Private training provider Careers Australia to pay back $44m to Government, consumer watchdog says
Private training provider Careers Australia to pay back $44m to Government, consumer watchdog says Updated May 16, 2016 17:45:08 A major training provider has admitted it broke consumer law and will pay back some of the millions it received in government-backed training loans. Key points:Careers Australia admitted to engaging in unconscionable conductThe ACCC says the training provider targeted some Australia's most vulnerable consumersUnder an agreement with the ACCC ..>> view originalMPs on notice after Newman lawsuit
Taxpayers forked out $520,000 to settle a defamation case brought against former premier Campbell Newman.QUEENSLAND MPs could be forced personally pay damages costs when they are caught recklessly defaming individuals.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today flagged changes to indemnity guidelines that ensure taxpayers cover an MP’s professional legal costs when action is taken against them.It comes after it was revealed taxpayers forked out $520,000 in damages in a confidential case recently settled..>> view original$15 million cancer scanner promised for NT
Labor will match a coalition funding commitment to deliver a long-awaited cancer detection scanner to the Northern Territory. It was revealed on Monday morning that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would formally make the announcement of $15 million for a PET scanner and its associated equipment in Darwin on Tuesday. Country Liberals Member for Solomon Natasha Griggs promised the scanner when she was elected in 2010. Labor bumped an announcement on Aboriginal health on Monday in Palmerston to an..>> view originalRoyal Commission on child sex abuse to target military
The Australian Defence Force Cadets have come under the spotlight of the sex abuse royal commission. Photo: Phil Carrick The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse is set to probe claims of widespread assault in the Australian military, including against young defence force cadets in recent years.The commission, which has been running since 2013, has called on victims of abuse in the military to apply to be witnesses in a public hearing starting next month...>> view originalBill Shorten uses blue-collar bona fides to avoid being penalised over rates
Bill Shorten paused in his defence of Labor’s penalty rate policy to offer some blue-collar bona fides. “This is not the first time I have been in a foundry,” he said. “This is not first time I have walked around talking with workers and standing up for them.” The foundry in question was Backwell IXL in Geelong, 75km south of Melbourne, Victoria. It is a metal stamping and pressing plant that specialises in automotive parts. Shorten visited on Monday to announce a $59m manufacturing transition ..>> view originalElection 2016: Turnbull campaigns without candidate after true work history revealed
The Liberal party’s candidate for Fremantle in Western Australia was absent from a press conference with Malcolm Turnbull on Monday after documents revealed that he had misdescribed his work history on his application for preselection. Sherry Sufi, 33, incorrectly described his work experience on his application for endorsement by the Liberal party. The revelation, broken by the West Australian, has thrown Sufi into the national spotlight in the second week of the election campaign, putting pre..>> view originalinvestigation launched after police altercation
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Man critical after capsicum spray incident A Critical Incident Investigation is launched following an incident involving a 44-year-old driver who appears to have had an allergic reaction, after being capsicum sprayed by police. PT0M39S 620 349 A man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after an altercation with police in Sydney's north-west.The 44-year-old man was initially pulled over while driving on Old Windsor Road, Glenwood, at..>> view original'Insolent' accused monkeybike killer Caleb Jakobsson still on bail, despite latest breach
Andrea Lehane was thrown seven metres in the crash. Photo: Facebook The teenager accused of killing a Melbourne mother in a monkeybike crash has been granted bail, despite again breaching his conditions.A teary-eyed Caleb Jakobsson, 19, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday for a dressing-down from magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg.He was granted bail by a Supreme Court judge last year, after three weeks in custody, on charges over the death of A..>> view originalPolice alleged kicked in the head by man on bail
Family of six teenagers killed in hit-and-run devastated after driver Thomas Towle released from prison
Thomas Towle was released today. (9NEWS) The man found guilty of killing six teenagers in a car crash near Mildura ten years ago has been released from prison today, to the devastation of his victims’ families.Thomas Towle was greeted by family as he arrived home in Bendigo, a decade after he killed the group of teenagers as they left a party in Cardross in 2006.Towle was driving with his four-year-old-son on his lap at high speed, before he fled the scene on foot leaving his child in the car. ..>> view original
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