The agency that regulates the NDIS has engaged lawyers in an attempt to prevent being served with a complaint about its own dysfunctional workplace culture.
Despite increases to JobSeeker and rent assistance, the national housing crisis has reached a flashpoint – and most Australians are affected in one way or another.
The government has substantially underplayed increases to welfare, choosing not to highlight indexation rises that will happen the same day as the budgeted increases.
Labor’s budget is built on cost-of-living support and improvements for the most vulnerable. It announces the first surplus in more than a decade, declaring that inflation has peaked and the economy will continue to grow.
Students will see their debt grow by almost $5 billion on June 1, in the largest inflation-related hike since the 1990s, as the government funding pool for tertiary places shrinks.
As the treasurer considers the review of the RBA that has just landed on his desk, the central bank has paused its most aggressive interest rate raising cycle in a generation, and warned the worst impact is still to come.
The bank failures that have forced the US government to step in again with emergency support highlight the dangers of weak regulation, and raise concerns about how far this contagion could spread.
A year after the floods, Northern Rivers residents are in limbo, with many likely to miss out on recovery funds from a program that is beset by delays and a lack of transparency.
