The latest census shows the number of homeless Australians has risen more than 5 per cent since 2016, and lags in the data mean that many people currently sleeping rough aren’t captured in the count.
Criticised as an unreliable and inadequate source of funding, the government’s $10 billion housing initiative has stalled in the senate, in what has become a test of one of the Greens’ rising stars.
As the NSW Liberal Party reels from its loss last weekend, party insiders worry the debate is being framed in a way that will push them to the right and further from electability.
News Corp has become the unofficial mouthpiece of the ‘No’ campaign against the Voice to Parliament, although its editors say they are just reporting both sides.
After days of late-night negotiations, the Albanese government has a referendum question for the Voice and the machinery to implement it, but the Coalition remains split.
The bill to prepare the referendum on the Voice to Parliament has stalled in the senate amid a surge of amendments, including from key independent voters David Pocock and Lidia Thorpe.
Sally Rugg’s case against her boss highlights some realities of life as a political staffer – the role attracts young and idealistic people who can be demoralised by its demands.
