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It resulted in the department paying a record price of $2,745 per megalitre for the unreliable floodplain entitlements. It has now emerged this was not what the valuer intended and the department appears to have misinterpreted the valuation advice. Colliers’ discussion of a premium in the valuation was to guide the department if it chose to move beyond the recommended valuation of $1,500 per megalitre. Colliers provided a range of values between $1,050 and $2,300 per megalitre and discussed f...

Number of Migrant Children Detained at Border Has Tripled in Two Weeks Last Updated March 24, 2021, 7:38 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 7:38 a.m. ET President Biden directs the Education Department to review Trump-era rules that afforded greater protections to students accused of sexual assault. On Capitol Hill, House members urged for swift action after receiving an update from a task force examining the failures that allowed the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Here’s what you need to know: A migra...

The governments second tranche of royal commission legislation,  which deals with annual renewals, disclosure of lack of independence and restrictions on deducting advice fees from super, has passed

Senator Pat Roberts Joins Capitol Counsel Marine Corps Vet, Statesman, Ag Specialist will take a Partner role News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitol Counsel announced today that Senator Patrick (Pat) Roberts (R-KS) will be joining the firm as a Partner. Kansas elder statesman, Roberts retired from the U.S. Senate in January after serving four terms. He also served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and is a U.S. Ma...

An amendment has preserved the specialist knowledge of the Family Court, but concerns about the merger remain.

The senator, who is retiring, is one of seven Republicans who voted with Democrats to find Donald J. Trump guilty of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol.

A key crossbench senator will now back the government’s planned merger of the Family Court with the Federal Circuit Court.

Family Court merger to pass parliament A controversial plan to merge the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court will pass parliament this week, after senator Rex Patrick agreed to back it. Politics by Claire Bickers Premium Content Subscriber only A controversial plan to merge the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court will go ahead, with the bill expected to pass the Senate this week. South Australian crossbench senator Rex Patrick has agreed to back ...

WASHINGTON — A Senate still bruised from the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries acquitted former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial, as all but a few Republicans locked arms to reject a case that he incited the Jan. 6 rampage in a last-ditch attempt to cling to power. Under the watch of National Guard troops still patrolling the historic building, a bipartisan majority cast votes finding Mr....

After a day that featured a harrowing video of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, only six Republicans joined Democrats in agreeing to allow the trial to proceed, signaling there was not enough support for a conviction.