Migrants who have been granted permanent humanitarian visas are the most entrepreneurial when compared with all permanent migrants in Australia but have the lowest income,new statistics reveal.
Board members on the National Disability Insurance Scheme were given a "midnight ambush" when their jobs were advertised in a national paper before they were told,Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says.
Medicare claims have surged in NSW and Victoria over a decade,as patients demand more services,more often.
Solicitor-Generals for NSW and Queensland have defended the Northern Territory government's "paperless arrests" regime,arguing there was nothing wrong with officers being given the power to investigate,prosecute and then judge cases without a judicial process.
A PWC report estimates that 32,000 Indigenous Australians could avoid blindness if the government invests another $23 million.
Australian Hearing Services has been targeted by the Department of Finance since last year for a possible sell-off.
A proposed "technologically advanced" cashless welfare card will link to recipients' mobile phones and restrict them from spending payments on gambling or alcohol.
Private insurance giant Medibank has been accused of using a dud list to reduce its hospital costs by Australia's peak quality and safety commission on health care
The paperless arrests scheme in the Northern Territory should be repealed,a coroner has found,after an indigenous man died in a cold concrete cell in custody,despite asking to see a doctor.
Sisters commit to improving lives of Indigenous people.