Aged care sector united in call to pass crucial legislation

Jacqueline Maley The home care of tens of thousands of elderly Australians will be jeopardised unless legislation to address problems in the aged care sector is pushed through the hung parliament before July,...

Move faster on elderly issue: lobby

Jacqueline Maley The home care of tens of thousands of elderly Australians will be jeopardised if legislation to address the problems in the aged care sector is not pushed through the hung Parliament by the end of...

Premiers baulk at $14b school funding plans

Josephine Tovey, Jacqueline Maley Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing hostility from some Coalition states after announcing $14.5 billion in new school funding that will form the centrepiece of her re-election campaign.

$14.5 billion over six years: Gillard sets June 30 deadline for school funding plan

Jacqueline Maley Every Australian primary student will get $9,271 and high school students will get $12,193 each in funding under the Gillard government's school funding proposal.

Ita Buttrose named Australian of the Year

Jacqueline Maley It's Ita. The former copy girl, journalist, famous lisper, editor-extraordinaire, has been named Australian of the Year 2013.

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Tobacco giant won't quit fight on plain packaging

Jacqueline Maley BIG tobacco company Philip Morris has been forced to release documents relating to a stoush with the federal government, after taking its fight against the government's plain-packaging legislation to...

New Year's resolution: accentuate the positive

Jacqueline Maley THE Gillard government bears no responsibility for the negative and vitriolic tone of political debate this year, according to the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, who admits the ''scrappy'' political year has...

ALP shifts office to avoid NSW taint - MPs

Stephanie Peatling, Jacqueline Maley LABOR will move its election campaign headquarters from Sydney to Melbourne for the federal poll next year, in an attempt, MPs say, to distance itself from the soiled political brand of the NSW party...

I give as good as I get: Gillard

Jacqueline Maley Julia Gillard talks to Daily Life about her historic misogyny speech and how she manages the most important job in the country.

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Get ready to bump up the volume

Jacqueline Maley NEVER has a womb been so watched. Since Kate wed Wills, a large portion of the world's cameras - when not snapping her topless on a private holiday - have been trained on the Duchess of Cambridge's...

Victims may be able to sue church

Phillip Coorey, Jacqueline Maley Victims of sexual abuse would be able to sue the Catholic Church for compensation as a result of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Child Sexual Abuse, legal experts say.

Victims to be able to sue church

Phillip Coorey, Jacqueline Maley VICTIMS of sexual abuse would be able to sue the Catholic Church for compensation as a result of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Child Sexual Abuse, legal experts say.

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Speak of the drivel - classes begin early in Canberra

Jacqueline Maley THE Asian century has a lot to answer for. It may have given rise to the burgeoning Asian middle class and the opportunity to spread the benefits of their boom (to us) but it has also incited some...

Tributes paid at Canberra service

Jacqueline Maley At the Parliament House memorial yesterday, amid the grief there was a little joy.

No protocol for enduring the grief

Jacqueline Maley WHAT are the protocols for grieving?

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Hind sight: cheeky history lesson for Abbott

Jacqueline Maley THERE is no polite way to say it. Tony Abbott's arse, and the question of its saleability, has once again inched its way to the forefront of the national political debate.

Lives could have been saved, says refugee advocate

Jacqueline Maley THURSDAY'S asylum seeker tragedy could have been averted if Australian authorities had taken more timely action, Ian Rintoul, of the Refugee Action Coalition, said.

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Disorder, disorder everywhere in rhyme of heckled mariner

Jacqueline Maley WHENEVER the Assistant Treasurer, David Bradbury, rises to the dispatch box in the House of Representatives, Coalition members pipe him aboard with a pretendsies boatswain's call.

PM shows the cracks and warns of kicks

Jacqueline Maley THE glass ceiling is cracked but not yet shattered, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, told a group of female business leaders yesterday, and looked forward to a future where it was so normal to have...