Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Canberra pollies paid extra for showing-up to work and other top stories.

  • Canberra pollies paid extra for showing-up to work

    Canberra pollies paid extra for showing-up to work
    ACT Liberal Senator Zed Seselja has been paid about $10,200 to commute. Photo: Jamila Toderas Canberra politicians have been slugging taxpayers thousands of dollars simply for driving across town to their Parliament House offices.MPs and senators who live within 30 kilometres of Parliament House can claim $86 a day, before tax, for turning up to work at Capital Hill when the Parliament is sitting or to attend committee meetings.But the 221 interstate parliame..
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  • University of Canberra academic defends increasing ATAR leniency ...

    University of Canberra academic defends increasing ATAR leniency ...
    University of Canberra academic defends increasing ATAR leniency in university admissions Updated May 31, 2016 11:11:36 A University of Canberra faculty member has defended tertiary institutions' increasingly common practice of admitting students with low ATAR scores.A report into university admission standards across the country showed the number of undergraduate students with ATARs under 50 has nearly doubled.The Department of Education report outlined an increase fro..
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  • justice system needs more integration with Aboriginal community ...

    justice system needs more integration with Aboriginal community ...
    Canberra justice system needs more integration with Aboriginal community: forum Posted May 31, 2016 06:56:19 A forum has called for better integration between Aboriginal communities and the justice system amid an increase in the number of Indigenous people in Canberra's jail.Packed into a small lecture hall at the Australian National University, the panel included ACT politicians, community service workers, academics and members of the Galambany circle sentencing cour..
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