politics

The Australian Federal Police are linking a 70-year-old man to emails sent to an electorate office after an investigation that began in April. Source link

The rise of One Nation is partly behind the government’s decision to take on tax reform in this year’s budget, the prime minister has admitted. Source link

After Barnaby Joyce needed a do-over interview to explain One Nation’s housing policy, a senator’s interview was terminated after it turned into a ‘train wreck’. Source link

The federal government has been accused of selling its cuts to the NDIS as a crackdown on fraud, while instead pursuing billions of dollars of dramatic savings by slashing participant packages. Source link

Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg says he wants to see a 6 per cent drop in entry-level house prices. Follow live. Source link

Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour says the mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby had been living in insecure housing in Alice Springs so she could access specialist support for her daughter, before the five-year-old’s tragic death in April. Source link

Politicians have been hesitant to say whether prices should rise or fall, as both sides of politics feel the pressure of trying to appease voters who own and voters who are trying to buy. Source link

While Labor is increasingly concerned about the long-term threat of One Nation, this week its attention was squarely on more immediate problems.  Source link

Experts say consumers have 30 days until they pay more at the pump if no peace deal is finalised in the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Source link

This week the Albanese government was under pressure on multiple fronts, Senate Estimates got a little sweary and Tony Abbott said he hadn’t taken a “vow of silence”.  Source link