Natassia Chrysanthos

Australia's system for helping jobseekers into work will be overhauled for the first time in 30 years as the federal government grapples with the best way to assist the country's growing number of long-term unemployed people.

The Greens, which were preparing to support the laws, said they would use the opportunity to push the government over why existing property investors will keep their tax breaks under grandfathering arrangements.

Billionaire Adrian Portelli’s lawyers have urged the government to not paint the whole industry with the same brush, as gambling reforms target giveaway businesses.

Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess sounded the alarm with several elements of Labor’s package to cut $37 billion from future NDIS spending.

Labor's plans to push its major budget bills through parliament by the end of June could be thrown off course as the Coalition, Greens and crossbench

The Senate could team up to derail Labor’s agenda, with the Coalition seeking a longer tax inquiry while the Greens want more time to investigate sweeping changes to the NDIS.