politics

Liberal senator Jane Hume offers a scathing assessment of the Coalition’s electoral fortunes after yet another dire poll. Follow live. Source link

A $740 million program will expand support for veterans and include funding for social activities such as yoga and language classes, with new treatment including MDMA and psilocybin for the worst forms of PTSD also funded for the first time. Source link

Pauline Hanson might not have any substantive policies, but her rhetoric about reducing migration is clearly finding an audience.   Source link

The Coalition has reunited, but the new agreement does not address underlying party tensions nor the surging fragmentation of the right. Source link

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government’s budget in May will focus on productivity, spending restraint and tax reform.  Source link

The Liberals and Nationals have reached a breakthrough deal to reunite the Coalition after 11th-hour talks.  Source link

Fraudsters taking advantage of people with disability now appear to be targeting veterans, prompting a $200 million crackdown by the federal government. Source link

A permission structure has been crafted for Liberals to ditch the first woman to lead the federal party room before she has even had a year in the role. Source link

As the opposition and government wrestled in the hay barn over who’s to blame for this week’s Reserve Bank interest rate increase, there’s a much bigger story unfolding in the wings. Source link

A “continuous” influx of illegal foreign fishing boats in Queensland waters coincides with at least two of the nation’s fleet of patrol boats being out of commission. Source link