TV companies launch last-minute bid to block total gambling ad ban

TV companies launch last-minute bid to block total gambling ad ban

Three senior Albanese ministers have argued a blanket ban on sports bet promotions would cripple revenue for free-to-air TV in difficult times.

  • byDavid Crowe,Paul Sakkal andChris Barrett

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How TV networks could turn gaming ad ban from a loss to a win

How TV networks could turn gaming ad ban from a loss to a win

In the case of Channel 7 and its wooing of Bruce Lehrmann in pursuit of an exclusive interview - they did admit to spending $100,000 on his accommodation. By abandoning such practices Channel 7 would be less reliant on gaming ads and in the process enhance their audience’s viewing pleasure

Federal government puts recommendation for disability rights act on hold

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
How the government’s CFMEU response plays into the Coalition’s hands
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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.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Bill Shorten is wrong. The case for NDIS funding of sex workers
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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.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Sex toys,taxidermy and Pauline Hanson:Inside Shorten’s rogue campaign

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.

  • byShane Wright
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CBD feels the love at the Midwinter Ball

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.

  • byStephen Brook
Albanese says he has shown ‘strength in restraint’ by not expelling rogue senator

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.

  • byPaul Sakkal andJosefine Ganko
Delay in NDIS vote will cost $1 billion:Shorten

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.

  • byDavid Crowe
Shorten asks states to hand over lists of criminals getting NDIS money
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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.

  • byChris Vedelago
Russian friendly nations join Australia in calling for ‘lasting peace in Ukraine’

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.

  • byRob Harris