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Aged-care ‘totally unsustainable’ with study finding 60,000 staff vacancies nationwide
Aged care providers are calling for prioritised childcare and migration incentives to draw people back into the workforce.
- by Angus Thompson
‘Emergency measure’: Election rules to change allowing more COVID-positive people to vote
- by Rachel Clun and Ashleigh McMillan
Election fight over economy fires up as jobless rate nears 50-year low
- by Rachel Clun and Shane Wright
Opinion & Perspectives
From battlers to basket weavers: a guide to Australia’s voter types
A rich vocabulary has emerged to describe different voter groups in increasingly complex electorates.
Matt Wade
Senior economics writer
They were told they weren’t smart enough to vote. They were, and now they do
A disability advocate writes of her shock to discover that people who were more than capable of exercising their democratic right had been effectively disenfranchised.
Elly Desmarchelier
As the sledging subsides, it’s time for Margaret to make her choice
There’s been plenty of noise and lots of costly promises made in this election campaign. But, with so few big ideas put forward, how does Michelle Grattan’s undecided friend choose which horse to back?
Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Federal
Federal election campaign: Final week
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese covered a lot of ground during the fifth week of the federal election campaign. Only days before Australia chooses its next government
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Liberal MPs accuse DFAT of leaking against the government
Prime Minister Scott Morrison implied the public service was the source of a leak, but then pivoted to saying the report might not be correct.
- by Anthony Galloway and James Massola
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NSW
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Euthanasia
Assisted dying bill should pass unchanged, Deputy Nats leader says
- by Alexandra Smith
Victoria
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NAPLAN
Surging sickness forces NAPLAN deadline extension
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Nicole Precel
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Emergency services
‘They knew the system was failing’: Grieving mum welcomes ESTA overhaul
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey, Melissa Cunningham and Timna Jacks
Queensland
Western Australia
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Hospitals in crisis
WA ambulance situation ‘so critical’ paramedics want action now: union
- by Hamish Hastie and Holly Thompson
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Hospitals in crisis
Second Perth person died after ambulance delay on Sunday
- by Jerrie Demasi and Heather McNeill