In this podcast, former Paralympian Kurt Fearnley, chair of the National Disability Insurance Authority, which implements the scheme, discusses its issues and the road ahead
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In this podcast, @michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss another interest rate rise form the RBA, Labor's war on vaping and an increase to the tobacco tax, and the likely boost to JobSeeker for people aged 55 and over.
The reform will benefit the retirement incomes of millions of Australians, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones
Vapes will have to come in ‘pharmacy-like packaging’. The permissible nicotine concentrations and volumes will be reduced, and single-use, disposable vapes will be banned.
The infrastructure pipeline includes rail and road projects in the capitals as well as rail and road construction and upgrades in regional and outback areas
The May 9 budget will include a $2.2 billion suite of measures to seek to ease pressures in primary health care and hospitals, as well as containing initiatives directed towards the crisis in the rental…
Beyond his homespun quality, Albanese demonstrates a shrewdness in exercising power.
The inquiry warns that given the international competition for highly skilled migrants, ‘Australia risks falling behind’.
Managing expectations before a budget is always tricky. Two committees are making this especially so for Treasurer Jim Chalmers ahead of his second budget.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and Marion Scrymgour discuss Alice Springs, the Voice and other issues facing the Northern Territory.
These include the establishment of a separate Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board, aimed at making both decision-making and governance arrangements as effective as possible
Anthony Albanese’s attention is laser-like on the Voice, and trying to get up a yes vote. Peter Dutton, for a mix of motives, is focusing on the NT situation, as he campaigns against the Voice.
Price, the new shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, has been one of the loudest, most trenchant opponents of the Voice.
The latest vitriolic exchange reflects the long-running policy animosity between the two, particularly Keating’s hostility to Wong over the issue of China
The Albanese government had no intention of giving the Low and Middle Income Tax Offset a further lease of life. It just would have preferred that a pesky journalist hadn’t highlighted the fact
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and Professor Marcia Langton discuss the Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition for First Nations Australians
Stepping down to the backbench and going against the overwhelming view of your party on a critical issue takes a good deal of political courage.
Leeser says his position is based on ‘keeping faith with the First Peoples of this land’, though he has affirmed his support for Peter Dutton’s leadership in the Liberal Party.
Peter Dutton’s success in holding the Liberal show together has been strictly limited. And it has come at the cost of deepening the division in the country.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and South Australian senator Simon Birmingham discuss the Voice, the Aston byelection defeat and "where to now?" for the Liberal Party
After a special party meeting to decide the Liberals’ position, Dutton accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of “dividing the country”.
The government also promises that beyond the four years, the institutions will get indexed funding
@Michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the RBA's decision on interest rates, the Aston byelection result, the passing of First Nations leader Yunupingu, and TikTok bans
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has hardened his rhetoric criticising the Voice proposal in recent weeks
there are no obvious foundation stones for this mammoth task.
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