Peter Dutton has portrayed himself as a leader with ‘moral clarity and courage’ who can restore social cohesion after declaring the Coalition ‘will not waver’ in its support for Israel and Australians of Jewish faith.
Bill Shorten says changes to eligibility for the $40bn-a-year scheme will not happen until after the election, as he unveils the long-awaited list of approved services.
Controversial therapies will be officially off limits to NDIS participants, in sweeping new measures set to take effect within days.
The Australian Federal Police will consider prosecutions of at least six people who attended a pro-Hezbollah rally in Melbourne on Sunday for allegedly displaying prohibited terrorist symbols and participating in hateful chants.
Jim Chalmers will rely on NDIS and aged-care reforms to rein in budget spending and offset falling tax revenue and lower commodity prices, as Labor banked a second surplus of $15.8bn.
Rising government debt will continue to put pressure on inflation.
State governments are expected to borrow more than $100bn this financial year to cover the surge in public spending, with just under 60 per cent of new state and territory debt to be issued by Queensland and Victoria.
Bob Hawke once said: ‘you don’t design your tax system for low-paid people. You design your tax system for middle-class Australia’. The PM should heed the advice of his mentor.
With the government looking to take pressure off the National Disability Insurance Scheme, consultations are about to get under way about what broader disability support might look like.
Disability advocates have raised alarm over Labor beginning the process of forcing all 170,000 NDIS providers to be registered, warning the move is ‘premature’ and demanding more detail.
Members of the disability community have reacted angrily to the passing of NDIS reforms to rein in spending blowouts, after an emotional debate.
Bill Shorten has extricated himself, for now, from a tight spot between a policy rock and a very hard political place as he struggles to bring the NDIS under some semblance of financial control.
Bill Shorten has handed over significant powers to states and territories in the design of NDIS reforms hoped to help save the federal budget $14bn across the next four years, as part of a breakthrough agreement.
Bill Shorten’s new NDIS deal placates states’ fears they were being sidelined about how the scheme would be reformed, but the hard yards are still to be done.
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has achieved a deal with the states and territories, guaranteeing the passage of major reforms to the disability scheme.
Self-funded retirees will be asked to pay more out of their own savings for their aged care under a deal set to be struck between Labor and the Coalition that will chart a new course for the care of older Australians.
Premiers will be given the power to sign off on NDIS rules determining what will and won’t be covered by the scheme, under Labor amendments.
Bill Shorten’s strategy to rein in the cost of the $40bn-a-year NDIS has come under attack from major disability providers catering for 30,000 recipients.
Laws to make the NDIS more sustainable might be put through federal parliament this week, but the Albanese government still has to wrangle the states to deliver a new disability system
As the Coalition talked up changes strengthening the ‘crackdown on the rogue union’ and Labor hailed its own strong action, the CFMEU’s Zach Smith said it was a ‘dangerous descent into partisan politics’.
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