JOKE   Today’s announcement that Australia has signed an international agreement on rogue methane emissions in the fossil gas sector is a joke and a smokescreen that actually hands the right to continue polluting to companies. So says Friends of the Earth’s Offshore Fossil Gas … Continued