Morrison can prove he wants change by setting quotas for women MPs
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Morrison can prove he wants change by setting quotas for women MPs

The lack of women in the Liberal Party will not fix itself.

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Industry Minister Karen Andrews has demanded the removal of Coalition staff who shared images of a man who was sacked on Monday night for filming himself performing a sex act on a Liberal MP’s desk.

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'Threat to democracy is real':MPs call for social media code of conduct
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'Threat to democracy is real':MPs call for social media code of conduct

Social media companies are being warned they should sign up to an Australian code of conduct on free speech as federal MPs say they need more oversight following Donald Trump's Twitter ban.

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'We need boundaries':MPs want consistent free speech rules for tech giants

Facebook,Google and Twitter face rising calls from Australian politicians to adopt consistent rules on free speech as more than 50 MPs join a push to rein in tech giants.

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Waste export ban drives rubbish research into local manufacturing

Waste export ban drives rubbish research into local manufacturing

Innovative local manufacturing is the focus of the Morrison government's research funding into food waste and recycling.

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'She saved us':Post office owners back Christine Holgate

'She saved us':Post office owners back Christine Holgate

Post office owners are mailing $5 notes to the prime minister with letters of support for Australia Post boss Christine Holgate,who is trying to save her career.

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'We make things in Australia':PM's plan to boost manufacturing

'We make things in Australia':PM's plan to boost manufacturing

Industry will be promised $1.5 billion to sustain local manufacturing as part of a budget plan targeting six priority areas ranging from food to medicine and clean energy.

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Industry urged to commercialise in bid to build scale and resilience
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Industry urged to commercialise in bid to build scale and resilience

Australian companies and universities will be encouraged to get better at commercialising ideas under a federal budget plan.

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Foreign rip-offs are hurting manufacturers,but they suffer in silence

One Australian company had to spend $100,000 in legal fees after an overseas firm ripped off their products and packaging to sell back into Australia.

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Measuring what works a key focus for Women in STEM ambassador

Measuring what works a key focus for Women in STEM ambassador

Lisa Harvey-Smith wants to use her second term to promote structural changes that help women start and keep jobs in the sector.

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'History will judge us':CSIRO to invest in collaborations to solve'real world problems'

'History will judge us':CSIRO to invest in collaborations to solve'real world problems'

CSIRO is changing the way it works in an attempt to deliver breakthroughs of the same scale as its Wi-Fi technology to help the nation recover from COVID-19.

  • byMike Foley