Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

Anthony Albanese says the United States is "playing a different role" in the world under President Donald Trump, forcing Australia and allies to adjust how they respond to unexpected conflicts.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

David Pocock was struggling to find cut-through on the issue of gas taxes, but then a question about the beer excise sparked a social media war of words. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

Energy demand is up and prices are down. How does that work? And why is the Coalition still not on board?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

One year into a difficult second term, Anthony Albanese says absorbing the nation's anger and grief is part of the job of being prime minister, while declaring he will absolutely seek a third term.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (10 hours ago)

The government's revamped five-year hospital agreement to the states is set to cost the budget an additional $25 billion.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (14 hours ago)

Anthony Albanese pledged at the federal election that Labor would return the port to Australian hands, saying it necessary for national security.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

Both Labor and the Coalition went to the election promising to strip Landbridge Group of its 99-year lease of the port, but the company is fiercely resisting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (21 hours ago)

Gina Rinehart grew up in a world where influence was cultivated as frequently as iron ore deposits. It's instructive for her political championing of Pauline Hanson.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan is under review, but with submissions due to close today, we take a step back in time to remember when dried lake beds were turning acidic, dairy farmers were selling up, and there was talk of water carting for Adelaide.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (24 hours ago)

Vahid Reza Adib, the partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape relating to alleged offending against a woman in her 30s at Burleigh Heads on March 30.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says the federal government is in "denial" about the situation in town camps following the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Labor is expected to make some of its most ambitious tax changes in the federal budget. Baby Boomers will be among the big losers – and it's a calculated gamble that most voters won't care.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

When One Nation voters strongly support a policy backed by the Greens, Labor's rank-and-file and the likely future leader of the Liberal Party, it might not happen overnight, but it will happen.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The $120 billion federal infrastructure pipeline has emerged as a part of the budget where spending will be slowed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Doctors said the minister was playing a blame game and neglecting real reform, as Butler said he was exploring whether the government could cap how much medical specialists charge for their services.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Bell's interim report leaves many questions unanswered but makes clear she believes more could have been done to respond to surging antisemitism.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Seven years ago, proposed changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing were named as part of the reason Labor lost the unlosable election. Times have changed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The government is about to change capital gains tax and negative gearing. These are the numbers that show why.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A parliamentary inquiry into the devastating bushfires across Victoria over the summer hears the emotional plea of those impacted. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Chinese state-owned oil companies have agreed to negotiate directly with Australian companies on jet fuel after the foreign minister's visit to China.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Royal commissioner Virginia Bell says classified documents reveal a significant shift in intelligence spending away from counterterrorism since 2020, in the first findings of what failings led to last year's Bondi terror attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Acclaimed author and Miles Franklin prize winner Anna Funder has been appointed as a new Professor of Practice in Creative Writing. She's on a mission to remind us of the power of human stories in the era of AI slop.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The former One Nation MP has been found to have vilified openly gay politician Alex Greenwich in the second case centring around a dispute between the pair.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Senior ministers are expected to sign off on tax reforms including a reduction in capital gains tax concessions and an overhaul of negative gearing.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The antisemitism royal commission releases its interim report, recommending an urgent review of Joint Counter Terrorism teams and greater police presence at high-risk Jewish events.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The women, who had been hoping to return to Australia with their children, never reached Damascus International Airport despite securing flights.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Pauline Hanson is now set to tour more regional Coalition-held seats in her "sexy" new private plane, and the Liberal and National parties are helping clear the runway.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler intends to "test the boundaries” of what is legally possible to bring down specialists fees.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The ruling will be seen by civil rights activists as a blow and by the Republican party as a boost ahead of key midterm elections in November.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson billed taxpayers for two trips that included party fundraisers, discussions with disaffected National Barnaby Joyce, a Gina Rinehart event and return flights to connect the senator to her private jet to Florida, sponsored by her major donor, Mrs Rinehart.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Once described as the missing link for renewable energy, batteries are transforming the electricity market and absorbing the worst of the global oil shock.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

A top Jewish community leader says the federal government failed to "confront the antisemitic rhetoric that was dehumanising Jews” in the lead up to the Bondi massacre.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

WA's longest-serving parliamentarian, war hero Bill Grayden, is being remembered for his service to his country and community.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

If Donald Trump's war against Iran had not started, inflation would be falling – not increasing. That's the problem facing the Reserve Bank.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

