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Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics withThe New South Wales budget will provide incentives for GPs to bulk-bill so people seeing a doctor do not have to pay.Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the government wants to make it easier for people to see a doctor when they need medical care.
The independent Remuneration Tribunal's decision will see the minimum wage for a federal politician rise to $233,650, with the Opposition Leader to receive a base wage of about $430,000.Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes claims employers will be reluctant to hire women if menopause leave is made available.
But Senator Hughes says whether intentional or not, women will face bias against them when employers consider the extra leave entitlements. Brendan James Abbott, who escaped from Fremantle Prison in 1989, is claiming that sentencing laws introduced in 1996 do not apply to him and says his Western Australian custodial sentence lapsed while he was in custody in Queensland.
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