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Two-year extension on home support program for elderly

Older Australians will retain basic support such as cleaning, gardening and transport under Labor's home care extension.

AAP · Aug 20

A fifth of older Australians who contested automated decision on home support funding got more after human review

Exclusive: Greens say department of health’s integrated assessment tool is ‘under-assessing’ far more people who may not know how to contest

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19

Montessori learning is being shut down at Leah’s school – is a push towards ‘explicit instruction’ to blame?

Critics say the one size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for all students and there are questions about the body that has been pushing it

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3

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Labor’s ‘cruel’ algorithm-based aged care funding tool could have human override reinstated after Senate passes bill

Tool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care

The Guardian - AU · Jul 2

Amanda Rishworth says jobseekers will no longer be forced to submit ‘endless’ pointless job applications

Welfare advocates say that while the reforms are a step in the right direction, the privatised employment services model has failed and should be torn up

The Guardian - AU · May 27

‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears

Department says it’s received 834 requests for a review of tool’s assessments since it launched in November

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2

Albanese urged to help Australians struggling with fuel crisis, as NZ offers first-of-its-kind cash relief

David Pocock says a flat 25% export levy on gas producers could redirect ‘wartime profits’ to struggling Australians

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24

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At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support

Exclusive: Jean Mathew, who has cerebral palsy, might have to leave her beloved home and rose garden after her funding was reduced

The Guardian - AU · Feb 19

Kim’s husband is on a two-year waiting list for home care support. He only has two years to live

Older people living unsafely, ending up in hospital or being forced prematurely into care as the waitlist for aged care home support balloons

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025

Relief at hand for unlawful social service debt victims

Welfare recipients with debts calculated using an unlawful method will have up to $250 wiped and also be eligible for resolution payments.

AAP · Aug 27, 2025

Dinner or a shower? Older people fear tough choices when Australia’s new aged care changes are rolled out

Advocates warn increased costs for basic assistance like showers and wound cleaning will push older people into aged care or hospital

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2025

Eat the rich: Greens to tax billionaires to feed kids

Every Australian public school student would get a free meal under a Greens plan that would be funded by taxing billionaires and corporations.

AAP · Apr 15, 2025

Police investigating alleged online threats to third Sydney mosque – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2025

Greens to call for inquiry into public funding of Exclusive Brethren schools

Advocacy group Save Our Schools also backs inquiry into funding for religious-linked institution that received more than $130m from taxpayers over five years

The Guardian - AU · Jul 23, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 16, 2024

Aged care homes accused of ‘short-changing’ Australians as nearly two-thirds fail to meet care-minute targets

Study finds providers making profits off government funding despite falling short on mandatory care targets

The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2024

Centrepay scandal: energy firm Origin wrongly received funds from welfare payments of former customers

Exclusive: Company is the third supplier known to have been given payments from vulnerable Australians in cases exposed by Guardian Australia

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2024

School funding reform to be tied to better outcomes for children with disability, Jason Clare says

Education minister doubles down on need for states to do more for students with a disability, in the wake of Guardian Australia investigation

The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2024

Government ignored warnings more than 100 companies may be misusing Centrepay scheme, Asic says

Services Australia’s failure to act ‘inexcusable’ and urgent action needed to help people struggling to get by, senators say

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

Teachers to get training to deal with poor behaviour in Australian classrooms but experts say more must be done

Government reveals $3.5m plan to reduce disruption but Greens say focus should be on socioeconomic and psychosocial challenges facing students

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023

The Gonski dream: how can governments restore funding – and trust – to public education?

Experts say Australia’s leaders need to change the narrative on public schools, and make a clear case for funding private ones

The Guardian - AU · Jul 16, 2023

Private school funding increased twice as much as public schools’ in decade after Gonski, data shows

Exclusive: government funding since landmark education review released ‘has gone to those least in need’, says national convenor of Save Our Schools

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

Unions call for energy transition authority to help workers exiting fossil fuel sector

Australian Council of Trade Unions chief, Michele O’Neil, will argue for retraining, redeployment and compensation programs

The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2023

Labor meets Greens demand for ban on reconstruction fund investment in coal, gas and native logging

Deal secures passage of NRF bill through lower house and provides likely pathway to pass it in Senate

The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2023

Australian children facing higher student-to-teacher ratios at public schools than at private institutions

New data reveals public teachers consistently instructing around two students per class more than independent educators

ABC News · Jan 16, 2023

Gladstone mum to make 100km trip for birth as maternity bypass continues

Pressure mounts on the Queensland government to end Gladstone Hospital's maternity bypass, as doctors warn of a "medical emergency".

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