The Australian
Josh Frydenberg is facing growing backbench calls to ditch the superannuation
guarantee increase to 12 per cent as the government prepares to launch a far-
reaching review into the effectiveness of the $2.8 trillion savings pool.
The Australian Taxation Office is moving to stop lawyers using legal
professional privilege to frustrate audits of major multinationals. Dozens of
audits have been bogged down by legal privilege claims relating to tax advice.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Low interest rates won't be enough for Australia to generate wages growth, the
Reserve Bank and Morrison government have been told amid signs shoppers are
continuing to tighten their belts.
An influential doctors group has called on the Berejiklian government to
introduce a minimum price on alcohol to reduce drinking-related harm. The Royal
Australasian College of Physicians has weighed in to Sydney's lockout laws
debate, urging the state government not only to retain the laws but also to
tighten the availability of alcohol.
Industry leaders have warned the NSW government that a multimillion-dollar
budget cut in tourism funding is mistimed and could see the state give away its
The Daily Telegraph
A young Sydney woman accused of cutting off her mother's head and dropping it in
a neighbour's yard was obsessed with the blood-spattered horror movie Jeepers
Creepers in the days before the killing.
The number of public school teachers removed from classrooms because of sexual
misconduct, drug use and general laziness has risen by 200 per cent in the past
decade. A total of 98 teachers were banned for bad behaviour last year, up from
just 32 in 2008.
The West Australian
A Health Department audit conducted for the first time this year has found more
than 3700 WA children in child care, kindergarten and pre-primary were either
not up to date with their immunisations or their vaccination status was unknown.
The Canberra Times
Construction on the long awaited half a billion-dollar expansion of Canberra
Hospital won't start until 2021, government documents say. The delivery of the
expansion - known as SPIRE - will be managed by the newly created agency Major
Projects Canberra on behalf of the two health departments
