Jane Norman
ABC.net.au
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Aged care sector facing worker crunch to meet 24/7 nurse requirements by July
Australia's aged care sector is facing a six-month crunch to recruit 22,000 workers needed to meet a government-imposed deadline for round-the-clock nursing, and more care minutes, in every facility. → Read More
Young families fuel rural renaissance as inland migration boosts regional towns, data shows
Australians are moving further inland and further away from coastal capital cities, creating a rural renaissance in some "unusual" places, internal migration data shows. → Read More
Byron Bay property prices plunge as some regions buck trend, according to CoreLogic data
In a case of what goes up must come down, property prices in Byron Bay have plunged 25 per cent in the past 12 months. But not all regions have fallen. Here's how they performed. → Read More
Council rates to rise more than 100 per cent over two years in NSW regions, adding to inflation pain
Households and businesses in regional New South Wales are facing "astonishing" rates rises of more than 100 per cent over two years, just to maintain existing local government services. → Read More
Cheap land, rates relief, high-rise apartments: Country towns innovate to ease housing squeeze
It's a cruel population paradox — regional Australia has plenty of cheap land and would-be buyers, but there are few houses for sale, and no builders to make new ones. Here's how some councils are tackling that. → Read More
Former John Howard chief of staff Tony Nutt joins Voice referendum Yes campaign group
The Yes campaign for this year's Voice referendum is amassing a heavy-hitting group of business, legal and political minds to lead the case for change, announcing a respected Liberal strategist and John Howard confidant as its latest recruit. → Read More
Clive Palmer's mining company tops political donations list with $116 million last financial year
Mineralogy was the single biggest political donor last financial year, pouring $116 million into Queensland businessman Clive Palmer's United Australia Party. Both Labor and the Liberals each received more than $100 million in donations. → Read More
Greens head to a retreat to thrash out Voice to Parliament stance
Lidia Thorpe wants a Treaty first and has dismissed the Voice as a powerless advisory body which she is threatening to oppose unless she is satisfied that "First Nations sovereignty is not ceded". → Read More
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and John Anderson unite to co-ordinate 'No' vote in Voice to Parliament referendum
A group of high-profile Indigenous Australians has banded together with a former deputy prime minister to co-ordinate the No campaign ahead of this year's Voice referendum, running on the slogan "Recognise a Better Way". → Read More
Australian tourists stranded near Machu Picchu as civil unrest sweeps Peru
The Department of Foreign Affairs confirms 171 Australians have so far contacted its embassy in Lima seeking assistance as tourists become stranded near Peru's Machu Picchu ruins during violent protest across the country. → Read More
Labor's federal election review finds focus on Morrison's character 'highly effective', cites concern for loss of 'heartland' support
Labor veterans Greg Combet and Lenda Oshalem have dissected Labor's federal election campaign, its policy offerings and results, coming up with 27 recommendations to establish "a long-term, progressive Labor government". → Read More
Matt Kean confirms federal government is asking states to impose coal caps
The federal government is facing resistance from the states over its request for caps on coal prices. → Read More
Anthony Albanese vows to continue to lobby the US to end legal action against Julian Assange
Anthony Albanese reveals he has personally asked the United States government to drop its charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, telling parliament "enough is enough". → Read More
Government to cap wholesale gas prices as part of market intervention to lower power prices
Anthony Albanese and his cabinet are set to endorse a multi-pronged strategy to curb sky-high power prices, as pressure mounts on the government to urgently intervene in the market. → Read More
Women on paid parental leave say banks routinely discriminate against them during loan applications
Women are struggling to get credit cards and loans on paid parental leave and they’re blaming "archaic” and “outdated” banking policies as the reason why. → Read More
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg breaks silence on Scott Morrison's secret ministries ahead of inquiry report
As former justice Virginia Bell prepares to deliver her findings on Scott Morrison's decision to secretly give himself power over several ministries, his ally and former treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the former PM is yet to apologise. → Read More
Minister accuses tugboat company of 'economic vandalism' over planned lockout of workers
Svitzer Australia plans to indefinitely lock out workers from 17 ports across Australia on Friday following three years of stalled negotiations with the unions. → Read More
Novak Djokovic to be granted a visa for 2023 Australian Open
Tennis great Novak Djokovic is set to be granted a visa to play in next year's Australian Open. → Read More
Australian Energy Market Operator signals it will likely end its market intervention this week
The suspension of Australia's east coast energy market could be lifted as early as Thursday, but the market operator is warning the challenges managing supply and demand may continue. → Read More
Australia's Defence Minister meets Chinese counterpart, marking the end of a two-year diplomatic freeze
Defence Minister Richard Marles holds a one-on-one meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Singapore, officially ending a two-year diplomatic freeze between Canberra and Beijing. → Read More