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Labor defends insurance rebate cut as elderly targeted | Muswellbrook Chronicle | Muswellbrook, NSW
29+ min ago (485+ words) Labor is calling for calm despite modelling which shows older Australians on the pension will face additional cost pressures if the private health insurance rebate is scrapped. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the scrapping of the private health insurance rebate for…...
The relief of knowing that doctors will not be assisting patients to die
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (1194+ words) Plus: Mega-rich political donors; Trump on Ireland; pension inequity; jobs for middle-aged workers; tourist tax; and how to show your love SIR – As a retired GP, I have followed the progress of the assisted dying bill with a professional interest....
Vulnerable children ‘face greater risk of harm’ because of levy on budget, Tusla says
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (529+ words) There is a “risk of harm” to the most vulnerable children and families, including “poorer outcomes” next year if Tusla is included in cost savings to help pay for overruns in the Department of Education, the agency’s chief executive has…...
MEDIA ALERT: Monique Ryan MP, Senator Anne Ruston,Senator Jacqui Lambie | PBO analysis shows private health insurance cuts will target pensioners – News Hub
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (566+ words) Medianet News Hub MEDIA ALERT: Monique Ryan MP, Senator Anne Ruston,Senator Jacqui Lambie | PBO analysis shows private health insurance cuts will target pensioners New analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), commissioned by Dr Monique Ryan, shows that half…...
The handshake deal and the broken agreement: Former Strathfield mayor before ICAC
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (429+ words) September 14, 2026 — 12:12pm Follow our live coverage of the inquiry here. Former Strathfield mayor Matthew Blackmore has told a corruption inquiry that his relationship with fellow Labor councillors Sharangan Maheswaran and Karen Pensabene became strained after he sacked the council’s general manager…...
Albanese’s credibility problem is becoming a political liability
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (489+ words) Repeated reversals and broken promises are feeding a broader collapse of trust that reaches from economic policy to government transparency and defence. Anthony Albanese has acquired another cross to bear over recent months. It’s one that will dog him, the…...
Voters desert Labor over economy
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (516+ words) Updated September 14, 2026 - 12.19am. First published at 12.18am Labor has copped a fresh double blow in the latest poll, as the government’s economic credentials and the prime minister’s approval rating continue to crater. The Resolve Political Monitor survey, conducted for The Sydney Morning…...
More than half of voters don’t trust Albanese. Can he ever win them over?
11+ hour, 14+ min ago (649+ words) September 14, 2026 — 4:54am Anthony Albanese spent three decades building up trust with voters. He lost it in a single day, spending his political capital to shake up the tax system. And now the receipts have arrived. Voters are in no mood to…...
Future-proof sports by centralising clubs' pokies contributions: Greens
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (808+ words) An independent fund should manage cash earmarked for community contributions collected from clubs' poker machines in the ACT to future-proof support for local sports clubs, the ACT Greens say. Rebecca Vassarotti, the party's spokeswoman on gambling, wants an independent fund…...