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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

Legislation designed to save $35 billion in NDIS spending is introduced to parliament, revealing new powers for the minister to cut funding to classes of supports, automate some decisions and create requirements for prospective participants to exhaust all other treatment options before entering the NDIS. Source link

The Coalition will make a bold play to win back voters with a plan to automatically index income tax brackets to keep up with inflation. Source link

Non-citizens, including permanent residents, will be barred from accessing welfare under an updated migration crackdown promised by the Coalition.  Source link

Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says the tax changes in the budget will not have a “significant impact” on rent prices. Follow live. Source link

A lack of clarity on the South Australian government’s position on gun control reform has caused a downturn in revenue for retailers.  Source link

If this week’s budget marked the start of the Albanese government’s campaign for a third term in office, tonight’s budget reply marks Angus Taylor’s pitch to prevent a Liberal wipe-out. Source link

The federal budget reveals the government expects more migrants to arrive to Australia than previously thought, even as it faces a campaign from the Coalition and One Nation to slash migration rates. Source link

Just like it did in 2019, Labor is making an argument about wealth in Australia when it proposes negative gearing and capital gains tax changes. Source link

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has welcomed a $600 million federal budget funding commitment for the Jewish community, but says it is a “small comfort” for those who lost loved ones in the Bondi terror attack. Source link