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Sarah IsonPolitical Reporter

Sarah Ison is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra press gallery bureau, where she covers a range of rounds from higher education to social affairs. Sarah was a federal political reporter with The West Australian’s Canberra team between 2019 and 2021, before which she worked in the masthead’s Perth newsroom. Sarah made her start in regional journalism at the Busselton-Dunsborough Times in 2017.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 23 APRIL, 2025: Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care debates Senator Anne Ruston, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

NDIS is steeped in mystery: Ruston

As the NDIS clocked over 700,000 participants for the first time in the last quarter, Anne Ruston said the government had ‘a lot to come clean with Australians about’ when it came to its reforms.

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Aged-care reforms tweaked after criticism

The government has quietly changed controversial liquidity rules for aged-care providers after outcry over reforms that peak bodies warned would risk the financial viability of organisations that would have to put aside millions of dollars in cash reserves.

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