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School funding
Win-win for private schools: Morrison's cash splash fixes politics, not policy
The latest salvo in the school funding war shows that when lobbyists kick up a fuss, they get results.
- by Michael Koziol
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Scott Morrison's $1.2 billion bonus for private schools slammed as a 'slush fund'
Critics accuse the government of throwing cash at the powerful and well connected.
- by Michael Koziol & Jordan Baker
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$4.6 million for non-government schools announced
The new funds will be phased in over a decade and be distributed on the basis of the socio-economic status of each school.
Public service
Contractors to be face-to-face with Centrelink customers in new trial
The main public service union is worried about the move, which is the latest increase in the agency's use of contractors.
- by Sally Whyte
Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton narrowly avoids no confidence motion over au pair saga
The Greens and Labor sought to embarrass the Home Affairs Minister after they accused him of misleading Parliament.
- by Fergus Hunter
Education
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces $4.6 billion school funding fix
The Morrison government will inject another $4.6 billion into private schools in a bid to end the education funding wars.
- by Michael Koziol
United Nations
Ann Sudmalis and Jenny Macklin given United Nations secondment in New York ahead of retirement
Sudmalis was offered the role following her explosive claims of "bullying, betrayal and backstabbing".
- by Fergus Hunter
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Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison makes 'brmm, brmm' in a big rig, just like Donald Trump
Australia's new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, emulates Donald Trump by climbing aboard a big truck and making weird faces.
- by Tony Wright
Defamation
Leyonhjelm says comments helped Hanson-Young's re-election prospects
David Leyonhjelm's lawyers say his "stop shagging men" comment was "much more likely" to benefit Sarah Hanson-Young politically than to hurt her reputation.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Andrew Weldon has been a contributor to The Age and The Sunday Age for many years. His cartoons have been published widely nationally and internationally, including in The New Yorker, The Spectator and Private Eye. He has published two book collections of his work and several childrens' books. He smells funny.