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The Greens have introduced a bill to close a loophole allowing hundreds of venues in New South Wales to keep poker machines running during mandatory shutdown hours. The proposed law would require pubs and clubs to switch off pokies between midnight and 10am — a reform backed by experts, community groups and the Independent Panel …
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The federal government paid private law firms more than $60m in the last financial year to fight NDIS participants appealing decisions about their care packages. This is a 60% increase from the year before, as revealed by The Guardian Australia last week in figures released under freedom of information. Image: Image: Unsplash/ Scott Graham …
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Last week, the Albanese government introduced the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill, a comprehensive reform of Australia’s FOI laws aimed at modernising the 1982 framework. The proposed changes include banning anonymous requests, introducing application fees, and extending confidentiality provisions to cabinet documents. While the government argues these reforms are necessary to curb frivolous and automated …
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Families who lost loved ones in the Port Arthur massacre are outraged over a contentious bill to extend hunting rights in NSW. The legislation, introduced to parliament by The Shooters, Fishers, and Hunting Party could be “the most regressive gun laws” since Tasmania’s 1996 mass shooting, anti-violence advocates warn. The Game and Feral Animal Legislation …
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