Monitoring, increased funds in DV package
A ‘substantial package’ to address the ‘national crisis’ of domestic violence is to be delivered by national cabinet on Friday.
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Labor faces parliamentary inquiry over census
The Coalition is accusing Anthony Albanese of inappropriately interfering with the next census and undermining public confidence in the national survey, revealing it will pursue the government during the next parliamentary sitting over its mishandling of the issue.
Off to a higher purpose, man who could have been PM serves out notice in cabinet
Bill Shorten will recuse himself from cabinet deliberations and decisions impacting the higher education sector ahead of quitting politics in February for a university job paying $1.1m.
Butler pulls dental but O’Neil keen
Health Minister Mark Butler has dismissed calls from Labor backbenchers to begin looking at putting dental onto Medicare, declaring it was not something the government was able to do in the short term.
Labor MPs want Medicare dental on agenda next term
Anthony Albanese is facing an internal push to put dental onto Medicare, with MPs from the Left and Right factions to raise the matter after the next election.
Reality bites for Greens on dental
The Greens’ $46bn plan to add dental to Medicare would double demand on a sector that ‘simply doesn’t have the workforce available’ for such an expansion.
‘No ambiguity’ from Coalition on GST vow
Withholding GST from states and territories that fail to build enough homes to plug the nation’s housing crisis is not being considered by the Coalition.
Work begins on ‘foundational supports’ funding
The design of a new system of services that will provide an alternative to the $40bn-a-year NDIS for Australians with milder disabilities is underway.
Landlords, agents in Greens’ rental right sights
Landlords and real estate agents would face $78,000 fines for breaching renters’ rights under a Greens plan for a National Renters Protection Authority.
Student caps risk an asylum escalation
Labor’s caps ‘raise more questions than answers’, a former Immigration Department executive says, with the move risking a possible surge in asylum-seeker applications.
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