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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

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

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

'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 7, 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.

AAP · Aug 3, 2025