With 300,000 people to be moved off the NDIS, health minister Mark Butler explains where they'll go instead.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Home Affairs secretary Stephanie Foster announced to staff in a briefing that the department had opened calls for voluntary redundancies across the department.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Pauline Hanson's man in Farrer voiced support for independent Michelle Milthorpe at the last election. He didn't stop there.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson banks more than $3 million worth of donations, including a brand-new plane gifted by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it is the "worst possible time" to jeopardise existing gas contracts due to the global fuel crisis.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

In his strongest language on the issue to date, Anthony Albanese said a $17 billion tax on gas exports would harm Australia's fuel security.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Inflation hit 4.6 per cent in March, intensifying pressure on the Reserve Bank to inflict a third consecutive rate rise on mortgage holders on Tuesday next week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The super saver scheme is supposed to save first home buyers precious tax dollars. But a simple mistake – that anyone can make – can wipe out the benefits.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The One Nation leader boasted about millions in donations, as well as a private plane, on social media on Wednesday morning.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The secretary of the second-largest department says she has been trying to reduce headcount by natural attrition, but that further job cuts are needed by the end of the financial year to fit within the department's budget.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says the global fuel crisis is the "worst possible time" to jeopardise existing gas contracts. Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

As the international fuel crisis continues to cause concern, the federal government is under pressure to provide a fix during next month's budget.  

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Energy giant AGL is raising alarm over a proposed overhaul of the way customers are billed for the upkeep of the electricity grid.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler is also predicting that many allied health workers that have flocked to the NDIS will move to aged care, hospitals or Thriving Kids.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Inflation is on track to hit a three-year high as a huge rise in petrol prices hits the national economy, putting jobs and growth at risk.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

US tech giant Meta has condemned Labor's plan to tax large digital platforms that fail to pay for using Australian journalism as "government-mandated transfer of wealth". 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The Albanese government's new laws regulate global media giants and uphold national sovereignty.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Shadow defence minister James Paterson wants Australia to consider long-range bomber aircraft to ensure the country is not left exposed.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Anthony Albanese has confirmed Meghan Quinn will be the first female secretary of the Department of Defence, calling her a "stand-out candidate".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Opposition defence spokesman James Paterson also said he was an AUKUS "true believer” but that the submarine plan carried "enormous risks”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The Coalition says Australia should consider buying next-generation stealth bombers to help bridge the gap until the AUKUS submarines arrive.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister also denied having a change of heart about the four women and their children as major parties harden their stance on immigration.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister is pressing ahead with a scheme to make social media giants such as TikTok, Google and Meta funnel up to $250 million into Australian news content.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Anthony Albanese has confirmed Meghan Quinn will be the first female secretary of the Department of Defence, calling her a "standout candidate". Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

A shooting incident at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump has prompted a swirl of questions about how an alleged shooter breached Secret Service security and got so close to the US president.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

When Foreign Minister Penny Wong travels to Japan, China and South Korea this week, she will move through a region where relationships point in different directions at the same time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Younger Australians are unlikely to be worse off than their parents over their lifetimes, new research suggests. But they'll have to wait longer.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Australia would have 60 days' worth of fuel supplies in reserve under an $800 million Coalition proposal that would cost drivers one cent per litre. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The government has given workers until the end of August to complete the new training, after a spate of abuse cases in centres.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Bolstering Australia's fuel stocks has turned into a top-order political issue ahead of the budget and a byelection.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

News that a group of four women and nine children have arrived in Damascus and hope to fly to Australia within days has added urgency to the question of how the group should be dealt with.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Michelle Milthorpe says her opponent's former links to Labor – revealed by this masthead on Monday – represent a "serious breach of trust”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid are merging their two parties into a new entity called "Together" in a bid to defeat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the next election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Peter Drew has been hanging his controversial posters around Australia for 10 years, and has no plans to stop.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Pauline Hanson's aspirant for Farrer, David Farley, approached ALP figures about becoming a candidate in the 2022 election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Which came first, the government decision or the opinion poll? And why it matters.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Australian Bushmaster armoured vehicles are being sent to the Netherlands following a request to Australia by the Dutch government. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

A day after boos were heard at Anzac Day services, the Liberal leader said the Indigenous ceremonies had lost their value.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Mike Bowers is joined by Michael Hing for Talking Pictures. They discuss the government's plan for NDIS cuts, a potential Australian Gas tax and the War in the Middle East. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler announced the government's plan to reduce NDIS funding, change eligibility criteria and cut the schemes growth. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

David Speers interviews Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on the Farrer by-election, the rise of One Nation, the Coalitions migration policy and the oil crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

