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DoJ investigates 15 medical schools over alleged discrimination in admissions

Announcement follows DoJ’s recent findings that medical schools at UCLA and Yale illegally used race in admissions The US Department of Justice’s civil rights division has launched investigations into 15 medical schools over allegations of potential race discrimination in their admissions processes. Thursday’s announcement follows the DoJ’s recent findings that the medical schools at the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale University illegally used race in their admissions. Continue reading...

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Trump’s DC follies: From 250-ft arch to UFC rig towering over White House, he’s remaking capital in his image

The White House says Trump is beautifying the capital, but, writes Brendan Rascius, Democrats and other critics claim he’s skirting standard approval processes and squandering taxpayer funds on self-indulgent boondoggles

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Australia politics live: Taylor accuses Labor of misleading public over ‘toxic taxes’ as four MPs kicked out during rowdy question time

Follow updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Scams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse victims of smaller scams of up to $3,000. Labor is considering a range of options as part of a scam protection framework. For smaller losses, $3,000 and under, what we’re proposing is that there should be automatic payment to consumers where they can verify that there has been a scam. Scams that get into the six figures: some investment scams, some romance scams. And that’s where dispute resolution processes would come into play. What we want to do is to make sure that we don’t have the wrong incentives for perpetrators to see Australia as a soft target. But the balance is that with very small claims we don’t want to have processes that are completely disproportionate to the value of the sum in dispute. Taxpayer funds should never be used for private business, nor were they in this case. When we’re undertaking whether it be community engagement, media engagement, stakeholder meetings, you know, assisting colleagues, there are arrangements in place to assist us to do that work that is right and appropriate, and it is not right and appropriate to bill the taxpayer, as you say, for personal activities. And I did not do that. Yep. Continue reading...

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Labor urged to use anti-corruption commission appointment to restore public confidence in watchdog

Helen Haines says ‘the clock is ticking’ on replacing deputy commissioner Nicole Rose Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A key architect of the National Anti-Corruption Commission says parliament should consider new merit-based and independent selection processes for major appointments, urging the Albanese government to use an existing vacancy to restore public confidence in the watchdog. Independent MP Helen Haines, who helped craft legislation to establish the Nacc, sits on its parliamentary oversight committee. She said “the clock is ticking” on replacing deputy commissioner Nicole Rose, who announced her resignation this month. Continue reading...

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DoJ investigates 15 medical schools over alleged discrimination in admissions

Trump’s DC follies: From 250-ft arch to UFC rig towering over White House, he’s remaking capital in his image

Australia politics live: Taylor accuses Labor of misleading public over ‘toxic taxes’ as four MPs kicked out during rowdy question time

Labor urged to use anti-corruption commission appointment to restore public confidence in watchdog