politics

The Prime Minister has called on the AFL to “do better” in response to the Sydney Swans scandal engulfing the league. Source link

A government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended until 2029 after ongoing uncertainty about its future.  Source link

This week Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie shared her health struggles while the government and Coalition were busy making deals and One Nation launched a debate about cigarettes. Source link

Israel’s ambassador Hillel Newman defends the IDF investigation clearing its soldiers of criminal wrongdoing in the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, saying the findings should not be attacked if they “are not suitable to one’s political agenda”. Source link

Penny Wong says the government will haul in Israel’s ambassador to Australia after the IDF cleared soldiers involved a strike that killed Zomi Frankcom. Follow live.  Source link

Australian Border Force officers are tipped off to containers suspected of carrying illicit tobacco, resulting in millions of cigarettes being seized. Source link

Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But this was a week for cooperation. Source link

Some public servants were required to repay thousands of dollars in inadvertent charges on their work credit cards, including food delivery orders, in the past financial year. Source link

Labor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints. Source link

Paul Scarr says he will cross the floor of the Senate to vote against Labor’s gambling advertising bill, defying his party’s official position. Follow live. Source link