"Yesterday, the prime minister suspended me indefinitely from the Australian Labor Party caucus. Since then, I have lost all contact with my caucus colleagues. I have been removed from caucus meetings, committees, internal group chats, and whips bulletins. I have been told to avoid all chamber duties that require a vote including divisions, motions and matters of public interest," Payman wrote on Facebook.
Vidhya CK
Jul 01, 2024
Sam Mostyn's appointment as Australia's governor-general is the first since King Charles III took over the throne.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jul 01, 2024
The fee, which went from AU$710 to AU$1,600, came into effect on Monday. The latest move by the federal government is seen as an effort to control the spiraling migration and to ease the tight housing market.
Vidhya CK
Jul 01, 2024
According to the report by NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Board, 517 patients had applied for VAD. Majority of them were above 60 years, and 30% of them administered the dose themselves.
Vidhya CK
Jun 28, 2024
In April this year, eminent Australians wrote to the federal government asking it to transfer the AU$9 billion of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, and pursue the "dirty money" held by Russian oligarchs in Australia.
Vidhya CK
Jun 28, 2024
Regional policy director of Meta, Mia Garlick, said that every possibility will be explored to avoid having to pay the costs.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 28, 2024
As of now, Qatar Airways and Virgin Australia have a codeshare arrangement that allows tickets to be sold on both airlines' respective aircraft networks.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 28, 2024
Responding to mediator's report that "recommended against further commonwealth and state consideration of an underground option at this time," a spokesperson for the airport stated they will continue to fight for an underground train.
Vidhya CK
Jun 27, 2024
Transmission line authorization for renewable energy projects in New South Wales sparks debate over potential effects on land and growth possibilities.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 27, 2024
After admitting guilt to one count of tampering, Milad El-Halabi was sentenced on Thursday.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 27, 2024
Julian Assange's plea deal with the U.S. also included deleting any unpublished material on the country in his possession or with Wikileaks.
Vidhya CK
Jun 27, 2024
NATO's 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance's next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming.
AFP news
Jun 27, 2024
Sophie Cusworth, acting CEO of Women with Disability Australia, said the Senate's report failed to address some of the major concerns regarding the bill, and added the community expected the government to genuinely engage with them on all stages of the NDIS reform.
Vidhya CK
Jun 26, 2024
About 160 employees of Dhurringile Prison will be displaced as a result of the closure at the end of this year. Plans are in place to relocate them elsewhere in the criminal justice system.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 26, 2024
"This is not a time to be walking about expelling people for particular views. It's a time where we seek to be bringing Australians together," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said.
Vidhya CK
Jun 26, 2024
Russia said Tuesday it was blocking access to dozens of European media outlets, including AFP websites, in response to the EU slapping broadcasting bans on several Russian outlets last month.
AFP news
Jun 26, 2024
Tony McDonald, the assistant secretary for Treasury, said Meta's March 1 notification that it would no longer be honoring news payment agreements was "obviously very disappointing to the government."
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 26, 2024
Even though UNESCO has not categorized the reef as "in danger," it did urge Australia to step up its efforts to safeguard the world heritage site and meet its climate goals.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 26, 2024
"Each step I took across the Senate floor felt like a mile, [but] I know I did not walk these steps by myself, and I know I did not walk them alone," Payman told reporters.
Vidhya CK
Jun 25, 2024
As Qatar Airways takes the top spot and plans additional flights to Australia, Qantas drops to 24th place in the world airline rankings, while facing penalties.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 25, 2024
On pleading guilty of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defense documents, Assange is expected to be sentenced to 62 months, which he has already served in prison. If the court approves his plea, Assange will be freed facilitating his return to Australia.
Vidhya CK
Jun 25, 2024
Marion Scrymgour called Senator Thorpe's claims "outrageous" in an interview on Monday.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 25, 2024
The prime minister's assistant minister, Patrick Gorman, filed a measure in the federal parliament on Monday to increase the governor-general's pay from AU$495,000 to AU$709,017.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 24, 2024
The nine-station section from Chatswood through Sydney's CBD to Sydenham, subject to regulatory permission, is set to open on a weekend in August and will carry about 40,000 passengers in an hour.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 24, 2024
Kean's immediate tasks would be tracking the government's progress in achieving the 2030 emission target and advising it on the 2035 goal.
Vidhya CK
Jun 24, 2024
An inquiry Monday cleared Australian Rules players and support staff of feigning injuries to cover up illicit drug use, but recommended the sport overhaul its approach amid fears of "criminal infiltration".
AFP news
Jun 24, 2024
Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.
AFP news
Jun 22, 2024
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government will act urgently on the product stewardship reforms, support the waste and recycling industry and introduce incentives for safe disposal of waste batteries.
Vidhya CK
Jun 21, 2024
The inquiry's proposal, which backs the measure and calls for more money for the impacted industries, has prompted strong responses from lobbying groups and rural communities.
Shreyashi Chakraborty
Jun 21, 2024
In March, Meta announced that it will not renew contracts with media organizations to pay for news at a cost of AU$70m, as the contracts signed under the government's news media bargaining code had ended.
Vidhya CK
Jun 21, 2024
