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Health Minister Mark Butler.

Butler opens the door to NDIS means testing

The health minister has refused to rule out introducing means testing for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in a federal budget that will contain significant reforms to the system.

  • James Massola

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National cabinet agreed to forgo GST windfall from petrol prices on Monday – but the states took several days to agree how to do it.

Petrol prices to fall further after states agree on GST deal

States and territories have finally agreed on a deal that will reduce petrol and diesel prices by almost 6¢ a litre.

  • Shane Wright
Crisafull has been banging the dashboard drum.

Crisafulli still wants a fuel dashboard despite no national cabinet love

The Queensland premier says the legacy of the unfolding fuel crisis should be a country less reliant on the global fuel supply chain.

  • Julius Dennis
Sold-out signage at petrol bowsers at Shell Reddy Express.

Australia fuel crisis as it happened: PM announces fuel excise to be halved for three months as petrol prices soar across nation; question time begins

Follow our live coverage following a national cabinet meeting to discuss the fuel crisis.

  • Nick Newling, Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to convene national cabinet again on Monday.

Emergency measures on the table as PM calls fuel crisis national cabinet

Talks are under way inside the federal government about bringing the states together to create a consistent message on light-touch ways to save fuel.

  • Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Australians told to prepare for more petrol pain as war stretches on

Business chiefs are raising worries about a supply shock if the war drags on, leading a top economist to recommend work-from-home directives to reduce demand for oil.

  • Paul Sakkal and Nick Newling
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Queensland Police Minister Dan Purdie addresses media with senior police in Brisbane on Tuesday morning.

Mental health checks considered in Queensland gun reforms, minister says

Reforms heading to Queensland parliament will target gun ownership requirements in response to the Wieambilla inquest recommendations.

  • Matt Dennien
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is working on changes that facilitate more charges, and visa cancellations, around hate speech and hate symbols.

Man charged over swastika swords to be deported as Labor drafts tougher laws

The British national has been moved into immigration detention in Brisbane after being charged during an AFP crackdown on hate symbols.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Former prime minister John Howard speaks to the media on Tuesday.

Howard slams Albanese’s leadership, calls changes to gun laws a diversion

Criticism of Albanese has mounted since Monday, as devastated mourners at Bondi Beach said the federal government had not protected Jewish Australians despite their repeated warnings.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Newling
Gough Whitlam addresses a Labor rally outside of Parliament House, Canberra, November 1975.

The Dismissal: How ‘the most tumultuous day in Australian political history’ unfolded

Power, principle, politics; all three collided to expose the fragility of our democracy. Watch what led to November 11, 1975, and how it changed the way we operated.

  • Bella Ann Sanchez and Tony Wright