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Estimates reveals cashless welfare card still has huge loopholes and remains a waste of time and resources

12 February, 2016 - Estimates has revealed the cashless welfare card trial set for South Australia and the East Kimberley still has logistical issues and loopho...

What is a regulator for again?

12 February, 2016 - The Northern Territory mine regulator is inviting uranium companies to ignore any environmental safeguards with their refusal to prosecute E...

Is the government still intent on rolling over RFAs?

12 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I want to start with forest products—plantations and regional forest agreements. CHAIR: Could I put on record that Mr Thompson...

Greens support Lady Cilento Hospital staff stopping government cruelty

12 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have congratulated the doctors and nurses at the Lady Cilento Hospital in Queensland who are standing up to the govern...

Government plans to roll out non-sniffable fuel in Katherine; Gulf region and East Kimberley

12 February, 2016 - The Government has announced plans to mandate non-sniffable fuel in Katherine to combat the scourge of petrol sniffing in the community. Th...

Calls to Centrelink more likely to reach a block signal or customers give up before reaching a service operator

12 February, 2016 - "15.7 million calls to Centrelink were blocked and abandoned during the last six months of last year whilst just 10.6 million got through to...

We like and respect the UN, sometimes: Government

12 February, 2016 - The United Nations issued a finding that an Australian citizen has been unlawfully detained without charge for five and a half years, yet ou...

Are people being prevented from voting because they're declared of "unsound mind"?

12 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I want to talk about the issue of people being removed from the electoral roll because they are of unsound mind. Mr Rogers: I ...

Estimates reveals cashless welfare card still has huge loopholes and remains a waste of time and resources

12 February, 2016 - Estimates has revealed the cashless welfare card trial set for South Australia and the East Kimberley still has logistical issues and loopho...

What is a regulator for again?

12 February, 2016 - The Northern Territory mine regulator is inviting uranium companies to ignore any environmental safeguards with their refusal to prosecute E...

Calls to Centrelink more likely to reach a block signal or customers give up before reaching a service operator

12 February, 2016 - "15.7 million calls to Centrelink were blocked and abandoned during the last six months of last year whilst just 10.6 million got through to...

Talking about drugs

12 February, 2016 - Richard Di Natale This is a conversation that's been shoved into a deep dark corner since about 1999 (when then-Prime Minister John Howard s...

Equality for Tadhg

12 February, 2016 - Tammy Franks Filibusters and unnecessary amendments are seemingly the tools of the trade for those MPs who cannot transparently put forward ...