19 August 2026
Coalition eyes 80pc tobacco tax cut after being gazumped by One Nation AFR
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19 August 2026
In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue. Hospital workers are 7 times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population. (Image credit: Teamsters J. C. 43)
19 August 2026
'An absolute disgrace': roads, health, crime fuel the surge to One Nation The Courier | Ballarat, VIC
19 August 2026
Labor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints.
19 August 2026
Irene Rosberg from the Copenhagen Business School is back writing for Splash today. Shipmanagement has become considerably more demanding in recent years. Decarbonisation requirements, crew and skills shortages, environmental regulation and digitalisation are all changing the way vessels are managed. Geopolitical instability, however, has the potential to intensify every one of these challenges. When an …
19 August 2026
The US Coast Guard has removed Nigeria from its Port Security Advisory, ending 12 years of additional security requirements imposed on ships trading from Nigerian ports to the US. The change takes effect today, August 19, according to a notice published in the US Federal Register, which formally removes Nigeria from the list of countries …
19 August 2026
The government drew a line on compulsory superannuation as it unveiled tougher consumer protections.
19 August 2026
Roberto “Bear” Guerra/ProPublica. Source image: Getty Images What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U. S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio , the senators, including minority leader Chuck Schumer, said the U.
