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AMA tells University of Sydney to ‘read the room’ over research funded by gambling industry

Head of Australian Medical Association says university should ‘reflect on the credibility’ of industry-funded studies

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Greens push Labor to release declassified climate crisis report ‘full of explosive truths’

Transparency would help MPs ‘weigh up predicted wars, water shortages and supply chain collapses against every new coal and gas approval’

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University of Sydney urged to ‘come clean’ on payment to company it part-owns with PwC

Greens say the university’s payment to Innowell is a ‘scandal’ and shows the need for an overhaul of uni governance

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Yasmin already has $20,000 of student debt. Labor’s plans to scrap a Coalition reform may come too late

Students to wait until 2024 to see course fee changes as government begins exploring fairer alternatives to the jobs-ready graduates scheme

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Federal budget on track to smash surplus forecasts as cash balance hits $19bn – as it happened

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'Academic' expert concerns Hanson's team in Faruqi suit

High-profile barrister Sue Chrysanthou has shared a Federal Court judge's concerns over expert evidence proposed to support a legal case between two senators.

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Education minister open to changes on how indexation applies to HECS-HELP debt

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has left the door open for changes to how HECS-HELP debts are paid back, including how indexation is applied to the original debt.

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Afternoon Update: Ben Roberts-Smith result lauded as win for journalism; Pauline Hanson in court; and Australians flocking to Townsville

Australia’s most decorated living soldier has lost his defamation case against the Nine newspapers.

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Pauline Hanson denies Pakistan tweet was ‘racist’

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has denied a tweet described as "harmful" and "racist" targeted Green deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi's ethnic origins.

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Afternoon Update: Bruce Lehrmann settles with News Corp; Greens racism allegations; and a Snapchat before horror Victorian crash

Media company says settlement involves payment of a portion of Lehrmann’s legal costs only

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Mehreen Faruqi reveals she has ‘experienced racism in the Greens’

Senator’s comments come as leader Adam Bandt says the party is yet to see the complaint of racism foreshadowed by Lidia Thorpe

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Pauline Hanson Is Selling Her Knits To Help Fund Her Legal Defence Against Mehreen Faruqi

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson is auctioning her “exclusive” hand-knitted sweater collection in order to help fund her legal defence against Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi.Fucking yikes on a bike! If you’ve been browsing on the One Nation website (lol unlikely), you might’ve stumbled upon a post titled “Pauline Hanson’s Hand…

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MPs push to ease student debt burdens as record Help loan indexation looms

Proposal to abolish indexation projected to cost up to $1.3bn as MPs and students say higher education loan scheme is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

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Morning Mail: drone attack on Kremlin, 15% pay rise for aged care staff, air pollution threat

Moscow says Ukraine was trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin; Anika Wells to announce huge boost for aged care workers

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Mehreen Faruqi Has Launched Federal Court Action Against Pauline Hanson Over ‘Insulting’ Tweet

“This court action is about holding her accountable and using the Racial Discrimination Act to prevent her from engaging in bigoted conduct that hurts people in the future.”

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Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi sues Pauline Hanson over ‘hateful’ tweet

Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi is taking legal action against Pauline Hanson over a tweet telling her to "p-ss off back to Pakistan".

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Mehreen Faruqi launches court action against Pauline Hanson for 'insulting and humiliating' tweet

Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi launches court action against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson over an "insulting and humiliating" tweet, which she alleges breached racial discrimination laws.

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‘We got educated and exploited’: Nadia Sheriff’s $35,000 loan has only reduced to $32,800 after 20 years

Graduates say they are still struggling to pay off debts racked up under Australia’s controversial 1990s student loan scheme

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Calls to reform Australia’s student debt scheme as loan holders face ‘deeply unjust’ 7.1% rise

Millions of Australians face a hike in their Help and Hecs loans when indexation is added on 1 June, the highest increase in decades

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‘It’s perverse’: how Australia’s student loan scheme traps graduates in a debt spiral

Hit with a record high indexation rate, many young people don’t see how they will ever make a dent in their Help debt

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Government will not lift welfare payments despite recommendation – as it happened

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Committee rejects proposal to freeze student debt

A proposal to abolish indexation of student debts and raise the minimum income required to start repayments has been rejected by a parliamentary committee.

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Students and graduates could pay thousands more as HECS and HELP indexation goes ahead

A Senate inquiry rejects a proposal to freeze indexation on the student loans, meaning they could increase by up to 7 per cent in June.

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Growing calls for student HECS-HELP loan indexation to be abolished as inflation sends debts soaring

A growing chorus of university graduates is calling for an overhaul of the HECS-HELP debt system, as loan amounts balloon due to high inflation.

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Calls to ditch Harmony Day amid accusations it 'whitewashes historic and ongoing racism' in Australia

The federal government is facing calls to restore Harmony Day to its original and internationally recognised name, with the Greens saying it "whitewashes historic and ongoing racism in Australia".

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