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Greens to call for inquiry into public funding of Exclusive Brethren schools

Advocacy group Save Our Schools also backs inquiry into funding for religious-linked institution that received more than $130m from taxpayers over five years

The Guardian - AU

Aged care homes accused of ‘short-changing’ Australians as nearly two-thirds fail to meet care-minute targets

Study finds providers making profits off government funding despite falling short on mandatory care targets

The Guardian - AU

Taxpayers spent $77.5m to educate new teachers. Only a few hundred remain in schools

Many teachers trained through Teach for Australia now work at elite schools instead of the disadvantaged ones where they placed. Critics wonder if the effort is worth the money.

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Centrepay scandal: energy firm Origin wrongly received funds from welfare payments of former customers

Exclusive: Company is the third supplier known to have been given payments from vulnerable Australians in cases exposed by Guardian Australia

The Guardian - AU

School funding reform to be tied to better outcomes for children with disability, Jason Clare says

Education minister doubles down on need for states to do more for students with a disability, in the wake of Guardian Australia investigation

The Guardian - AU

Government ignored warnings more than 100 companies may be misusing Centrepay scheme, Asic says

Services Australia’s failure to act ‘inexcusable’ and urgent action needed to help people struggling to get by, senators say

The Guardian - AU

Greens slam cost of living inquiry as Liberal ‘free-market propaganda’ exercise

There’s a wealth of cost of living inquiries at the moment. One, due to report in two months, has descended into a political showdown.

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Teachers to get training to deal with poor behaviour in Australian classrooms but experts say more must be done

Government reveals $3.5m plan to reduce disruption but Greens say focus should be on socioeconomic and psychosocial challenges facing students

The Guardian - AU

Senate inquiry report into Qatar decision has a giant Joyce-shaped hole

Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson is experiencing a baptism of fire, as Alan Joyce goes missing during the Senate inquiry.

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The Gonski dream: how can governments restore funding – and trust – to public education?

Experts say Australia’s leaders need to change the narrative on public schools, and make a clear case for funding private ones

The Guardian - AU

Private school funding increased twice as much as public schools’ in decade after Gonski, data shows

Exclusive: government funding since landmark education review released ‘has gone to those least in need’, says national convenor of Save Our Schools

The Guardian - AU

$40.4m for 46 schools in central Australia but how far will that stretch?

The federal government is putting money towards education in central Australia. The consensus is it’s welcome, but it’s not enough.

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Unions call for energy transition authority to help workers exiting fossil fuel sector

Australian Council of Trade Unions chief, Michele O’Neil, will argue for retraining, redeployment and compensation programs

The Guardian - AU

Labor meets Greens demand for ban on reconstruction fund investment in coal, gas and native logging

Deal secures passage of NRF bill through lower house and provides likely pathway to pass it in Senate

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Australian children facing higher student-to-teacher ratios at public schools than at private institutions

New data reveals public teachers consistently instructing around two students per class more than independent educators

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Gladstone mum to make 100km trip for birth as maternity bypass continues

Pressure mounts on the Queensland government to end Gladstone Hospital's maternity bypass, as doctors warn of a "medical emergency".

ABC News

National Energy Transition Authority met with mostly positive feedback, but union wants more input

A key union says plans to establish a federal authority to guide Australia's transition to renewable energy needs significant changes before it progresses to parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor stings RBA governor on wages remark; Friendlyjordies’ home ‘firebombed’; and the world’s oldest meal

RBA governor Philip Lowe says it is ‘best [to] avoid’ pushing wages up even as workers suffer real wage cut due to inflation

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Newcastle Herald

Greens' 'think global, act local' transition plan

The Greens are pushing to have energy transition authorities established at every level of government to ensure communities receive effective support to deal with the economic and social challenges they will face.

Newcastle Herald

Greens push for National Transition Authority

The Greens have challenged Labor to support its bill to establish a National Energy Transition Authority.

ABC News

Could a national energy transition authority allay the fears of communities reliant on fossil fuel industries?

The transition to net zero will be one of Australia’s biggest transformations, and many believe we need a national body to coordinate and plan the change.

The Guardian - AU

‘Millions’ of Australians will be infected with Covid in coming weeks, health minister says

Mark Butler is urging Australians to get their booster jabs as case numbers rise and pandemic supports are scaled back

ABC News

Greens federal election wins to have impact on LNP-dominated Brisbane City Council

It is two years until Brisbane City Council's next election, but the Greens already have high hopes after their massive wins at the federal level.

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Greens senator-elect Penny Allman-Payne sets up in Matt Canavan's Central Queensland region

Just who is Queensland's new senator from Gladstone? The former high school teacher and lawyer who looks set to become the state's second Greens senator insists she will base herself in the heartland of fossil fuel.

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Regional Queensland voted for the Liberal National Party. What do they make of the Labor government and 'greenslide'?

The Liberal National Party has retained 70 per cent of federal seats in Queensland, leaving many in the agriculture and mining sectors worried the inner-city electorates' embrace of the Greens could deepen the regional divide between city and country.

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