Two members of the federal opposition’s front bench have not asked a single question in question time since the change of government.
Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor will announce the extension on Wednesday,along with a promise to wave $1.6 million in indexation fees on loans for about 6,400 students hit with historical debts earlier this year due to an IT system glitch.
The federal government will now accept public submissions on the climate change impacts of 18 contentious coal and gas projects.
The federal government has accused the opposition of “rank hypocrisy” for opposing the repatriation of Australian relatives of Islamic State fighters.
Describing $22 billion in savings and reallocation in the budget as a “reasonable start”,the finance minister has revealed the “waste and rorts audit” is not over yet.
Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley wants the party’s state divisions to adopt an official target of getting women preselected in 50 per cent of seats,as she takes on the role of trying to win back the “teal” electorates.
Sussan Ley faced rampant sexism when she was trying to become a commercial pilot in the 1980s. But she says it is “no less challenging” for women in the workplace today.
Adding to the pressure on Greens senator Lidia Thorpe,the Coalition is pushing for her to censured in the Senate when parliament returns next week.
More than 10,000 students have been hit unexpectedly with historical VET debts by the tax office after an IT glitch meant they were held up in internal systems for as long as five years.
Cross-parliamentary pressure is growing to increase paid parental leave to 26 weeks,as the Liberals,Greens and independents accuse the government of talking big at its jobs summit but failing to deliver for women.
The Attorney-General has been accused of breaching of the ministerial code of conduct as the opposition attacked the integrity of the Albanese government.