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Humanitarian migrants are the most entrepreneurial but have the worst income

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.

  • Sarah Whyte

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Dr Bruce Bonyhady,chairman of the NDIS.

'Midnight ambush':NDIS board members discover they are being dumped via ad

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.

  • Sarah Whyte
The federal government is using the ballooning benefit figures to justify its review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule.

Medicare claims hit million a day as patient services grow

Medicare claims have surged in NSW and Victoria over a decade,as patients demand more services,more often.

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Northern Territory's paperless arrests are unprecedented.

States defend Northern Territory's paperless arrests regime

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.

  • Sarah Whyte
An Indigenous woman has her eyes examined at Alice Springs Base Hospital.

Indigenous health:32,000 could have eyesight saved with $23m in funding:report

A PWC report estimates that 32,000 Indigenous Australians could avoid blindness if the government invests another $23 million.

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Robbie Ferguson

Australian Hearing privatisation would be damaging to deaf children,say families

Australian Hearing Services has been targeted by the Department of Finance since last year for a possible sell-off.

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Parliamentary secretary Alan Tudge.

Healthy welfare card restricts spending on alcohol,gambling

A proposed "technologically advanced" cashless welfare card will link to recipients' mobile phones and restrict them from spending payments on gambling or alcohol.

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Medibank

Medibank accused of using dud list to reduce hospital costs

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

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Coroner Greg Cavanagh.

Northern Territory paperless arrests law should be repealed:Coroner

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.

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SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA - JULY 31:Emily (R) and sister Alicia Johnson in the Quadrangle of the Great Hall of Sydney University on July 31,2015 in Sydney,Australia. (Photo by Anthony Johnson/Fairfax Media)

Generation Why Not opt for social change

Sisters commit to improving lives of Indigenous people.

  • Sarah Whyte