politics

A loophole in the government’s new childcare safety legislation allows educators who have breached safety standards to continue operating.  Source link

A mortgage broker forked out $16,500 on Canberra’s night of nights to take his grudge about budget tax directly up to the prime minister in a tennis match at the Lodge.    Source link

A Labor-led parliamentary inquiry into fraud in the NDIS has made 12 recommendations to improve the integrity of the scheme. Source link

The First Guardian and Shield super disasters, and Dixon Advisory fallout, is causing a cost blowout in the taxpayer-funded scheme that is designed to compensate victims of financial misconduct.  Source link

Aged care minister Sam Rae says the government’s controversial algorithm-assisted tool can be changed in “extenuating circumstances”. Follow live. Source link

At its current processing rate, the scheme will not be able to clear its backlog before it closes. Source link

The Albanese government will target social media influencers and individuals who promote gambling on social media as part of its proposed laws restricting advertising.    Source link

The slight recovery in Labor’s polling shifts assumptions about what’s in store for the remainder of this parliamentary term. Source link

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy is set to appeal to the Labor faithful to get behind AUKUS as he announces a defence shake-up targeting wasteful spending.  Source link

A Coalition group has launched an extraordinary attack on one of parliament’s top committees, slamming its election inquiry as biased. Source link