Sussan Ley has proposed keeping three Nationals senators on the backbench for six months as part of negotiations to reunite the Coalition.
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Pauline Hanson has put Labor on notice as former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi joins One Nation, vowing to take seats in South Australia.
Victorian treasurer Jaclyn Symes says the state has cost-of-living levers to pull if interest rates rise, with budget plans factoring in higher borrowing costs.
NSW premier Chris Minns says protest restrictions are likely during Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s Sydney visit as police consider extending CBD bans Up.
Health Minister Mark Butler has described a suspected murder-suicide in Perth as an “unspeakable tragedy” while declining to comment on…
The government cannot yet say how many children will use Thriving Kids, conceding unmet need as diagnosis costs have locked families out.
Advisory group co-chair Frank Oberklaid says the NDIS was a broken system for children, arguing diagnosis rules distorted care and delayed support.
The federal government has unveiled a new early-intervention system aimed at moving children with low to moderate support needs out…
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read will retire at the November election after revealing his metastatic cancer treatment is working but remains unpredictable.
The Victorian premier has accused opposition leader Jess Wilson of aligning with One Nation and Barnaby Joyce after withdrawing from…