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‘Dangerous and undermines our systems’: Tanya Plibersek condemns serious police failures in Queensland DV deaths

Plibersek said those victims – Hannah Clarke and her children, Kardell Lomas and her unborn child, and Gail Karran – ‘should have been kept safe’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025

As the Coalition shows its colours on nature, Labor faces a question: will it really protect Australia’s wildlife?

There are some decent elements in what Labor is proposing, but the overhaul could end up as tinkering rather than transformation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2025

Support payments streamlined to help struggling kids

Parents battling with day-to-day costs for their kids will be able to access support more easily as a confusing bureaucratic system is slimmed down.

AAP · Oct 23, 2025

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AFP investigates Lidia Thorpe’s claim she would ‘burn down’ Parliament House

Senator says her words at Melbourne pro-Gaza rally were ‘a metaphor’ and the reaction to them ‘mock outrage’ that distracts from Palestinian suffering

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025

From jobseeker to the pension, Centrelink welfare payments are about to increase – slightly

Payments to increase on Saturday with indexation, with youth allowance to become $1,027.70 a fortnight and jobseeker to be $793.60 a fortnight

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2025

Gold bullion, racehorses and a saxophone: the strangest assets declared by Canberra’s new parliament

A handful of politicians have property overseas including Tanya Plibersek, while just 1.8% of parliamentarians declared a Hecs debt

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2025

Welfare debts waived for domestic violence survivors

Centrelink debt incurred through "insidious" family violence will be waived for survivors to stop further abuse from being inflicted on vulnerable people.

AAP · Aug 31, 2025

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Murray Watt backs ‘no-go’ zones where development is banned – but not for Tasmania’s Robbins Island

Environment minister says scientific evidence did not convince government that remote island qualified

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2025

About 3m Australians affected by unlawful Centrelink debt calculation to be eligible for up to $600 compensation

Announcement comes after the federal government admitted the use of income apportionment to determine welfare payments was invalid

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

AI doom, nature laws and solving the housing problem: five takeaways from day two of economic reform roundtable

Jim Chalmers says ‘a useful consensus’ is emerging in several key reform areas

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2025

Details of Monash IVF review to remain secret – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2025

Aged pensioners to feel impact of asset test changes

Rates the government assumes people earn money on savings from will increase for the first time since they were lowered during the global pandemic.

AAP · Aug 19, 2025

'Don't slam brakes on EVs': sparks fly over fee push

The federal treasurer is being urged to adopt user charges for electric cars to help pay for road maintenance and the roll out of charging infrastructure .

AAP · Aug 10, 2025

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AAP · Aug 7, 2025

'Project-by-project' moves toward lofty housing target

Australians have been told the housing crisis can't be solved in one fell swoop as brand new inner-city homes are opened for people on low incomes.

AAP · Aug 3, 2025

Indigenous children's commissioner to begin urgent work

Australia's first National Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People has been appointed, tasked with elevating the voices of Indigenous kids.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025

Afternoon Update: Australia spared Trump’s latest tariff hike; NSW’s wet weekend; and the library that loans tents and fog machines

Australian goods imported into the US will continue to attract the baseline 10% tariff, with Australia dodging any tariff increase in the latest round of Donald Trump’s global trade war

AAP · Jul 30, 2025

Ministers coy on gambling reform as advice kept secret

How the government planned to respond to a landmark gambling inquiry report before shelving its reform ahead of the election will remain secret.

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2025

Albanese government plotted to maintain native forest logging in NSW if court battle was lost, documents show

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese sought ‘advice on strategy’ as federal and state governments prepared for ‘potential impacts of an adverse decision’

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2025

Mark Latham’s portrait may come off federal caucus wall

The Labor caucus tolerates having the odd “rat” among the photos of ALP leaders on the party room wall, but Mark Latham may have now pushed it too far.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2025

Morning Mail: Bradley Murdoch dead at 67, warning to Labor over inequality, the $1 housing blueprint

The notorious outback killer of British backpacker Peter Falconio has died in custody of throat cancer; NSW plan to speed up home building

The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2025

Social services department warned Tanya Plibersek she faces uphill battle amid ‘political polarisation’

Brief obtained under freedom of information laws shows new minister told of ‘increased risk of entrenched disadvantage’ in Australia

AAP · Jun 29, 2025

Plea for end to Gaza conflict after Mideast ceasefire

A senior minister has called for peace in Gaza after a deal was reached between between Iran and Israel to cease military strikes.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 22, 2025

Australia Walks Back Its Neutral Stance On Iran Strikes, Now Voicing Its Support Of Trump

“We do support the strikes. We certainly don’t want to see full-scale war in the Middle East," Senior Minister Tanya Plibsersek said on Sunrise this morning.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2025

Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

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