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Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive for for Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 22 August 2024. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Ballooning NDIS ‘coming under control’, but key reforms in flux

The government is not trying to tighten NDIS eligibility, but says its clean-up of the huge disability program is yielding results.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Whistleblowers fear nothing has changed despite their harrowing testimonies about disability group homes.

Australia’s most vulnerable ‘run over’ and left ‘crawling on the ground bleeding’

Whistleblowers risked their careers to give evidence to a royal commission, but more than a year later, they fear nothing has changed. Warning: graphic content.

  • Carrie Fellner
Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells is a major winner from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reshuffle.

Albanese reshuffles ministries ahead of election, promoting four women

The prime minister had an open spot in the government’s senior ranks after former Labor leader Bill Shorten announced his retirement.

  • David Crowe
Poor pay rates have made it difficult to attract long- term staff into aged care.

Boomers face user-pays aged care as Labor gives ground in secret talks

The new deal would require aged care residents with higher incomes to pay more for food and accommodation, while their health services would be funded in full.

  • David Crowe
Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth says the federal government wants a more “inclusive” future for people with disabilities.

Federal government puts recommendation for disability rights act on hold

Of the 222 recommendations made by a royal commission, the government accepted just 13.

  • Olivia Ireland
Reverse mortgages have increased substantially as equity rich but cash poor seniors seek extra income.

Reverse mortgages on the rise among cash-strapped seniors

Seniors are using their home’s equity to take out loans at greater rates than ever, but there’s a risk they may be “eating their house” too early.

  • Amber Schultz
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One of 2700 alleged perpetrators of serious family violence arrested by police in a Victoria Police domestic violence blitz this year.

The true picture of Melbourne’s family violence: 2700 arrests in five months

A police blitz in the south-east suburbs has caught 2700 family-violence offenders in five months, as Safe Steps warns more perpetrators are strangling victims.

  • Wendy Tuohy
An image from the federal government’s consent campaign.

‘What if we’ve been drinking?’: New campaign aims to improve what you know about consent

The success of the federal government’s year-long consent campaign will be a test for Anthony Albanese’s pledge to end gender-based violence in one generation.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

  • James Massola
Thousands protest over violence against women in Sydney on Saturday.

Please, ministers, spare us your pathetic platitudes on the domestic violence crisis

Earth to Albanese government ministers: the existing approach is clearly not working.

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