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The Albanese government has come under scrutiny for failing to release a long-awaited report into "jobs for mates" in the public service. The report, led by former Public Service commissioner Lynelle Briggs, was handed to Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher in August 2023, but has yet to be
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The City of Los Angeles has announced a partnership with Google Public Sector to deploy Google Workspace with Gemini across its 27,500-employee workforce, aiming to enhance communication, increase workforce productivity, and train employees in AI skills. This enterprise-wide adoption will equip workers with the power of Google's
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The father of 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana, who attacked a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July 2024, has testified at a public inquiry that he requested confidentiality over his family's personal information not be shared with the youth offending team. This request was made in November 2020, when Rudakubana
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The Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has submitted a document to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) detailing an Engineering and Procurement Agreement between APS and Chimney Canyon Solar 1 LLC (Chimney Canyon) for the interconnection of a 750 MW solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system into the Cholla
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To address the shortage of registered nurses in rural areas of North Carolina, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched the North Carolina Nurse Initiative, a program that provides tax-free educational loan repayments for nurses committed to delivering high-quality care in underserved areas. The initiative is
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The Southport Inquiry, investigating the involvement of social services with Axel Rudakubana and his family, has highlighted potential concerns about the care and support provided to the teenager in the years leading up to his brutal attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. Rudakubana, now 18, had been working with
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched the North Carolina Nurse Initiative, a program providing tax-free educational loan repayments to registered nurses working in rural areas. This initiative aims to encourage more nurses to serve in underserved communities, where rural residents face significant challenges accessing healthcare
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Launceston and Hobart are gearing up for stop-action protests, following similar demonstrations in Burnie and Devonport on October 28, where about 1000 public sector workers, including education staff, health workers, and library staff, gathered to reject the latest government pay and conditions offer. The offer, which includes a 3% raise,
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Launceston and Hobart are primed to follow Launceston in shutting down with stop-action, as workers continue to reject the government's latest offer. Thousands of public sector workers, including education staff, health workers, and librarians, gathered in Burnie and Devonport to protest the offer, calling it "virtually identical&
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The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) has ordered local departments of social services to end the practice of housing foster care children in unlicensed facilities, including hotels. This decision comes after a 16-year-old girl, Kanaiyah Ward, died of an apparent overdose while under state supervision in a Baltimore City
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Los Angeles County's Board of Supervisors has approved a historic settlement in the cases of 414 individuals who were victims of sexual abuse in the county's juvenile detention and foster care system. This settlement, valued at up to $828 million, is in addition to the earlier
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the Trump administration from defunding reproductive and sexual health education programs in 16 states and the District of Columbia, including Maryland. The ruling comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed by these jurisdictions, alleging that the administration's decision
