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Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says the government's model for a federal integrity commission has powers ""well in excess"" of a royal commission. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

Labour force figures released today by the ABS show that seasonally adjusted employment increased by 64,800 (or 0.5 per cent) in December, to stand at

Putting unemployed and older people to work could help feed regional and remote communities during the peak of the Omicron outbreak, an industry body says.

An Australian business is offering up to $5k a week to find staff for a sales consultant role as a skills shortage grips the nation.

Centrelink recipients could be forced to work under a new plan by the federal government in a bid to fix the supply chain crisis.

Up to 400,000 foreign students will be able to work extra hours under a temporary relaxation of visa rules to ease crippling labour shortages.

Share on Twitter An investigation has been launched into a major security breach after a child abuse survivors private details were uploaded to someone elses myGov account. Confidential information including the persons address, phone number, bank details and Centrelink number were shared with a complete stranger. Their application to the national redress scheme, outlining the sexual abuse they suffered, was also shared. The Brisbane man who received the persons details was also a s...

Advertisement Homelessness services say frontline staff will be axed, more people will sleep rough and more women fleeing family violence will be forced to live out of their cars if they lose more than $20 million a year in federal funding from July. The Victorian government has written to the state’s homelessness organisations, warning the federal budget did not renew part of their funding beyond June 30. Launch Housing CEO Bevan Warner is facing a loss of $2.47 million in funding next fi...

Advertisement Homelessness services say frontline staff will be axed, more people will sleep rough and more women fleeing family violence will be forced to live out of their cars if they lose more than $20 million a year in federal funding from July. The Victorian government has written to the state’s homelessness organisations, warning the federal budget did not renew part of their funding beyond June 30. Launch Housing CEO Bevan Warner is facing a loss of $2.47 million in funding next fi...

The current 12-year National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children expires next year.  Human rights lawyer and womens safety advocate, Dr Hannah McGlade told NITV News the announcement is a critical first step, saying Indigenous women, girls and children are facing unacceptable violence.  "Aboriginal mothers in my state in Western Australia are statistically 17 and a half times more likely than non-Aboriginal mothers to be murdered," Dr McGlade told NITV news.  "Its absolu...