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Senior public servants will be referred for civil and criminal prosecution over the unlawful robodebt scheme.
The prosecution recommendations are in a sealed chapter of the 900 page report, which was handed to Governor David Hurley this morning by Commissioner Catherine Holmes.
The government has already called for the people responsible for robodebt to be held accountable.
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has described the scheme as a "freight train of misery", and that he wants to see consequences for individuals the commission has made adverse findings against.
"The Royal Commission has highlighted a broken system under the previous government... We will take our time to consider the recommendations - we won't take too much time - but clearly this is unfortunately an example where the ends do not justify the means."]]
LIBERAL Senator Linda Reynolds is threatening defamation action against Brittany Higgins over a social media post by the former staffer.
Ms Higgins has revealed she has been contacted by the former government minister about the action.
Senator Reynolds says she has been the target of unwarranted criticism and abuse ever since Ms Higgins went public with a rape allegation against Bruce Lehrmann.
Mr Lehrmann consistently denies the allegation, and his trial in the A-C-T Supreme Court was derailed by juror misconduct.
TRADITIONAL owners in Darwin have made an emergency application to Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek urging her to halt bulldozers at a culturally significant site.
Environmental Justice Australia have lodged the application for an emergency stop to the land-clearing on behalf of the Danggalaba people.
Lee Point - also known as Binybara - is due to be cleared for a Defence Housing Australia project, but the E-J-A says it's significant to the Danggalaba community.
The application asks Ms Plibersek to complete due diligence to determine whether Aboriginal cultural heritage is present and whether it will be damaged by the development.
AUSTRALIA's education ministers are backing an overhaul of teacher training in a bid to stem an exodus of educators from the profession.
The federal government's Teacher Education Expert Panel has found new teachers often feel unequipped for the challenges faced in the classroom.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare and his state and territory counterparts believe that if just a 10 per cent rise in initial teacher education rates could be achieved, there'd be nearly 3000 extra graduates a year.
"We have a teacher shortage crisis in this country at the moment, and the report that we examined yesterday and we gave - in principle - approval to says that if we make reforms to the way we do teacher training and we provide teaching students with better practical experience then more will complete their degrees and more will stay on for years and provide invaluable education to children right across the country."
THE Coalition has called for nuclear power to be considered as an energy source for Australia, amid rising prices for households and businesses.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has made a speech to the Institute of Public Affairs, arguing the government is "mesmerised" by alternative energy sources such as solar panels when it should be considering building small nuclear reactors.
Mr Dutton says nuclear energy is more cost-effective than the federal government has shown it to be.
"So here's the reality playing out across the world: countries are extending the life of older nuclear power plants, building new ones and investing in the developments of new nuclear technologies. They're doing this because they recognise the benefits of nuclear power in firming up their renewable energy systems. And if nuclear power is so prohibitively expensive, why are more than 50 countries investing in it, including those with smaller economies than Australia?"
I'm Deborah Groarke. This is SBS News in Easy English.
