24-04-2025 09:46 via theguardian.com

Pocock calls Coalition’s planned public service cuts ‘pure Canberra bashing’ – as it happened

This blog is now closedAlbanese condemns Dutton’s pledge for mass public service cuts ‘only in Canberra’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAround 50,000 people turned away from food banks each month, as charities struggle to keep up with demand, a new report from OzHarvest has found.The survey of frontline charities reveals 77% have witnessed a surge in people seeking food in the past year, with an estimated 50,000 people unable to be supported every mon
Read more »

Health news



Dutton listens to locals sharing crime stories in NT; heavy rain to hit northern NSW – as it happened
Dutton listens to locals sharing crime stories in NT; heavy rain to hit northern NSW – as it happened
Anzac Day 2025 live updates – as it happened
Labor and the Coalition brush over ‘scary’ decline in young Australians’ dental visits
Mental health experts concerned about Coalition plan to scrap workers’ right to disconnect
Coalition pledges to remove EV tax break two days after Dutton ruled out scrapping it – as it happened
This British-Australian doctor has seen the unspeakable in Gaza. He wants to shout from the rooftops
The unwritten code of healthcare is that doctors don’t strike. Until now | Ranjana Srivastava
Greens campaign signs defaced with offensive graffiti – as it happened
Australia election 2025 live: Labor pledges financial protections for domestic violence victim-survivors; Katter MP says potential Palm Island alcohol ban breach an ‘honest mistake’
Less than 2% of Labor’s promised $1bn mental health funding would be spent next financial year
Less than 2% of Labor’s promised $1bn mental health funding would be spent next financial year
‘Practices like ours are dying’: why GPs aren’t celebrating Medicare’s record investment
McKenzie accuses Watt of ‘lying’ over Medicare claims – as it happened
McKenzie accuses Watt of ‘lying’ over Medicare claims – as it happened
Turnbull says negative gearing ‘examined by every government’ – as it happened
Sydney hospital where two children died recently is at risk of failure, scathing report finds
Desktop versie