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The AFP chief said it was ‘unviable’ for Roberts-Smith to present himself to police, as he had promised.

Money is pouring into technology infrastructure, with spending on equipment jumping 96 percent on the March quarter.

Clean-up efforts at 28 Defence Department sites have cost taxpayers $1 billion so far, according to the government.

The chiefs of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation faced a range of questions during an Estimates hearing.

The upgrade is part of a wider rolling capital works and building renewal program in the Senate wing of Parliament House, including 11 new Senate suites.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the reforms were needed for the ’responsible management of the budget.’

The 34-year-old returned to Australia from Syria with another woman last year.

According to One Nation, 75 percent of property investors in Australia own only one investment property and another 19 percent own two.

The department admits it does not independently track newsroom closures and was ‘unfamiliar’ with data showing a 19 percent shrinkage in the media landscape.

‘Systemic non-compliance needs to be proven in court with solid evidence and complex legal proceedings,’ said Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.

The bank failed to respond to more than 200 online financial hardship requests within the required timeframe between 2017 and 2023.

Liberal Senator James McGrath has written to the AEC who is investigating.

‘If someone is treated unfairly on the basis of pregnancy or potential pregnancy, then that is unlawful discrimination,’ said Anna Cody.

Kalyn Ponga on Wednesday night became just the seventh player sent off in 45 years of Origin.

Pocock, who is campaigning for a full gambling ad ban, says the government has left out crucial data around reforms.

Australia’s resources department was unable to say how much gas would remain under Labor’s proposed 20 percent reservation scheme.

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Andrew McKellar said the capital gains measures should only apply to housing, not businesses.

More than 900,000 Australians are currently on the Jobseeker unemployment payment.

‘We now have a commission in which staff are terrified of making any mistake of fact or law,’ Paul Brereton told the Committee.

Taxpayers footed a bill of more than $179 million over three years for consultants investigating the cost and economics of the project.