Boomers face user-pays aged care as Labor gives ground in secret talks
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Boomers face user-pays aged care as Labor gives ground in secret talks

The new deal would require aged care residents with higher incomes to pay more for food and accommodation,while their health services would be funded in full.

  • byDavid Crowe

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Federal government puts recommendation for disability rights act on hold

Of the 222 recommendations made by a royal commission,the government accepted just 13.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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Reverse mortgages on the rise among cash-strapped seniors

Seniors are using their home’s equity to take out loans at greater rates than ever,but there’s a risk they may be “eating their house” too early.

  • byAmber Schultz
The true picture of Melbourne’s family violence:2700 arrests in five months

The true picture of Melbourne’s family violence:2700 arrests in five months

A police blitz in the south-east suburbs has caught 2700 family-violence offenders in five months,as Safe Steps warns more perpetrators are strangling victims.

  • byWendy Tuohy
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‘What if we’ve been drinking?’:New campaign aims to improve what you know about consent

The success of the federal government’s year-long consent campaign will be a test for Anthony Albanese’s pledge to end gender-based violence in one generation.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
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Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles:confidantes,influencers,attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

  • byJames Massola
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Please,ministers,spare us your pathetic platitudes on the domestic violence crisis

Please,ministers,spare us your pathetic platitudes on the domestic violence crisis

Earth to Albanese government ministers:the existing approach is clearly not working.

Cheers,tears and heckles as PM admits domestic violence a national crisis

Cheers,tears and heckles as PM admits domestic violence a national crisis

Anthony Albanese joined thousands of people at a rally in Canberra on Sunday,one of several held around the country.

  • byJames Massola andNatassia Chrysanthos
PM to attend rally,vows to unite governments against domestic violence

PM to attend rally,vows to unite governments against domestic violence

The federal Coalition joined several premiers,including Victoria’s,in demanding urgent national cabinet attention on the number of women being killed by men.

  • byPaul Sakkal,Angus Thompson andNatassia Chrysanthos
How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months

How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months

Just over two weeks before the federal budget,the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged the government to provide more help to those struggling the most.

  • byRachel Clun
Online gambling ad ban an opportunity to cement Peta Murphy’s legacy,independents say

Online gambling ad ban an opportunity to cement Peta Murphy’s legacy,independents say

An ad ban was one of the key recommendations of a cross-party committee into online gambling harm,which was chaired by the late Labor MP,who died on Monday.

  • byOlivia Ireland