Government Policy

The NDIS has changed the lives of Australians with disability, but disability advocates are concerned that proposed reforms could make it harder for people to get the support they need.

Malarndirri McCarthy Minister for Indigenous Australians says she wants to elevate indigenous affairs.

Dealing with poor behaviour and reporting incidents is the most common workload burden affecting teachers' ability to help their students learn, according to a new survey of Queensland state schools.

Many people in regional Australia want an end to daylight saving, including those who passed a motion this week at the NSW Farmers Conference, and there is growing evidence to support them.

Queensland will become the final state in Australia to decriminalise public drunkenness, more than 30 years after it was first recommended by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Experts have condemned the Queensland government for failing to fulfil a landmark recommendation to stop police investigating their own staff, 20 months after it was handed down.

King Charles has delivered his annual speech to mark the opening of the UK's Parliament.

Under new laws, Tasmanian landlords will have little say on whether a pet can be brought to live on their property. While some have praised the change, the state's real estate body says more protections should be put in place to safeguard investors.

There are calls for stronger protection for passengers. But some airlines say it won't improve outcomes for passengers, instead saying it could increase airfares.

The couple were arrested in Brisbane and allegedly conspired to send sensitive Australian Defence Force material to Russian authorities.

Labor's Don Farrell is working on changes that would cap both donations and spending during federal elections. But the far-reaching reforms are expected to face a rough parliamentary road ahead.

Agriculture will have to store carbon for the big polluters if Australia is to meet its net zero emissions target by 2050. But a leading researcher says the plan won't work. 

Mildura Digital Television, which is owned by SevenWest Media and WIN, has shut down the Channel 10 signal in the Sunraysia region because it did "not make commercial sense" to keep it going.

It's this history Florence Onus will share at Queensland's truth-telling inquiry when community sessions begin next month. WARNING: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died, which have been provided by family for the purpose of truth-telling and healing.

The Head of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Warren Pearce says it's crucial The Future Made in Australia legislation is passed. The 23-billion-dollar centrepiece of the May budget has taken its first step to being enacted, being introduced into the lower house today.

Starting this month, many Australians travelling to China will no longer need to apply for a visa, but some challenges and inconveniences remain for foreign travellers when it comes to paying in the largely cashless society.

Laws to phase out Australia's live sheep export trade by 2028 pass parliament, despite last-ditch attempts by opponents to put the brakes on the legislation.

Legal and social groups say housing shortages and diminished services mean the child protection system is failing the people it is meant to protect.

Fatima Payman's calculated defiance is also in many ways the worst outcome for Labor. This painful episode has shown the power of this one senator to unleash a seismic political disruptor inside the party. But the events of the past days have also revealed Payman's unexpected political ally within Labor.

The council claims more than 1 million passengers could be left behind at bus stops during the trial if there is 10 per cent increase in patronage but the figures have been disputed by Translink.

In what one expert has likened to a plot from the political satire programs Utopia or Yes Minister, a report detailing ways to improve the processes by which the Tasmanian government can be more transparent to the public is released — with the suggested improvements blacked out in page after page of redactions.

Louise Beaston, the wife of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle, is pleading with the government to look into the criminal prosecution of her husband and fix whistleblowing laws so nobody else is forced to endure what her family has. This case is the latest reminder that Australia's whistleblower laws need urgent reform.  

Legal experts want the federal government to foot the bill for child support if an ex-partner doesn't pay, with new data revealing last financial year 168,000 parents had overdue tax returns. 

The union representing child protection staff says workers in the Kimberley are disillusioned and employed by a system that is struggling to achieve positive outcomes for families.

David Crisafulli insists he won't budge on his opposition to nuclear power — a position that's not sitting well with some of his federal colleagues.