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Today’s bloated NDIS would never have been greenlit, its former head says. How did we get here?

The Albanese government this week launched the most significant intervention in the disability support scheme’s history

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Fast-tracking or ploughing through? Renewable energy shaping up as defining issue for Victorian election

Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concerns

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Something has changed in Australia. The voters of Farrer may tell us what, and how much

The major parties look like also-rans in the byelection on 9 May, with One Nation and an independent favoured to fight it out. Is this a minor curiosity, or a political earthquake?

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States have driven climate action until now. It’s time for the Australian government to step up

For more than a decade, Australia’s emissions reductions have been driven not by the federal government but by the states and territories, often in relative obscurity.

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The carbon tax debate damaged Julia Gillard’s leadership – and good climate policy for years to come

Carbon pricing and the Gillard government are fused together like molten glass in the memory of all those who witnessed the traumatic and consequential policy and political drama surrounding it.

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Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes

Minister tells Guardian Australia despite substantial changes to disability scheme, it will remain one of best support services ‘anywhere in the world’

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WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals

WorkChoices marked one of the great turning points of the Howard era. It accelerated the unravelling of a decade-long Coalition government, handed Labor a potent election weapon, and led the most successful union campaigns in modern Australian political history.

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Slump for Labor in YouGov survey, but not in other federal polls

While a federal YouGov poll has Labor’s primary vote down three points to a tie with One Nation, that hasn’t been the case in any other federal poll this week, with Newspoll, Resolve and Morgan all much better for Labor. A Farrer byelection poll has given One Nation’s David Farley…

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While it wasn’t his idea, Medicare helped make the mythos of Bob Hawke

It was the big-picture reform that defined the Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and infuriated his opponents with its radical promise of a fairer, healthier society.

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Morning Mail: Trump says US extending Iran ceasefire, Coalition’s byelection blitz, The Deb defies doom

US president gives update in social media post; One Nation targeted by negative ads

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The Coalition wants NDIS reform to focus on 3 things. Here’s what this would mean for users – and the budget

The government is expected to announce further changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) this week, focused on containing the rising number of participants and the growth in costs, and cracking down on fraudulent activities.

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NDIS changes to be unveiled on Wednesday will provide budget’s biggest cuts

The Albanese government on Wednesday will unveil the biggest source of cuts in the May 12 budget, when it announces a sweeping overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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One Nation’s rise turns around as Newspoll and Resolve both have Labor well ahead

Has One Nation reached its polling peak? That’s the intriguing question from the latest batch of polls.

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Don’t call me a teal: independent Michelle Milthorpe carves a fresh path as she takes on One Nation in Farrer byelection

Milthorpe – a teacher and advocate for child sexual assault survivors – says city MPs have little understanding of challenges facing the regions

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Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work?

The Albanese government overhauled policy and promised significant pollution cuts – but carbon offsets are still being used as an excuse

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Liberals can rule again if they take a simple lesson from their defeat – but Taylor’s Trumpian plan strays from the light

Taylor painted a grim picture of migration that fits more with his tenuous political position than the state of the country

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DemosAU gives Labor one of its worst poll results this term

A DemosAU poll has Labor down three points on primary votes since February to just 26%, with Labor and One Nation now tied. The total vote for the Coalition and One Nation was steady at 49% while the total for Labor and the Greens was down two points to 39%.

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UK Tory MP who defected to Reform advises One Nation in Australian byelection campaign

Former MP Tom Hunt has been working for Pauline Hanson’s party in the seat of Farrer, where One Nation hopes for a game-changing breakthrough

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Morning Mail: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, from One Nation idea to Coalition policy, and why the hate for Meghan?

Donald Trump announces 10-day truce after ‘excellent conversations’ with both leaders; how the Coalition formed its new housing policy

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Grattan on Friday: Migration debate deserves better policy approach and less politicking from Liberals

An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation.

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Afternoon Update: Victorian fuel price fears after refinery blaze; One Nation’s SA seat recount; and how to breathe

Petrol production affected at Viva plant in Corio as mayor calls blaze ‘unprecedented’

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Bowen says Geelong fire appears to be accidental; Keating lashes Liberals– as it happened

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Labor lashes Coalition immigration plan as Usman Khawaja calls policy ‘appalling’

Burke says Taylor chasing votes lost to One Nation while cricket great urges opposition to admit policy would discriminate against Muslims

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Angus Taylor’s bid to reel in One Nation voters reeks of desperation, and tramples over Australia’s fair go values

Why imitate Pauline Hanson when voters can have the real thing? The opposition leader’s tactics only spread fear, hate and division

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What is in Angus Taylor’s new immigration plan and is it inspired by Trump’s approach in the US?

The Coalition’s hardline policy is ‘thin on substance and quite big on symbolics’, according to one expert. Which details are missing?

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