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Tertiary Turmoil: Labor Plans to Cap International Student Intake

The federal Labor party has announced a plan to cap the intake of international students to 270 000, citing pre-pandemic numbers for the reduction. While larger universities and the Greens Party are against the idea, smaller, more regional universities have welcomed it. This policy shift has sparked a debate on the balance between maintaining educational …

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Senator Fatima Payman discusses shifting sentiment in Labor party

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Former Labour Senator and now Independent, Fatima Payman, has told the Community Radio sector that she feels sentiment is shifting in the Labor Party after the New South Wales conference carried a vote to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. The 29-year-old Senator for Western Australia recently quit the party in Canberra after she voted …

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Insight from Nursing student: new payments to combat “placement poverty”

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The upcoming Labor budget addresses “placement poverty” with new payments of $319.50. With thousands set to benefit starting from June 1st 2025, we speak with Marwa Shukur a Nursing student finishing off her last year about what this means for her. Image: Image from Cloudfront Produced By: Moemina Shukur Featured In Story: Marwa Shukur – …

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Tragic loss: Labor MP Peta Murphy dies at 50

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Labor MP Peta Murphy, has passed away from breast cancer at the age of 50, confirmed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Albanese struggled with emotion in a statement he made from parliament. Mrs Murphy, representing Dunkley, attended the House of Representatives last week before receiving palliative care at home, where she passed away surrounded by …

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How does the National Labor Party conference run?

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Day two of the Labor Party National Conference has wrapped up in Brisbane. The event is the Labor party’s highest decision making forum, and brings together the party’s leadership and rank-and-file members from around the country. But how does it all work? Produced By: Amanda Copp Featured In Story: Scott Cowen – Labor delegate from …

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Housing Stoush on knife edge

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The Federal government have been working to put forward a $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, or HAFF. Just earlier today in parliament, a key concession to the policy proposal was made, with Federal Housing Minister, Julie Collins, offering to guarantee yearly spending in return for Senate crossbench support. $500 million was guaranteed as a …

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Modernising the Hawke-Keating Legacy: Jim Chalmers new economic approach

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Recently, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has outlined his philosophy for a new economic model under the Albanese government. In a 6000-word essay entitled “Capitalism after Crises,” Dr Chalmers urges businesses to co-invest with the government to deliver ‘value-based capitalism’. A stark contrast to the economic approach of his predecessors, the Treasurer’s visions for the future leaves …

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Major Medicare Overhaul

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Medicare is set to change under new funding in the Labor government’s May budget. To relieve the public hospital system General Practitioners will be better equipped to handle a wider variety of cases including light trauma treatment, mental health and physiotherapy. To achieve this goal the Medicare system has to take inspiration from general health …

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