This past week marks the first time the Liberal leader visited WA since he took the position, and during his trip west, both Taylor and Premier Cook were navigating the state's hot-button issues.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Government action needs to be taken to prevent a group of Australian families with links to former ISIS fighters from re-entering the country, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Months before a furore over his social media posts, documents show the federal government completed background checks on controversial NT Administrator David Connolly.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Labor's radical transformation of the NDIS as it resists a growing chorus of support for a new gas tax exposes the limit of its willingness to act when given a social licence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

An official with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said the cohort would be deported from Damascus within 72 hours.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Kevin Warsh, a former top Federal Reserve official whom President Donald Trump nominated in January to replace Mr Powell.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The budget will be a threshold moment for Anthony Albanese as he stares down wealthy Baby Boomers and strikes a blow for generational equity. It will be his biggest political risk to date.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Israel Defense Forces have committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government's military since 1992.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

An analysis of price forecasts in previous budgets reveals the NDIS was on track to cost more than four times what was initially expected.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Governments spent billions of dollars to encourage home owners to buy batteries, but advocates say a change from the energy market rule-maker will cut uptake.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Participants, advocates and providers are trying to work out what the overhaul of the NDIS will mean for them after the disability minister announced 160,000 people would lose access to the scheme under new eligibility criteria.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Labor is overhauling the NDIS to save $35 billion and make the ballooning scheme sustainable. But the success of the reform rests on striking deals with holdout states.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The cancellation of a $90 billion submarine contract caused a diplomatic rupture. But France is willing to try again if requested.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

In an ANZAC-themed speech, the Liberal frontbencher called for a rebuilding of Australia's industrial and defence base.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Resources Minister Madeleine King has taken aim at those who say gas giants are obtaining the commodity for free, saying she's "mystified as to how they get away with such tosh".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Anzac Day is observed on April 25 every year. This year that date falls on a Saturday, but that doesn't mean a long weekend for everyone. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Jim Chalmers' budget test is just getting tougher. More than three-quarters of people believe Australia will enter recession, or is already there.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A little-noticed candidate debate in Griffith this week was a timely reminder that what seats like Farrer wants and what Canberra demands are two very different things.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The NDIS was forecast to serve 900,000 people by the end of the decade. Instead, it will serve 600,000. That leaves a void that the anxieties of hundreds of thousands of people will fill – people for whom the stakes are extremely high.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

NDIS Minister Mark Butler will end the practice of handwritten invoices, providers without qualifications and a "let it rip" market of profiteering operators. But the sector warns changes must be navigated carefully.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

NDIS participants set up their lives around the scheme's rules. But now the rules are changing and they fear what lies ahead.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government is reading the room when it comes to intergenerational equity ahead of the May 12 budget. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The NDIS has 760,000 participants, more than 300,000 of whom have autism. Those people and their families are the most anxious after Labor announced an overhaul of the scheme.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The NDIS was supposed to support Australians with a disability, but governments failed to stop rorters tainting the good intentions, and reform can no longer be put off.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

This week the Albanese government pushed out a major reform ahead of the federal budget, the Nationals leader was out in the cold on the campaign trail and a former Treasury secretary had some choice words about the push for gas tax reform.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A visiting US military leader warns China is "moving out like a world-class sprinter” in space, a development with huge ramifications for a possible future war.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia's fleet of world-leading surveillance aircraft is set to be replaced and analysts say the planes could be replaced by drones.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

There's a growing push to tax gas exports to raise billions of dollars a year, but the world has changed since the campaign began.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas also commended the federal government's "political courage”, insisting state-based supports outside the NDIS must be developed with the same urgency.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Today's national cabinet meeting was "constructive", Anthony Albanese says, confirming that Australia remains at level 2 on its national fuel security plan. Take a look back at how the day unfolded.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Three weeks of wages have been guaranteed for Liberty Bell Bay smelter workers, but with no buyer locked in, questions remain about what happens next.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

An average cut of $7,000 to NDIS participant plans could hurt social supports, providing the "only interaction with the outside world" for some people with disability, advocates warn, as the minister concedes the savings will have a material impact on participant plans.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government will soon deliver the most highly anticipated budget in its four years in office. But economic experts probably aren't going to like it.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Confusion and some frustration remains after a key Pacific leader announced an emergency declaration had been agreed to over fuel, despite other leaders not knowing about it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Reforming the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme is necessary to ensure the scheme's long-term survival. But few expected Labor to go this far.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

