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Mark Butler says doctors look to have made a ‘significant return to bulk billing’ but patients should ‘vote with your feet’ if their clinic doesn’tFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe health minister, Mark Butler, has encouraged Australians to “ring around” doctors in their area and “vote with your feet”...

This blog is now closed.Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian and Aboriginal flags raised during Canberra ceremonyFollowing the welcome to country, the flag-raising ceremony has begun, with six flags raised including two Australian flags, two Aboriginal flags and two Torres Strait Islander flags.Australia is home to the oldest continuous culture on Earth, 65,000 years of uninterrupted heritage,...

This blog is now closed. Check the path of the storm towards Townsville with the BoM radar and forecast tracker mapTropical Cyclone Kirrily upgraded to ‘severe’ category three storm as it approaches Queensland coastPeter Dutton calls for election over ‘very significant change’ to stage-three tax cutsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we flagged just earlier, wind gusts...

This blog is now closed.Labor MPs endorse changes to stage-three tax cutsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMorrison to take up separate position at Dyne Asset ManagementAs we brought you just earlier, Scott Morrison will be taking up a role with international advisory and consulting firm American Global Strategies after his resignation from politics late February.Well, firstly, I...

Banks say tax tweaks approved by Anthony Albanese’s cabinet may slow pace of RBA interest rate cuts and further reforms are needed to fill budget shortfallsStage-three tax cuts: cabinet approves new cost-of-living relief for workers on less than $150,000Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government’s changes to the...

This blog is now closedIta Buttrose backs David Anderson after ABC board passes unanimous vote of confidenceScott Morrison to resign from politics for ‘new challenges in the global corporate sector’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHomelessness increasing across Australia, report findsIn January every year, the Productivity Commission releases its Report on Government Services, which “monitor[s] the performance of...

Criticism from the assistant foreign minister, Tim Watts, comes as backbencher says Israeli prime minister ‘is not a partner for peace’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has said it is deeply disappointed by comments from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he rebuffed international calls...

PM says Labor government will receive advice by Wednesday’s caucus meeting on how best to assist Australians struggling with rising costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has continued to raise expectations of further cost-of-living relief as some backbench MPs debate the possibility Labor could modify stage-three income tax...

Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEight of the 11 asylum seekers taken to Nauru in September – including a woman and child – have returned to their country of origin.In October...

Adam Bandt signals new rent freeze push and criticises ‘tax cuts for billionaires’ as Labor aims to get ‘help to buy’ scheme through parliamentNew year, new housing fight.The Labor government may have started the year keen to talk cost-of-living relief and housing solutions, but the Greens have entered 2024 vowing to push the Albanese government to make actual change. Continue reading...

Rank-and-file members say joining the ICJ case accusing Israel of genocide would send a ‘powerful signal to the world’Rank-and-file Labor party members are urging the Albanese government to intervene in and support South Africa’s case against Israel at the UN’s international court of justice (ICJ), pointing to Australia’s previous support of Ukraine in a similar case against Russia.The first hearing in The Hague is...