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Senate throws out budget plan to remove health insurance top up for older people

The Senate has rejected the government’s controversial budget measure to remove the higher private health insurance rebate for people 65 and older.

The Conversation · Oct 14

Labor's rivals block health rebate cut for pensioners

A plan to cut health insurance rebates for older Australians has been blocked for now, due to a combined move in the upper house by the coalition and Greens.

AAP · Oct 14

Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal

Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16

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Labor defends insurance rebate cut as elderly targeted

Moves to scrap extra private health insurance rebates for over-65s won't have a significant impact as analysis shows pensioners will face higher cost.

AAP · Sep 14

Experts weigh in on how to tackle illicit tobacco – and why an 80% excise cut is not on their list

Tougher enforcement and better monitoring products coming into Australia should be considered before lowering taxes, experts say

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4

Liberals say ‘all options’ should be considered despite Angus Taylor hosing down gender quota proposal

Anne Ruston called for the party to act with ‘urgency’ after discussion paper suggested how to improve engagement with women, multicultural communities and young people

The Guardian - AU · Jul 16

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Aged-care reforms are failing to rein in costs and are puting at risk elderly Australians' right to die with dignity, the sector's inspector-general says.

AAP · Jul 15

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Labor backs down on irreversible age care algorithm

The aged care minister has denied AI alone was deciding aged care assessment packages, after complaints a controversial algorithm could not be overruled.

AAP · Jul 2

One Nation wins at least one SA seat as Liberals consider ‘sobering lessons’ from election defeat

Labor’s Peter Malinauskas secures at least 32 seats while Pauline Hanson’s party outpolls Liberals and could become de facto opposition

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22

PM's veiled message after One Nation election surge

Pauline Hanson's anti-immigration party has achieved its best election result since 1998, sending shockwaves through the ranks of its conservative rivals.

AAP · Mar 22

‘Stuff of nightmares’: calls for help surge by 50% after Australia launches aged-assistance tool

Exclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23

Minister can't quantify NDIS savings post-hospital deal

Health Minister Mark Butler is yet to put a deadline on cutting spending growth on the $50 billion-per-year NDIS after striking a major hospital funding deal.

AAP · Feb 1

Top Liberal's backers talk down imminent leader threat

Key supporters of Sussan Ley don't expect a challenge to her leadership in the near term, but one rival has yet to break cover with his plans.

AAP · Feb 1

Australia swelters through fourth hottest January on record – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 31

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2025

‘Pure political pork’: government ends energy bill rebate as treasurer flags ‘difficult’ budget decisions

Chalmers flags pressure on national finances as Reserve Bank contemplates possibility of interest rate rises next year

AAP · Dec 2, 2025

Scramble to play down fears of aged care worker crisis

Department officials have defended not telling the aged care minister about potentially massive worker shortages because their model couldn't be verified.

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025

View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie

In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”.

AAP · Nov 17, 2025

Moderate MPs rally around Ley amid leadership turmoil

Sussan Ley's allies insist they are not preparing to turn on their leader to support right-wing challengers after a damaging stoush over climate policy.

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AAP · Nov 11, 2025

'Cracks' in NDIS led man to seek prison return instead

Jayden Conroy was stabbed 11 times while behind bars but faced with inadequate NDIS support on the outside, he sought to return to prison life.

The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025

View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is looking like a dead woman walking.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025

Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie rebuked for ‘playing politics’ on abortion in debate on stillbirth leave

Experts warn the fearmongering about late-term terminations is straight out of the anti-abortion handbook

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2025

Labor caves to pressure to bring forward funding for 20,000 in-home aged care places

Albanese government delayed new system earlier this year, despite more than 87,000 people already approved and waiting

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2025

‘A very divisive period’: the challenges facing a Liberal party in existential crisis

In the first of a four-part series, Liberal party insiders look to whether Sussan Ley will lead a new era of conservative politics or face ongoing internal brawls and lingering animosity

The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2025

Medicare urgent care clinics: are they Australian healthcare’s saviour or just a Band-Aid solution?

Labor has made the clinics key to its election strategy but critics say there is no long-term evidence they are reducing pressure on emergency departments

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2025

Albanese recalls family friend’s ‘confronting’ mental health struggle as he launches $1bn funding pledge

PM promises better access to treatment and counselling, saying many Australians have ‘issues that we need to talk about more’

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