As far as tough budget decisions go, we haven't seen anything on this scale since Joe Hockey's ill-fated 2014 effort.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Australian Energy Market Commission says a proposed shake-up of electricity pricing could cut bills, but experts say household battery investors will be worse off.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Labor's plan to rein in NDIS growth will result in more than 160,000 people shifting off the scheme, with states expected to deliver alternative "foundational supports". 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Labor's plans dwarf in dollar terms even former treasurer Joe Hockey's infamous efforts to slow health and education spending.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

An inquiry into the taxation of gas resources has heard from proponents for a tax, who believe Australians are being robbed of their fair share of wealth from the nation's natural resources, and opponents, who argue touching tax settings would spook investors.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Minister Mark Butler announces his decision to remove more than 160,000 people from the national disability scheme over the next four years, with the timing labelled "troublesome" by autism advocates.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The federal government argues the move will help re-establish fairness across the generations. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler has announced sweeping cuts and a new eligibility test for the scheme ahead of the budget next month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler revealed on Wednesday that Labor would reverse a 2004 change that increased the private healthcare rebate for people over 65.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Anyone reading the news and trying to assess the state of the AUKUS pact would be understandably confused.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme will cut participants' plan budgets as the government clamps down on the program's runaway costs.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler says the scheme can't be allowed to grow at its current rate.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler has unveiled the government's plan to curb the ballooning growth of the NDIS and save the budget a projected $35 billion over four years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Health Minister Mark Butler unveiled fixes to the country's struggling aged care system alongside his overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in a pre-budget speech.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Life would be easy if a simple tax tweak could solve our decades-long housing crisis. CGT reform may help, but it's not the silver bullet.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

NDIS Minister Mark Butler says the scheme was designed to support 410,000 people with a disability, but currently supports 760,000. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

NDIS Minister Mark Butler must end the uncertainty half a million people have been living in when he announces changes to the nation's disability scheme, mental health advocates say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The states and territories are enjoying a surge in revenue while taking on record debt. But it could end in tears if they keep it up.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The decision to scrap the plan to charge older Australians $50/hour for showers was made after months of sustained criticism, including warnings that people were forgoing other care to afford the service.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

After a flood of complaints, Labor will spend $1 billion to cover costs for older people in home care who need help with showering, dressing and incontinence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A popular campaign to force multinational gas exporters to pay their "fair share” for the nation's finite resources is missing the new elephant in the room.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Premier Coal confirms job losses at its Collie operation, with workers set to be informed of the details.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

State treasurers say a meeting on NDIS reforms to be announced tomorrow was light on details, leaving states and territories waiting with everyone else to find out how a new round of savings measures will affect the disability scheme — and their budgets.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

In announcing his retirement from ACT politics, Greens leader Shane Rattenbury says he is looking forward to finding out what his next career move could be.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Australian government signs two contracts to develop counter-drone technology, including a laser that can track an object the size of a 10-cent coin travelling at more than 100 km/h.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Pauline Hanson's chief adviser criticised the Coalition for preferencing minor parties before One Nation in the Farrer byelection, but the Nationals leader dismissed the complaint.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Australian-made laser system is being put on a fast track for use by the defence force as part of a $7 billion spend on drone-killing technology.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Calls are mounting for a "transparent" government review of WA's Bandyup Women's Prison after a second Aboriginal inmate dies inside the facility in less than five weeks.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The federal government is funnelling $7 billion into technology that can defeat other drones. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

With more changes surrounding the NDIS just announced, here's everything you need to know about the scheme.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Calls are growing for a new 25 per cent tax on gas exports to increase the petroleum resource rent tax on windfall profits, but companies have warned any changes would jeopardise Australia's energy supply.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Burnt by past failures, GetUp has raised $400,000 in weeks to attack One Nation's economic record and its leader's alignment with Donald Trump's foreign policy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

US President Donald Trump has warned if a deal with Iran is not reached soon, US military action could resume. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The crisis around the embattled British prime minister continues to grow, with Sir Keir Starmer facing questions from MPs about what he knew of the vetting process of Peter Mandelson.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The opposition is engaged in a spirited internal debate about how firmly to oppose Labor's proposals on property investment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Chalmers warned the NDIS was growing too fast for Australians to afford, laying the groundwork for major changes to the $50 billion scheme that will be unveiled on Wednesday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Resolve Political Monitor found the US president's popularity has plunged to new lows while respondents were torn on the wisdom of sending ships to a peacekeeping mission.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

After more than two decades of ditching cash, Australians have started putting $20 and $50 notes back in their wallets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The treasurer's fifth budget was always going to be one of the most important this century. The war in Iran has taken the May 12 edition to the highest degree of difficulty.

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