Excluding the ABC and SBS is a missed opportunity to derive value for money from taxpayer investment in news media production.
The SBS is empowered and encouraged to earn commercial revenues, but has been cut out of this remuneration opportunity.
Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria records 13 deaths and 723 new Covid-19 cases as NSW reports 18 cases and Qld three | World news
What we know is that an outbreak, an infection in one place can very easily lead to more infections. We have to, as a nation, be prepared to do whatever is necessary to minimise the risk of infections.
And what
Coronavirus Australia live: Queensland school closed after staff member tests positive – latest updates | Australia news
Australia signed a 10-year agreement with the United States on defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and agreed to the potential expansion of the US Marine program in Darwin, at the Ausmin meeting in Washington DC overnight.
US Secretary of
Josh Frydenberg ‘favourably disposed’ to extending coronavirus payment for jobseekers | Australia news
Josh Frydenberg has defended the phased withdrawal of wage subsidies and lower rates of jobkeeper for part-time workers after Treasury cautioned against the move and the Greens released an analysis showing it will hit women hardest.
The treasurer told ABC’s
Coronavirus Australia updates: Morrison to discuss Melbourne outbreak with state leaders in national cabinet – live
Prime minister will discuss the impact of the pandemic as fears grow over pressure on aged care sector. Follow the latest updates
…Coronavirus Australia live update: 16 new cases in NSW as Gladys Berejiklian and Victoria’s Daniel Andrews hold press conference on Covid-19 cases
Calls for low-risk prisoner release in Victoria; Port Stephens in NSW on high alert. Follow all the latest news and updates, live
…Gomeroi custodians lose bid to protect sacred sites from NSW Shenhua coalmine | Australia news
The Gomeroi people have lost their bid to protect significant areas of Aboriginal cultural heritage within the footprint of the Shenhua Watermark open-cut coalmine on the Liverpool Plains in north-west New South Wales.
Gomeroi custodian Dolly Talbott was suing
Coronavirus Australia live update: jobkeeper to run to March as NSW anxiously awaits news of latest hotspots | Australia news
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Coronavirus Australia: Victoria records three more Covid-19 deaths and 217 new cases as PM postpones parliament | Australia news
Victoria has recorded 217 new cases of Covid-19 and three more deaths, as the prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced parliament would be postponed due to the health risks of MPs travelling to Canberra from Melbourne and south-western Sydney.
Victoria’s
Coronavirus Australia live update: all Victorian AFL teams to be based in Queensland as Victoria reports 238 new Covid-19 cases | World news
Australia has done far better than was expected only a few months ago in suppressing the virus, allowing businesses to keep supplying households and providing jobs and in easing restrictions. The Victorian experience should not be seen as a reason