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Expansion plans for Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport have been approved so the airport can effectively cater for an expected increase in passenger numbers over the next 20 years psnews.com.au/sydney-airport…
Numerous phones around Australia did not get Monday's AusAlert warning that was meant to go to everyone. Lucky it was just a test, says Chris Johnson psnews.com.au/not-everyone-g…
The Tax Ombudsman has warned that unchecked bias at the ATO continues to put taxpayers' livelihoods at risk. The Ombudsman is demanding explicit checks to ensure officers judge every case on fresh facts rather than past assumptions psnews.com.au/ombudsman-warn…
The development of the Australian-designed and built MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA continues, with the aircraft making its international exercise debut psnews.com.au/ghost-bat-uncr…
Giant multinational tech companies are investing in AI data centres in Australia with gusto, but ACT Senator David Pocock insists they must be taxed much higher than the government taxes gas exporters psnews.com.au/tax-ai-develop…
ASIO's deputy director-general has strongly advised public servants and politicians not to discuss confidential or sensitive information while travelling in overseas-manufactured, internet-connected vehicles psnews.com.au/public-servant…
A new airliner designed to fly nonstop between Sydney and London or Sydney and New York has made its first flight in France psnews.com.au/new-airbus-a35…
Australia's first steps into the world of operating nuclear-powered submarines have been downgraded with news the US will sell us just three used Virginia-class submarines under AUKUS Pillar 1 psnews.com.au/australias-nuc…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the ceasefire in the Middle East, but he has criticised some of the language US President Donald Trump used to get to this point psnews.com.au/pm-welcomes-mi…
Australian motorists are feeling pain at the petrol pump, with petrol prices jumping from about 176.9 cents a litre to as high as 219 cents a litre - and they’re set to go higher due to the war in Iran. But the government says supply is secure psnews.com.au/government-say…
Australia's young city dwellers are getting restless. New research shows more of them can see a better life in regional Australia, and governments need to start planning for such a shift psnews.com.au/the-shift-to-t…
The next tranche of the Federal Government's overhaul of environment protection laws has come into effect, making assessments for proposed developments much easier in some cases psnews.com.au/development-as…
Police evacuated a Canberra hotel after an alleged attack during a conference attended by Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy this morning psnews.com.au/bomb-squad-cal…
ADF candidates looking for a career in space or cyber technologies can now apply directly for these roles under a new recruitment initiative by Defence psnews.com.au/defence-opens-…
The Prime Minister has announced that career public servant Simon Duggan has been appointed as the new Secretary of Department of Employment and Workplace Relations psnews.com.au/new-secretary-…
Dr Gordon de Brouwer has resigned as Australian Public Service Commissioner but will still be involved with public policy and governance psnews.com.au/gordon-de-brou…
Australian rocket launch and satellite company Gilmour Space has raised $217 million in equity funding to progress its development of an Australian sovereign space launch capability psnews.com.au/gilmour-space-…
The Prime Minister and other federal ministers could be called before the Bondi royal commission and Anthony Albanese says his government will fully cooperate psnews.com.au/federal-govern…
Former RAAF fighter pilot and senior office Steve 'Zed' Roberton has been named as the new president of Boeing in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific psnews.com.au/steve-roberton…
The Australian Government has announced the Ghost Bat uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft will go into production, putting Australia at the forefront of Collaborative Combat Aircraft technology psnews.com.au/air-forces-gho…