Karen Barlow

Just before he was booed while delivering the Welcome to Country at the Anzac Day dawn service at Sydney's Martin Place last weekend, Uncle Ray

Ahead of a promised reforming budget, MPs say the exceptional discipline in the Labor caucus is the result of cultural changes within the party.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists his fifth budget will deliver for younger voters, saying Labor could not dismiss the strain of generational inequity.

Labor's push for universal childcare is framed as a win for under-5s, a further step towards gender equality, and a boost for national productivity.

In an interview with The Saturday Paper, NDIS Minister Mark Butler concedes that the scale of fraud used to justify sweeping new legislation is worth only a fraction of the targeted savings.

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with The Saturday Paper , NDIS Minister Mark Butler concedes that the scale of fraud used to justify sweeping new legislation is worth only a fraction of the targeted savings.

Donation reforms and the rapid rise of One Nation have rekindled a conversation about whether community independents of all stripes should form a party.

As the government stalls on a response to key recommendations in the robodebt royal commission, it has legislated a huge expansion in the use of automated decision-making.

With just 11 days allowed for submissions and three for hearings, the disability community testified to deep concerns and a lack of clarity over the sweeping reforms that Labor aims to push through parliament by July 2.

Liberal insiders give eye-witness accounts of the far-right’s takeover of a key seat, in a move emblematic of the national shift, with members declaring One Nation values are Liberal values.