This is great news. The @smh and @theage are hiring ten new cadets. These opportunities only come around once every four years. Apply! It's a wonderful gig. smh.com.au/business/compa…



Responding to @Birmo's comments, the @smh and @theage's executive editor @_Tors says: “We don’t invest in sending senior journalists across the world so they can soft-ball questions to presidents in the aid of a political narrative." smh.com.au/politics/feder…

The cost to Australian taxpayers to hold a single refugee on Nauru has escalated tenfold to more than $350,000 every month – or $4.3m a year – as the government refuses to reveal where nearly $400m spent on offshore processing on the island has gone. theguardian.com/australia-news…











Fair Work Commission says farmers must pay a minimum rate to fruit pickers - major win for AWU and end to piece rates.