Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has called for a new era of political unity to tackle the nation’s ‘unfinished business’ on tax reform and other major issues in his parting message to Federal Parliament.
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis
They are the generations trying to start their adult lives, start their families, buy houses and kick their careers off or kick them up a notch.
Bill Shorten
Australians are getting money from the government faster and spending less time on the phone or in waiting rooms, fresh data reveals.
Katina Curtis
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten will quit politics for a top university position, ending a rollercoaster 17-year career in Federal Parliament that came within an inch of the prime ministership.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Imagine turning up at a hotel and instead of handing over your driver’s licence to be photocopied and kept who-knows-where, you can scan a QR code and have your identity verified securely online.
Clearing the rorters and criminals out of the NDIS might take two or three years, the minister warned after revelations that it had been used to funnel money into illicit drugs, luxury cars and holidays.
Katina Curtis and Jessica Evensen
This week we will again remember those who served with courage and purpose, and honour those who paid the ultimate price for defending our nation.
The situation in Gaza has without doubt divided public opinion. But some facts are indisputable.
The way Australians with disabilities access support will be transformed under the Federal Government’s plan to guarantee the long-term survival of the $42 billion scheme.
From Warnie to Taylor Swift the MCG has seen plenty of history-making moments.
The stakes are usually pretty high on some level or other when you make a bet on national TV.
One of the greatest investments in the Australian community is Medicare. This week we celebrate its 40th anniversary.
This week I will attend ceremonies to welcome new Australian citizens to join their stories to the Australian story.
The rising cost of living is front of mind for every Aussie family I talk to, especially the everyday costs we’re all seeing at the supermarket.
At 11am on a weekday morning this past week, hundreds of people queued up at the top end of Bourke Street in Melbourne’s busy CBD for an early Christmas lunch.
Truth can be uncomfortable and we must listen to those prepared to speak it, even if it is challenging and makes us question the stories we have told ourselves.
Some things in life are worth fighting for and I believe the National Disability Insurance Scheme is worth doing everything we can to ensure it is there for future generations of Australians.
A major shift in how National Disability Insurance Scheme participants are assessed for taxpayer funding will be recommended as part a bold vision to repair a ‘broken’ system.
As our furry friends age, they teach us the true meaning of loyalty and unconditional love.
We’ve all seen the vertigo-inducing photos of construction workers on the Empire State Building. Men eating their lunch astride steel girders, legs dangling over the New York City streets 380 metres below.
Scott Morrison has given just five speeches in Parliament since the election. This latest one defended his role in robodebt against the weight of a royal commission.
The multi-billion dollar plan to curb the spiralling costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme will see roughly 27,000 fewer participants on the scheme than previously forecast, The West can reveal.
Intelligence organisations have been unequivocal in their warnings that right-wing extremism, fuelled by online radicalisation, is growing as a threat to the Australian community.
Bill Shorten started in politics as the man pushing for the National Disability Insurance Scheme to come into existence. Now he’s the man who has to ensure its ongoing existence.
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