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Getting ahead with leadership.

Modern Labor is losing the battle of ideas

Whatever their faults, former PMs Turnbull, Abbott and Keating were all driven to change things.

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Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes speaking about her autistic son and the future of the NDIS during her final speech in the Senate.

Liberal senator’s teary speech: ‘Frightened beyond words’ for autistic son on NDIS

As the future of the NDIS was debated after the budget, outgoing Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes fought back tears as she revealed her autistic son had had his plan cut.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Elderly voters will play an important role at the federal election on May 21.

Be careful what you wish for at election time – just look at America

The reality in Australia is that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is a largely unknown and untested quantity, with very few original policies, writes one reader.

The NACC’s decision is the latest chapter in the robo-debt saga,

Robo-debt: Corruption watchdog woke up too late

The National Anti-Corruption Commission will start investigating six public officials after its original decision not to pursue them for their role in the unlawful debt recovery scheme.

Bill Shorten will leave politics on Monday.

The NDIS is Shorten’s legacy, and Labor’s problem

The NDIS may be one of modern Labor’s biggest reforms, but the unwieldy scheme has come at a big cost politicians will spend years wrangling.

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Bill Shorten will leave politics on Monday.

More than half a million workers earn income from NDIS, Shorten says in parting shot at critics

Bill Shorten has hailed the NDIS jobs boom as an achievement as big as Medicare. But economists say it might be a drain on the economy and the federal budget.

  • Paul Sakkal
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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
Outgoing NDIS Minister Bill Shorten believes the scheme will be safe with the Coalition.

‘No longer a problem child’: Shorten says he’s shored up NDIS beyond election

The outgoing minister has delivered parting words designed to defuse a political fight over the $47 billion program ahead of the federal election.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Education Minister Jason Clare.

Labor ministers admit Dutton marriage meme is stupid and mean

The prime minister ordered a meme mocking Dutton’s marriage be taken down, but campaign strategists say the gaffe is a warning sign ahead of the campaign.

  • Olivia Ireland
Andrew Wilkie

Value the independent voices in parliament

Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.

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