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Newcastle Herald · Apr 3, 2022

Labor aims to stop home care fee rorts

A Labor government will put a cap on the administration and management fees of home care providers, as it continues its focus on the aged care sector.

AAP · Apr 3, 2022

Aged care bodies and unions demand Coalition match Labor’s pledge to fund potential wage rises

Federal opposition says it will pay any increase ordered by Fair Work Commission but Coalition has stopped short of such a guarantee

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2022

PM and Albanese primed for poll showdown

Scott Morrison was in Tasmania just days out from firing the starting gun for the May election, while Anthony Albanese held a Labor rally in Brisbane.

AAP · Apr 2, 2022

Labor is careful not to write him off, but the pressure is all on Scott Morrison

The PM of 2019 could have won with this budget – he still can, but now he has three years of baggage to carry

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2022

NSW Liberal's endorse City of Newcastle councillor Katrina Wark to contest Newcastle seat at election

A decision on the party's Newcastle candidate, facing the unenviable task of ousting incumbent Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon from an historically safe Labor seat, was expected Friday night and eventually arrived Saturday.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 2, 2022

Labor's plans for aged care are targeted but fall short of what's needed

In his budget reply speech this week, opposition leader Anthony Albanese promised a plan to fix the “crisis in aged care”.

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2022

Free substitute buses on Adelaide's Gawler train line as delays to electrification work revealed

South Australia's new Transport Minister says a commuter rail project originally promised to be finished in 2020 will now be completed in June.

ABC News · Apr 2, 2022

Federal Liberals select nine election candidates in NSW seats despite legal challenge

Special committee including Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet chooses candidates for nine seats

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2022

Election Diary: Libs get more mileage out of Hunter bypass

If Tuesday's budget announcement of $268 million for the Muswellbrook bypass sounded vaguely familiar, you're spot on.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 1, 2022