Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)
The extra tax revenue generated by the Iran war will be saved in its entirety, as the government downplays major cost-of-living relief in next week's federal budget — though the treasurer warns those gains will be small.
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WA's energy minister says the state will have the fuel it needs for this month and has "growing confidence" for June, as further details are released about 10 renewable energy projects that are set to be built across regional WA.
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With just 10 days to go, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is putting the final touches the budget. Dr Chalmers has made clear productivity is a priority for this term of parliament. So who better to ask about the upcoming budget than the Productivity Commission. David Speers sat down with Chair Danielle Wood for this week's Insiders On Background.
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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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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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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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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.
ReadSydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks 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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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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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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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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