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National Cabinet unveiled a $4.7 billion partnership, starting July 1 2025, to address domestic violence. It’s funding that’s sorely needed and enthusiastically welcomed, but needed immediately.
In this podcast, we're joined by Dr Anne Summers, a longtime writer and advocate on women's issues to discuss the horrific number of women murdered this year.
Public focus on, and anger about, the horrifyingly high rates of violence against women is at fever pitch. What have the country’s leaders agreed to, and will it fix the problem?
Tackling violence against women will be the sole agenda item for a Wednesday national cabinet meeting.
If states and territories agreed to share the cost of foundational supports in December, why are they baulking now?
Ahead of Thursday’s release of the review into NDIS, the states have agreed to provide more and expanded services for people with disability in exchange for an extension of the GST top-up.
National Cabinet is meeting today to discuss hospital funding, and the interconnected issues of NDIS reform and GST allocation. But how are hospitals actually funded? And what’s GST got to do with it?
After months of stalling, the Greens agreed to pass the legislation through the Senate this week, despite the government refusing to give ground on its demand for controls on rents.
How can the concept of ‘evidence-based practice’ be applied to individualised disability support?
The National Cabinet was formed to develop a rapid response to COVID among federal, state and territory governments. But can it be adapted to function into the future?
The Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report is light on detail but lays out clear directions and includes big reforms. However, change won’t be easy.
National Cabinet has removed the isolation requirements for those who test positive to COVID-19.
So far in 2022, more than 12,000 Australians have died with COVID, six times the number of deaths in the previous two years.
Anthony Albanese beats his drum about transparency but has rejected calls for more light to be shed on national cabinet meetings
It would be a wasted opportunity if our political leaders came back again in six months without a long-term plan about how to fund and improve the system.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.
Word from The Hill: Bowen says “bumpy” time ahead on power, but you can keep the heater on
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
This is a proportional response to managing risk at this stage of the pandemic, with so many of us vaccinated and receiving boosters. However, we need to monitor these changes.
Even minor reductions in COVID transmission rates due to early isolation would justify the additional costs associated with the policy.
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