Ministers’ embarrassing Hansard blunder
Officials claim they were first made aware of an error to Hansard – where two ministers deleted a section of a speech from the official parliament record – only after the airing of an ABC interview.
Federal Budget
Huge problem with $1500 cash bonus
This week’s pre-election budget contained billions of dollars in sweeteners and cost-of-living measures – but experts say the $1500 handout hides a “cynical” truth.
Big prediction on future Covid waves
Officials are optimistic that future Covid waves won’t have a major impact in Australia, but there’s one big caveat.
Albo vows to fix $6-a-day ‘national disgrace’
Labor leader Anthony Albanese will pledge to fix the scandal of food in nursing homes that has left some seniors “literally starving” if he wins the election.
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