Bill Shorten
Federal government puts recommendation for disability rights act on hold
Of the 222 recommendations made by a royal commission, the government accepted just 13.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Opinion
CFMEU
How the government’s CFMEU response plays into the Coalition’s hands
The government’s light-touch response to the allegations swirling around the CFMEU risks emboldening Labor’s critics.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Disability
Bill Shorten is wrong. The case for NDIS funding of sex workers
Sex worker Rachel Wotton specialises in providing services to people with disability – and she’s furious that the NDIS minister has declared that they do not deserve her support.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Sex toys, taxidermy and Pauline Hanson: Inside Shorten’s rogue campaign
The NDIS minister is using unusual tactics in a bid to save $1 billion – and they’re starting to catch the attention of his Cabinet colleagues.
- by Shane Wright
CBD feels the love at the Midwinter Ball
Business leaders, lobbyists, media executives and actors have descended on Canberra for a night of shameless networking … sorry, raising money for charity.
- by Stephen Brook
Albanese says he has shown ‘strength in restraint’ by not expelling rogue senator
The prime minister’s remarks came hours after senior minister Bill Shorten extended an olive branch to Payman, saying she could come back into the fold later.
- by Paul Sakkal and Josefine Ganko
Delay in NDIS vote will cost $1 billion: Shorten
The Greens and Liberals joined forces in parliament on Monday to postpone the vote on the overhaul until at least August.
- by David Crowe
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Disability
Shorten asks states to hand over lists of criminals getting NDIS money
Australia’s national disability scheme is scrambling to get the names of sex predators, violent offenders and other serious criminals receiving financial support.
- by Chris Vedelago
Russian friendly nations join Australia in calling for ‘lasting peace in Ukraine’
Eighty countries used a peace summit in Switzerland to call for the territorial integrity of Ukraine to be the basis for any future agreement to end Russia’s two-year war.
- by Rob Harris
Top public servant gets 20 per cent pay rise to $710,000
Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp, KC, received a pay rise after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the independent Remuneration Tribunal to assist in its review of the pay packet.
- by Olivia Ireland
Opinion
Political leadership
So Bill Shorten’s speechwriter earns $310,000 a year. Nothing to see here
It’s not fashionable to say so, but people who work for ministers generally work very hard, with unsociable hours and long stints away from home.
- by Jacqueline Maley