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‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians

Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit

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$1,000 for a one-hour appointment: why are fees for Australia’s specialist doctors skyrocketing?

Out-of-pocket costs are increasing faster than inflation and population growth – but increasing Medicare rebates might not be a magic bullet

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John, 75, wanted a taxi outside Sydney airport to take him 1.5km to his hotel. Drivers refused

Taxi drivers to face higher penalties for refusing jobs as NSW commissioner says all passengers have right to hire taxi regardless of length of trip

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‘Erin Patterson remains mysterious to me’: Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper on the mushroom murders

Three of Australia’s most acclaimed writers have teamed up to write The Mushroom Tapes, about the weeks they spent at the triple-murder trial, picking apart lies, media ethics and evil

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Who are ‘Mary and Joe’? The archetypal undecided voters Victorian Labor is desperate to win over

Exclusive: Guardian Australia reveals carefully crafted profiles of swing voters the government believes will determine next state election

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Roblox shocks: online gaming platform should be snared by Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, experts and MPs say

Pressure mounts on Labor after Guardian Australia report documenting reporter’s week of virtual sexual harassment and violence while posing as a child avatar

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Prisoners spending entire jail term in police cells as Victoria’s justice system buckles

Prisoners in police cells often have less access to healthcare and less chance of being visited by family and lawyers

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Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates

Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man were chartered to the former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person

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Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies

Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year

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ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients

Exclusive: The tax office’s increased reliance on Recoveriescorp has coincided with a spike in complaints to the watchdog

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Sussan Ley under pressure as Nationals formally scrap net zero target

David Littleproud says he informed the Liberal leader days ago of the policy position his party was considering

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Everyone says they are worried about hate crimes. But Australia’s laws to combat them are all over the place

Some state police forces have specific laws and units relating to hate crime, others have neither. Experts say a national definition is needed

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Cost of BoM’s website revamp revealed after deluge of public criticism

Public-facing site cost about $86m as part of almost decade-long IT overhaul known as Robust

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Australian governments ‘turning their backs’ on soaring Indigenous incarceration, former minister says

Robert Tickner says there are ‘no excuses for the failure to implement’ recommendations from the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody

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Liberals hold cordial party room after public brawling but chasm on net zero remains

Regional and metropolitan MPs at loggerheads as members warned not to ‘verbal’ each other over the issue

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‘I’m being punished’: Emily is healthy enough to leave hospital but her NDIS plan isn’t enough to support her at home

Some NDIS participants with disabilities are forced to choose between living at home in an unsafe environment or staying indefinitely in hospital

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First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation

Deal between federal government and Nauru expected to last 30 years and apply to around 350 people released under high court’s NZYQ ruling

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Adnan thought he’d served his time. But one night border force raided his home to deport him to Nauru

Australian authorities have been accused of copying the ‘worst tactics of ICE’ in their treatment of the NZYQ cohort

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Fare game: what the battle between taxis and Uber means for your airport trip in Sydney and Melbourne

Taxi companies are trialling flat-fare rides to challenge Uber’s dominance on the airport run. Can they win back support – or at least customers?

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Liberals accuse Labor of secrecy for withholding PM’s letters to ministers – despite Coalition doing the same

Opposition senator’s FoI request rejected by Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on national security and cabinet solidarity grounds

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Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?

Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’

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Secret report shows likely source of ‘poo balls’ that closed Sydney’s beaches last summer

Exclusive: Fat, oil and grease built up in sewerage pipes before being dislodged by heavy rain and ejected from Malabar outfall

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Groceries via delivery apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Milkrun can be up to 39% more expensive

Seven out of 13 items at Aldi were priced higher on DoorDash than in store, while Milkrun charged more for 11 out of 13 items from Woolworths

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Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Morning Mail: US pushes for Aukus tweaks, environment reforms to target company profits, and how to keep pets cool

Prime minister addresses concerns about American comments on ‘ambiguity’ of pact; tips to protect animals as temperatures set to soar

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