politics

The author of a landmark report on Islamophobia in Australia says the federal government is taking too long to act on the issue. Source link

Universities are bracing for foreign student numbers to absorb the bulk of cuts under a Coalition migration plan, with experts warning skilled visas would be difficult to cull.  Source link

The Coalition’s plan to index tax brackets could cost $35 billion in the first four years, more than has been suggested, and $44 billion in one year alone in 2035-36. Source link

To appreciate how much times have changed, it is worth comparing the opposition leader’s budget reply speech to Peter Dutton’s. Source link

The prime minister says this budget is about fixing intergenerational inequality, but online, gen Z and the millennials are hearing a different narrative.  Source link

Roger Cook welcomes the federal budget’s focus on housing, but he’s less than thrilled about NDIS changes and the funding of infrastructure and aged care. Source link

Health Minister Mark Butler says the group Australia repatriated from the hantavirus cruise ship are in “good shape” ahead of their arrival in Perth today. Follow live.  Source link

Chinese Australians have lashed the Coalition’s plan to block non-citizens from accessing welfare services, likening the opposition’s targeting of migrants to One Nation.  Source link

After failing to catch anyone by surprise with the budget, Anthony Albanese had another trick up his sleeve. Source link

She won office running under Jacqui Lambie’s banner, but brand-new Labor recruit Tasmanian senator Tammy Tyrrell says she wanted a “seat at the powerful table of the government”. Source link