The best of the worst of Bill Shorten’s zingers
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The best of the worst of Bill Shorten’s zingers

Comedian Shaun Micallef,who benefitted from the former Labor leader’s one-liners more than anyone,said “I owe him a great debt.”

  • byNick Bonyhady

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Shorten didn’t give Labor a parting shot,he gave it a parting gift

Shorten didn’t give Labor a parting shot,he gave it a parting gift

The former party leader leaves the federal government with an astute message about how Labor can win the next election.

  • byDavid Crowe
The best of Bill Shorten
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The best of Bill Shorten

As the one-time Labor leader announced his resignation from politics,we look back at his finest one-liners.

Levelling the playing field on school sport

Levelling the playing field on school sport

Participation in school sport gives young children an opportunity to sample a range of activities. Education should be viewed as an investment,not an expenditure.

Ward on wrong track on trains blame game

Ward on wrong track on trains blame game

South Coast commuters have been seeing the now five-year-delayed intercity trains run empty,on test,for many months. They are a ghost fleet.

Police raid NDIS providers as fraud crackdown begins
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Police raid NDIS providers as fraud crackdown begins

Days after federal parliament passed laws to control the cost of the NDIS,AFP officers joined officials in a raid on a disability provider.

  • byDavid Crowe
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NDIS ‘no longer a political football’:Shorten gets deal done for scheme reboot

NDIS ‘no longer a political football’:Shorten gets deal done for scheme reboot

The new laws will greenlight an “in-and-out” list about what qualifies as NDIS supports.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Labor factions at war over prized seat of Gorton

Labor factions at war over prized seat of Gorton

The seat of Gorton is a safe one for Labor. But two Victorian unions are about to battle to claim it.

  • byJames Massola
More children start exiting NDIS as scheme shows signs of slowing

More children start exiting NDIS as scheme shows signs of slowing

The latest NDIS quarterly report reveals scheme spending came in $600 million below the budget estimate – the first time it has beaten the forecasts.

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‘Independent doesn’t mean immune’:Shorten takes aim at RBA forecasts

‘Independent doesn’t mean immune’:Shorten takes aim at RBA forecasts

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has sharpened the government’s criticism of the Reserve Bank in a growing dispute over economic hardship and rising prices.

  • byDavid Crowe
Rose only fled Gaza after her pharmacy was bombed. Dutton says she shouldn’t have come

Rose only fled Gaza after her pharmacy was bombed. Dutton says she shouldn’t have come

Muslim groups have condemned Peter Dutton’s call to reject all migrants from the war-torn Gaza Strip,while pharmacist Rose Alhelou just wants to “start a new journey”.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJames Massola