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ANU's reach for the knife a sad day for the ACT, and the nation
WEB17 hours ago · Don’t expect much resistance to the ANU plans. Yesterday, it was shock and awe as operation austerity was put into action with a dump of information on the ANU website after the Vice-Chancellor’s Zoom announcement to staff.
Housing keeps door open on double dissolution | Riotact
WEB2 days ago · The government’s impatience is evident in media appearances where ministers are expressing their angst at the Senate delay. Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman lashed out at the Greens during a commercial radio interview on Tuesday (1 October).
Labor to work with SA for low-cost flights between Adelaide and ...
WEB18 hours ago · A re-elected ACT Labor government says it will work with the SA Government to convince low-cost carrier Jetstar to launch direct flights between Canberra and Adelaide. Qantas and Virgin already run three flights a day to Adelaide but Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the option of cheaper fares would ...
Government school reforms need to start with 'coalition of
WEB1 day ago · The ACT Education Directorate will have to mobilise teachers who are willing to change their way of doing things if the Strong Foundations literacy and numeracy overhaul is to take hold in Canberra’s government schools, according to a pioneer of the science of learning and explicit teaching movement.. Dr Lorraine Hammond from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, who has been a big ...
Surge in data breaches suggests we're losing the battle
WEB3 days ago · According to the Guardian‘s report, Services Australia says the surge in social engineering is largely the result of people using someone else’s personal information that was stolen from data hacks elsewhere. “The vast majority are the result of customer information becoming compromised through previous third-party data breaches occurring in Australia and overseas, as well as from small ...
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Enrolment numbers soar as federal election draws closer
WEBAug 23, 2024 · The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is recording record highs in enrolments as the nation prepares for the next federal election. As it released the latest figures on Tuesday (20 August), the AEC said pre-election enrolment had never been higher. As at 30 June this year, 97.9 per cent of all ...
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Traffic disruptions announced as New Zealand's Prime Minister …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · A visit from the Prime Minister of New Zealand will see traffic delays and disruptions in Canberra. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is set to visit Canberra for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting this week, arriving on Thursday evening (15 August).