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May Day: Rallies around the world - live updates
Commission of Audit suggests ways of slashing spending live updates
Commission of Audit: jobless young people urged to move or lose benefits
North Korea workers urged to operate on 'Chosun speed'
Eyewitness: Kenya
Freeze minimum wage for a decade, says Commission of Audit
Indigenous programs should be consolidated, audit report says
International labour day: key rallies and protests around the world
Chinese leader pledges action on terrorism after deadly railway attack
Christian Brothers asked alleged abuse victims to pay costs, says lawyer
Public service could lose 15,000 jobs if audit recommendations adopted
Immigration detention centre services should be reduced, audit report says
Commission of Audit: students asked to shoulder greater cost burden
In Abbott's Team Australia, the weakest players must do the heaviest lifting
Commission of Audit: which agencies could be abolished or merged?
Airport chaos after UK immigration computer failure
Commission of Audit report in full
Commission of Audit unveils radical blueprint to shrink government
Joe Hockey foreshadows tough budget with Commission of Audit release - video
India train blast kills woman
Commission of Audit report: key points
Paul Keating pays tribute to Neville Wran: a giant of politics and swearing
Tony Abbott's grant to Cadbury should be abolished, audit report says
NT man who tried to sell wallaby joey on Facebook faces criminal charges
Screen Australia faces 50% funding cut and merger, under audit proposal

May Day: Rallies around the world - live updates

Posted: 01 May 2014 01:43 AM PDT

Tens of thousands mark international labour day
Turkish police fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters
Cambodian police forcibly disperse demonstrators

Commission of Audit suggests ways of slashing spending live updates

Posted: 01 May 2014 01:36 AM PDT

The audit was a key pre-election promise by the Coalition as part of its pledge to right the budgetary wrongs of the previous government. Much of the chatter from Canberra has been about public service and benefits cuts, along with tax rises. Follow us as we take you through the day's announcements in detail

Commission of Audit: jobless young people urged to move or lose benefits

Posted: 01 May 2014 01:24 AM PDT

Report says those aged 22 to 30 who have been without a job for over a year should relocate to high employment areas

North Korea workers urged to operate on 'Chosun speed'

Posted: 01 May 2014 01:23 AM PDT

May Day call follows 'Masikryeong speed' to build ski resort, 'Huichon speed' under Kim Jong-il and 'Chollima speed' under Kim Jong-sung. Daily NK reports

Eyewitness: Kenya

Posted: 01 May 2014 01:19 AM PDT

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series Continue reading...

Freeze minimum wage for a decade, says Commission of Audit

Posted: 01 May 2014 01:18 AM PDT

Level should be reduced to 44% of average weekly earnings, or $486.20 a week, from its current $622.20, says report

Indigenous programs should be consolidated, audit report says

Posted: 01 May 2014 12:58 AM PDT

Savings made from whittling 150 programs to seven could be funnelled into Indigenous education, suggests commission

International labour day: key rallies and protests around the world

Posted: 01 May 2014 12:58 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of people across the globe are to hit the streets on Thursday. Here are some of the key events

May Day rallies around the world - live updates Continue reading...

Chinese leader pledges action on terrorism after deadly railway attack

Posted: 01 May 2014 12:48 AM PDT

President Xi Jinping says battle to combat violence will be stepped up following blasts that killed three in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Continue reading...

Christian Brothers asked alleged abuse victims to pay costs, says lawyer

Posted: 01 May 2014 12:04 AM PDT

'To be blunt, the trustees of the Christian Brothers had their knee on our clients' throat,' Hayden Stephens tells commission

Public service could lose 15,000 jobs if audit recommendations adopted

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:30 PM PDT

The Commonwealth public sector, which employs about 257,000, was criticised in the report for being too top-heavy

Immigration detention centre services should be reduced, audit report says

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:30 PM PDT

Mandatory detention costs rose from $118.4m to $3.3bn in four years, and Commission of Audit expects costs to exceed $10bn

Commission of Audit: students asked to shoulder greater cost burden

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:07 PM PDT

Loan repayments to kick in at lower income levels and students should pay 55% of the cost of a bachelor degree instead of 40%

In Abbott's Team Australia, the weakest players must do the heaviest lifting

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:05 PM PDT

By mapping out the benefits and services that it believes lower income families should lose, the audit is clearly unfair

Commission of Audit: which agencies could be abolished or merged?

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:04 PM PDT

Search through the 890 government bodies reviewed by the Commission of Audit and the recommendations made

Airport chaos after UK immigration computer failure

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:02 PM PDT

Fault on UK Border Force machines sees queues forming at major airports, with international arrivals still waiting hours later Continue reading...

Commission of Audit report in full

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:59 PM PDT

Towards Responsible Government, the first report by the National Commission of Audit, which the Coalition created to examine federal finances and recommend ways to rein in spending Continue reading...

Commission of Audit unveils radical blueprint to shrink government

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:58 PM PDT

Australians should pay more for health and education and receive lower benefits, recommends report in leadup to budget

Joe Hockey foreshadows tough budget with Commission of Audit release - video

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:57 PM PDT

Treasurer Joe Hockey and finance minister Mathias Cormann have said that the spending growth trajectory in the current budget is unsustainable and must be addressed, as the government released the Commission of Audit report in Canberra on Thursday. Hockey refused to comment on which recommendations would be taken up in his budget, to be released on 13 May. Continue reading...

India train blast kills woman

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:56 PM PDT

Bombing suspected after twin explosions on board Bangalore-Guwahati express that had arrived in Chennai Central station

Commission of Audit report: key points

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:30 PM PDT

From privatising Australia Post to abolishing the family tax benefit, here are changes from the report you need to know about

Paul Keating pays tribute to Neville Wran: a giant of politics and swearing

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:26 PM PDT

'I doubt there would be a soul here who does not believe the public of NSW owes him a great debt,' former PM tells mourners