Henry Belot -- ABC News -- 8 February 2017 The multi-million-dollar salaries of senior executives at Australia Post have been revealed by a Senate committee, with the committee dismissing claims the move would result in "unwarranted media attention" and "brand damage". Committee chairman Senator James Paterson said...
Sam Buckingham-Jones -- The Australian -- 8 February, 2017 The chief executive of Australia Post was the nation’s highest paid public servant last year, taking home more than $5.6 million — a figure the organisation tried to keep secret. Former National Australia Bank boss Ahmed Fahour, who was...
Senator James Paterson joins Michael Rowland and Virginia Trioli on ABC News Breakfast to discuss Australia Post executive remuneration....
Belinda Merhab -- Australian Associated Press -- 2 February 2017 Doctors warn more smokers will die and suffer preventable diseases after the medicines regulator decided to maintain a ban on nicotine e-cigarettes. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has rejected an application to exempt nicotine from the Schedule 7...
Tuesday 31 January 2017 Radio National Breakfast Subjects: 18C, Trump immigration policy Fran Kelly: Well those who support watering down the anti-hate laws in the Racial Discrimination Act here have received a bit of a boost this morning. Polling commissioned by the conservative think tank, the Institute of...
Rosie Lewis -- The Australian -- 19 January, 2017 Australia’s Grand Mufti has called for Muslims to be given the same protections as ethnic groups under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, saying the law must be “strengthened”, not weakened, in the interest of minorities. The push to...
Senator James Paterson joins Elizabeth Tilley on Sky News to discuss the ministerial reshuffle and parliamentarians' expenses....
By Fergus Hunter Former prime minister Tony Abbott has called for Australia's $40 million in aid to Palestine to be cut, citing concerns over the Palestinian Authority's support for "terrorists and their families", and suggested the Australian embassy in Israel be moved to Jerusalem. Mr Abbott's strongly...
By Rosie Lewis Malcolm Turnbull is facing a test over section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act from the same community and ethnic groups that derailed Tony Abbott’s attempt to repeal it, as conservative MPs toughen their demands for change. Pressure is building on the Turnbull government...
By Noel Towell The federal government has paid nearly $180,000 in legal bills in its battle to avoid paying $20,000 for a breast reduction for one of its former public servants. The case has now been to the Federal Court twice, with former ATO official Roseanne Howes...