This blog is now closedAlbanese accuses Dutton of ‘not having the guts’ to face media in first major election year speechGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe anti-fracking group Lock the Gate Alliance has launched a legal challenge to a Northern Territory government decision to approve another gas exploration project in the Beetaloo basin.The case in the territory’s civil and administrative tribunal is challenging the merits of the government’s approval of the environment management plan for Empire Energy’s “Larrimah” exploration project.Our robust regulation of the onshore petroleum industry is informed by the best available science. As the project is before the NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, it would be premature to make any further comment on the matter.For too long, vice-chancellors and senior executives have escaped any real accountability for some of the terrible decisions that have damaged our public universities. An inquiry would be a golden opportunity to get to the bottom of what’s allowing the wage theft epidemic, rampant casualisation and a raft of other serious problems to flourish in our sector.This is the path to lasting reform that will ensure staff can deliver the world-class teaching and research our students and community deserve. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jan/24/australia-news-live-universities-vice-chancellor-wage-theft-tradies-apprentice-pay-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-politics-election-campaign
Author : Nino Bucci and Emily Wind (earlier)
Publish date : 2025-01-24 06:28:00
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