politics

Sports and Communications Minister Anika Wells referred her claims to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority for review after a stream of questions over her spending earlier this week. Source link

States and territories have rejected a public hospital funding offer from the federal government. Source link

Parents will thank the government for giving them more agency in dealing with the social media issue but kids aren’t voters and it is hard to see the issue deciding votes either way. Source link

The finer details of a new NDIS planning system are yet to be finalised, but it’s already drawing comparisons to failed Coalition-era reforms, write Nas Campanella and Evan Young.  Source link

The prime minister wrote to states and territories this week, upping the Commonwealth’s offer for public hospital funding. Source link

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government’s social media ban will “will save lives and it will change lives for this and future generations”. Follow live. Source link

The agreement with the federal government sees the Tiwi Islands included in Australia’s national parks and reserves system. Source link

National Anti-Corruption Commission chief Paul Brereton formally discloses his consulting work for the defence watchdog after the ABC reveals the links.  Source link

Australia’s long-promised strategic fleet tender is delayed, raising concerns over the nation’s maritime resilience and skills pipeline. Source link

Calls for politicians’ family travel entitlements to be tightened are growing, as analysis shows one Nationals MP was allowed to charge taxpayers more than $80,000 to fly his spouse to and from Canberra 27 times in two years. Source link