Effects test to put corporate bullies on notice
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims. The Federal government wants to make it harder for big companies to brutalise their smaller competitors by throwing their weight around the market.To do this, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the government is accepting a recommendation of the Competition Policy Review completed last year by a team led by economist Ian Harper. It wants to replace the "misuse of market power" test in..>> view originalMother charged over alleged 2001 murder of toddler in Scone, NSW
An undated photograph of the Hunter Valley toddler who went missing in 2001. Her mother has been arrested over the child’s alleged murder Picture: Rohan Kelly“I LOVE my daughter very much.”That’s what the estranged grandmother of a long-term missing toddler told me as I sat across the table from her back in 2009.This afternoon, Hunter Valley detectives charged her 43-year-old daughter with the little girl’s murder. The 16-month-old vanished from her mother’s former residence at Scone in January ..>> view originalCriminal charges dismissed against former SES Commissioner Murray Kear following ICAC probe
Former State Emergency Service Commissioner Murray Kear arrives at Sydney Central Local Court in February. Photo: James Alcock Former State Emergency Service Commissioner Murray Kear has accused the state's corruption watchdog of "ruining his life" after he was cleared of criminal charges following a high-profile inquiry.Mr Kear was charged under whistleblower protection laws with sacking his former deputy, Tara McCarthy, as a "reprisal" after she made miscon..>> view originalMan charged over Vic cyclist death
Latest In national18:03 PMMegan Palin HIT men and contract killings: how the instigators find the killers to execute their plans and pull it off.17:49 PMMarnie O’Neill A NSW woman charged today over the alleged 2001 murder of her daughter swore her innocence when we interviewed her.17:46 PMSarah Vogler, Peter Michael, AAP UPDATE: The weather bureau has revised down its expectations for a tropical low in the Gulf of Carpentaria, saying it is unlikely to reach tropical cyclone intensity.17:46 PMAN..>> view originalCanberra 10 years behind on media, says Fairfax's Greg Hywood
Greg Hywood says Fairfax doesn't need an alliance with a free-to-air TV network. Photo: Josh Robenstone Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood says political debate around media reform has come 10 years too late and the news organisation doesn't have any interest in a merger with a free-to-air television network.Mr Hywood's comments came as Communications Minister Mitch Fifield hit out "a few analogue warriors" in Canberra who were threatening to derail hi..>> view original'Bag snatchers' front Gold Coast court
Tackling rising inequality a priority for government, Labor research finds
A sweeping stocktake of Australia’s social policy and how it meets national need suggests future Labor governments will consider increasing unemployment benefits and help for the long-term unemployed, spend more on education, simplify family payments, revamp labour market programs and protect employees’ rights and conditions despite drastic changes in the workplace. Related: Bill Shorten commits Labor to full employment goal The review, the result of two years of consultations by Labor’s sh..>> view originalTasmania urged to set suicide prevention target after Premier's taunt
Tasmania urged to set suicide prevention target after Premier's taunt Updated March 16, 2016 17:40:36 A national mental health charity wants the Tasmanian Government to set a target for suicide prevention, after the Premier's gaffe in State Parliament yesterday.Will Hodgman today apologised to his Labor counterpart in the Lower House for telling Bryan Green to harm himself, saying the aside was made in the heat of the moment.Jack Health from the charity SANE condemned t..>> view originalFederal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane leading candidate for Queensland Government offer
Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane leading candidate for Queensland Government offer Updated March 16, 2016 16:39:31 Outgoing federal Liberal MP Ian Macfarlane has been told he is the preferred candidate to be Queensland's Resources Investment Commissioner, but the job offer won't be formalised until he resigns from Parliament.Mr Macfarlane has been in negotiations with the Natural Resources Department, however he has said he will continue to serve his electorate..>> view originalBackbench launches second revolt against Safe Schools program cleared by review
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Conservatives unswayed by safe schools briefing Conservatives in the government are unhappy at a review of the safe schools program and remain unswayed by a briefing from the review's author. PT1M34S 620 349 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is facing a renewed push against the Safe Schools anti-bullying program, with conservative Coalition MPs rubbishing an independent review that failed to call for the program to be scrapped.Queensland Nationals..>> view original
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