Evelyn Manfield

In short: Veterans and their families have desperately called for change within the Australian Defence Force, after the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide recommended sweeping improvements.

In short: What's next? The federal opposition has fresh concerns with parts of proposed widespread reform to the aged care sector, leaving the immediate future of the promised new Aged Care Act up in the air.

Major changes in aged care are coming, after months of back-room negotiations over sensitive reforms including requiring some elderly people to pay more for their own care.

In short: The federal government has unveiled its much-anticipated overhaul of the aged care system, which if passed could see providers fined more than $1.5 million for the most serious breaches.

There is an end in sight for consumers getting hit with sneaky surcharges when they pay on card, with the federal government prepared to ban the practice by 2026, promising to give consumers and small businesses "a fair go."

The Foreign Minister said she didn't believe "we gain anything by shouting each other down" after being forced to stop her speech multiple times.

Program: AM Presented by Research by The Australia Institute shows groceries is the number one expense Australians feel is costing them more.

Protesters have caused thousands of dollars in damage to federal MP electorate offices in New South Wales and Victoria, according to the Department of Finance, amid community anger over Israel's war in Gaza.

An advocacy group that pushed for children and teens under 16 to be banned from social media has supported YouTube being given an exemption, but warns there is still a risk of kids being able to create accounts on the video site.