politics

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is flagging more “savings” to the National Disability Insurance Scheme as the government seeks to curb growth to about 5 per cent. Take a look back at the day’s coverage here. Source link

Remote communities are calling for assurance on fuel security in the face of potential shortages, along with financial assistance as already-high fuel and food prices continue to climb.  Source link

The deputy prime minister says “every diplomatic angle” should be used to secure a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East. Source link

NDIS Minister Mark Butler will announce reforms to the disability scheme on Wednesday that will aim to save more than $6 billion a year by 2035 — and the largely unregulated market of NDIS providers is at the top of his reform list.  Source link

Defence Minister Richard Marles and his Japanese counterpart, Koizumi Shinjirō, signed the deal aboard one of the warships docked in Melbourne.  Source link

Workers in road-reliant industries are calling on the federal government to provide urgent funding to repair the NT’s road network, which was severely damaged by floods. Source link

Australia is on a push to keep pace with the rapid evolution of drone warfare, with an emphasis on locally produced Ghost Bat and Ghost Shark systems.  Source link

The possible budget centrepiece is likely to be finalised much closer to the May deadline than usual this year given global uncertainty, but progress has been made in recent weeks. Source link

The budget’s usual timing on the second Tuesday of May is an artifice of political convention. This year’s edition just happens to be coinciding with the thunderclap of history in flux. Source link

Anthony Albanese will join a virtual meeting of world leaders tonight to discuss how the Strait of Hormuz can be secured after the conflict in the region ends. Source link