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‘Talk Him Through the Lie’: Senior Public Servant Promoted Sister’s Fiance, Forged Signature
Oceania · Australia

‘Talk Him Through the Lie’: Senior Public Servant Promoted Sister’s Fiance, Forged Signature

44% Right coverage: 9 sources
The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s report included details of text messages between the sisters where they laughed about the plan.See the Story
Ratepayers Slugged with New Health Levy as ACT Budget Deficit Balloons
Taxes · Canberra

Ratepayers Slugged with New Health Levy as ACT Budget Deficit Balloons

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Canberra ratepayers will be slugged with a new health levy as the ACT government works to rein in its ballooning budget deficit.See the Story
Federated target trial emulation using distributed observational data for treatment effect estimation

Federated target trial emulation using distributed observational data for treatment effect estimation

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Target trial emulation (TTE) aims to estimate treatment effects by simulating randomized controlled trials using real-world observational data. Applying TTE across distributed datasets shows great promise in improving generalizability and power but is always infeasible due to privacy and data-sharing constraints. Here we propose a Federated Learning-based TTE framework, FL-TTE, that enables TTE across multiple sites without sharing patient-level…See the Story

Workforce burnout: the quiet crisis in local government

Council staff are increasingly overwhelmed and overloaded, research shows. The findings – gathered by management consultants Dattner Group – reveal local government workers close to burnout. “Councils are facing a quiet crisis: overwhelmed teams, exhausted leaders, and diminishing returns on effort,” Dattner Group CEO Zoe Dattner tells GN. The cause? “Burnout in local government is being driven by a mix of under-resourcing, unclear or inconsiste…Mental Health · GlebeSee the Story

New Head of Melbourne Airport Rail Group

Merren McArthur has been appointed independent chair of the steering committee to oversee the development of the Melbourne Airport Rail Link.Environment · MelbourneSee the Story

Regulatory reform of digital platforms urgently needed

Laws governing digital platforms are insufficient and regulatory reform is urgently needed, says Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog. In the final report of its five-year Digital Platform Services Inquiry, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling on the federal government to adopt a multi-agency approach to regulation. “The ACCC has recommended that the Australian Government prioritise a whole-of-government approac…Glebe · GlebeRead Article

New chair of Victoria’s regional development committee

A new chair has been appointed to head Victoria’s Regional Development Advisory Committee. Margaret O’Rourke will lead the RDAC – established to provide independent advice to the state government on cross-regional matters.  Currently head of La Trobe University’s Bendigo Campus, O’Rourke also sits on the V/Line advisory board – the statutory authority that operates regional passenger rail and coach services in Victoria.  With previous roles as m…Glebe · GlebeRead Article

Immigration Officer Sentenced for Abuse of Public Office

A former immigration officer at the Department of Home Affairs has been sentenced for abuse of public office. The woman pleaded guilty to rubber-stamping a visa application for her brother-in-law and to accessing restricted data more than 1,000 times over a six-year period. In November 2019, the brother-in-law had a visitor visa application refused. He reapplied for the visa in December and, within minutes of lodgement, the official allocated he…Canberra · CanberraSee the Story

Palm Island picks up award for affordable housing scheme

Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council, off the coast of Queensland has won the inaugural affordable housing award category in the 2025 National Awards for Local Government.  The award – presented at the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly in Canberra last week – acknowledged council’s housing investment scheme. Driven by former PIASC CEO Michael Bissell and his management team, the housing strategy was recently appro…Glebe · GlebeRead Article

NSW social housing process 'inefficient and inequitable', says report

The process to apply for social housing in New South Wales is inefficient and inequitable, says a report from the Auditor-General’s office. Monitoring the activities of Homes NSW – a division of the Department of Communities and Justice established in February 2024 to streamline housing and homelessness services across the state – an audit drawing on data for 2023-24 found the new agency took an average of 33 days to fill a vacant property, more…Housing · GlebeRead Article

Bus operator hires new MD to head NSW

Transit Systems – which delivers bus services across Australia – has appointed Rino Matarazzo as the managing director of its New South Wales division.New South Wales · New South WalesRead Article

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