Bill Shorten
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This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics
I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.
- Ross Gittins
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Modern Labor is losing the battle of ideas
Whatever their faults, former PMs Turnbull, Abbott and Keating were all driven to change things.
Liberal senator’s teary speech: ‘Frightened beyond words’ for autistic son on NDIS
As the future of the NDIS was debated after the budget, outgoing Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes fought back tears as she revealed her autistic son had had his plan cut.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Disability
The NDIS is Shorten’s legacy, and Labor’s problem
The NDIS may be one of modern Labor’s biggest reforms, but the unwieldy scheme has come at a big cost politicians will spend years wrangling.
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- Disability
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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Albanese reshuffles ministries ahead of election, promoting four women
The prime minister had an open spot in the government’s senior ranks after former Labor leader Bill Shorten announced his retirement.
- David Crowe
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- Disability
‘No longer a problem child’: Shorten says he’s shored up NDIS beyond election
The outgoing minister has delivered parting words designed to defuse a political fight over the $47 billion program ahead of the federal election.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Labor ministers admit Dutton marriage meme is stupid and mean
The prime minister ordered a meme mocking Dutton’s marriage be taken down, but campaign strategists say the gaffe is a warning sign ahead of the campaign.
- Olivia Ireland
Value the independent voices in parliament
Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.
Families to keep music and art therapy funding as Shorten pauses cuts
The saga shows the sensitivity at play as the government introduces a raft of changes to bring down spending on one of its biggest expenses, forecast to cost $93 billion by 2033-34.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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