Centrelink call wait times drop to 28 mins in early 2024 with new staff hires, but the agency's CEO David Hazlehurst says there is more work to be done.
Frontbencher Bill Shorten says he has nothing to do with negotiating the contracts of departmental speechwriters, denying any link to an employee's $600,000 contract to provide speeches across his portfolios.
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