The Hill6d
Watch live: House DOGE panel’s first hearing targets improper payments, fraud
The House Oversight Committee’s Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) panel will convene its first hearing Wednesday morning, weighing improper payments and fraud. Rep. Marjorie Taylor ...
Australian houses are getting larger. For a more sustainable future, our houses can’t be the space for everything
People now see spaces like hobby rooms or ‘man-caves’ as integral to their home life, and buy or build houses with this in ...
CBC.ca5d
PC government enters House session with new plans and increased power
Government House leader Brendan Maguire says despite the size of the PC majority in the legislature, collaboration is still important. (Pat Callaghan/CBC) Despite this, government House leader ...
Wall Street Journal4d
So You Want Proof of Government Fraud
The White House retorted: “Apparently, the Times and other like-minded outlets lack access to a newfangled research tool called Google.” No proof of fraud? How much do you want? A Government ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation5d
Sydney rail union 'refuses' to abide by recommendation to stop industrial action, NSW government says
The NSW government has called on the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to comply with a Fair Work Commission recommendation to suspend industrial action. A government spokesperson said they offered to ...
Time4d
We May Be a Month Away From Republicans Shutting Down a Government They Control
“They control the House, the Senate and the presidency. It’s their government,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters last week, setting up a blame-game preamble. Jeffries is ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation4d
High number of Sydney train drivers off sick 'coordinated' to disrupt services, government tells tribunal
The NSW government will return to the Fair Work Commission on Sunday in a bid to stop further industrial train action by members of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union. The government is alleging the ...
Fox News5d
DOGE subcommittee holds first hearing slamming $36T national debt, as House Republicans declare 'war on waste'
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held its first ever hearing Wednesday, as Republicans criticized the soaring $36 trillion national debt, as well as Democrats ...
Sydney Morning Herald3d
‘Jet-like flame’: E-bike batteries fuel Sydney boarding house fire
Investigators are looking into whether lithium e-bike batteries were the cause of a large boarding house fire in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday morning that left one man hospitalised.
The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...
Domain4d
Sydney suburbs where house prices have fallen up to 20 per cent
House values in some of greater Sydney’s sought-after lifestyle markets have fallen by as much as 20 per cent since their peaks about three years ago. A return to CBD offices at least part of ...
Couriermail4d
More than 800 train services cancelled as government and union exchange blows
The NSW government is taking the rail union to court after hundreds of trains were cancelled. All Sydney train services are affected by the industrial action, including the Blue Mountains ...