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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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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke react after the Coalition’s attempt to silence Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

Dreyfus blasts ‘disgusting’ opposition attempt to gag him on antisemitism

Dreyfus, the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, said: “I do not need the leader of the opposition or any of those opposite to tell me what antisemitism is, or how seriously I should take it.”

  • Matthew Knott and Lachlan Abbott
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
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
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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
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

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