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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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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has likened the current economic environment to the Whitlam era.

Dutton has been quiet this summer. Here’s what the Liberals are focused on

The opposition leader will have to choose between the ambitions of four of his most senior MPs, who all want to be foreign affairs minister in a Liberal government.

  • Paul Sakkal
While the number of approvals was 3.2 per cent higher in November compared to the same time in 2023, it remained at half the level between 2015 and 2019.

Crunch in building approvals sounds warning for Australia’s housing crisis

The prime minister defended his plan to deliver more than a million houses, saying the overall trend in approvals was upward.

  • Millie Muroi
Sussan Ley and Michael Sukkar have both claimed Labor are allowing yoga teachers to enter Australia while denying entry to tradies.

Coalition stretches facts in yoga workers housing row

A Coalition claim about an influx of foreign yoga teachers has been debunked by official figures.

  • David Crowe
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Cash starts to flow for cheap new homes

But the Greens have accused Labor of “self-sabotage”, saying it is unwilling to negotiate on stalled housing policies.

  • Paul Sakkal
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen with her son Dylan on the first Metro train on the M1 at Sydenham station on Monday.

Jo Haylen goes from jobs-for-boys scandal to metro maestro

The political candidate is on the comeback trail - but some party members thought his weekend activities a real drag.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Peter Dutton.

Dutton has told his troops to prepare for an early election. Are they up to it?

The veteran politician, a former police officer, lived through the scarring Nelson-Turnbull-Abbott years. He has placed a premium on unity, and it has paid off – at least so far.

  • James Massola
Housing.

Coalition looks to turbocharge super withdrawals, easy loans in battle for first home buyer votes

Party insiders say the shadow cabinet is weighing which policies to include in Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget-in-reply speech.

  • Paul Sakkal and James Massola
A heavy police presence at the scene of a stabbing at a church in Wakeley.

MPs urge calm as attack brings up trauma for scarred migrant communities

As the nation remains in shock over the weekend’s Bondi murders, Peter Dutton on Tuesday wrote to Anthony Albanese offering rare bipartisan co-operation.

  • Paul Sakkal
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has defended the Prime Minister’s use of two separate RAF jets last week.

Bowen defends use of two jets for one photo op with PM for renewables

The energy minister said the Royal Australian Air Force advised that the Hunter Valley airport couldn’t accommodate the PM’s usual plane.

  • Olivia Ireland and Matthew Knott

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