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Chalmers’ budget hinges on 41,200 public service job cuts
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (103+ words) Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget hinges on 41,200 public service job cuts AFR Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget bakes in the equivalent of more than 41,000 public service job cuts over the next decade – the same number Peter Dutton proposed before the last election…...
My father was an antisemite, and I refuse to stay silent
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (93+ words) AFR Drawing on a painful childhood memory, a university chancellor calls out Australia’s collective failure of moral clarity and leadership after October 7. Jennifer Westacott takes an unsparing look at the systemic institutional silence that allowed antisemitism to take root across…...
Sydney Uni boss Mark Scott says Jewish students ‘paid a price’ for his protest strategy
12+ hour, 38+ min ago (102+ words) Jewish students paid a price for protest strategy: Sydney Uni boss AFR The vice chancellor of Sydney University has apologised to Jewish students and staff for taking nine weeks to close down a pro-Palestine encampment, conceding they were left to…...
‘What would Menzies do?’ Liberals chart plan to stave off extinction
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (94+ words) AFR Gender quotas and cut-price membership fees are among myriad suggestions in a discussion paper that has been distributed to Liberal Party members and supporters seeking feedback on how to make the ailing organisation “a fit-for-purpose political machine in the…...
What Albanese didn’t say about AI and IR is the real concern
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (89+ words) AFR Much of the action in determining Labor’s position will be on the ALP National Conference floor next week. The distance between Western Australia’s Pilbara and the University of Sydney is about 3600 kilometres. Yet it’s worth thinking about the connection…...
PM right to seize the AI debate. Now he must balance risk and growth
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (115+ words) AFR Anthony Albanese wants to lead the national conversation on AI. But he is managing political risk and cannot forget AI’s huge opportunities. Towards the end of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s landmark speech on the nation’s artificial intelligence policy on…...
Leaked polling flags Victorian electoral chaos
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (90+ words) AFR Labor and the Coalition could each be reduced to just 25 seats in the Victorian parliament while One Nation could pick up as many as 19 if a state election were held today, underscoring the seismic shift in politics ahead of…...
Melbourne Uni boss defends negotiating with protesters
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (100+ words) AFR The University of Melbourne’s top executive has defended the institution’s decision to negotiate with pro-Palestine demonstrators to end a week-long occupation of a major building on campus, as he acknowledged a Jewish academic was subjected to escalating personal attacks…...
Unis must end banality of indifference to antisemitism
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (93+ words) AFR Behaviour on campuses needs to change. Universities must be safe places for Jewish Australians, What we are hearing this week about the university sector at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is double-edged. Horrible examples of violence,…...
How NSW Labor governs for unions leads to second-rate services
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (92+ words) AFR As NSW Premier Chris Minns has given into public sector unions on wages, it’s no wonder there is less money for case workers to identify more children at risk. The principles of sound public administration are universal. Transparency; regulation;…...