Childcare centre that exposed kids to rat poison stripped of funding
By Holly Tregenza
The Melbourne childcare provider has been cut off under new powers that allow the federal government to withdraw funding due to safety breaches.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-30/melbourne-childcare-provider-safety-breach-funding/106862066
#FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalParliament #ChildCare #HollyTregenza
Live: Treasurer 'willing to engage' on super for under-18s
By Courtney Gould
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he's open to discussing a guarantee for superannuation to be paid for teenage workers but stresses that's not the government's focus at the moment. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-30/federal-politics-live-blog-june-30/106858094
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Worker says forestry transition program 'decimated' Gippsland's small towns
By Madeleine Stuchbery
The Victorian Forestry Transition Program is ending. In the regions that relied on the timber trade, the question is whether it worked.
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #GovernmentandPolitics #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Industry #Forests #MadeleineStuchbery
Family who spent $250,000 on IVF welcomes new rebate scheme in SA
By Josephine Lim
A South Australian couple who spent $250,000 on fertility treatments say the government's IVF rebate will make a "huge difference" for people trying to conceive.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-29/sa-government-ivf-rebate-begins-on-july-1/106854658
#FertilityandInfertility #GovernmentandPolitics #PregnancyandChildbirth #ReproductiveTechnology #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JosephineLim
Victorian MP says she misunderstood meaning of 'headlock' in assault allegation
By Larissa Ham
State Liberal MP Moira Deeming says she misunderstood the meaning of the term "headlock", after alleging her party room colleague Matthew Guy assaulted her.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-29/moira-deeming-matthew-guy-headlock-statement/106855516
Court shutdown to end after Department of Justice resolves security dispute
By Keane Bourke
Regional West Australian courts closed amid a stoush over security services are set to reopen about a month earlier than originally planned.
#Courts #Police #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #KeaneBourke
Live: Labor welcomes 'modest' poll turnaround as One Nation support drops
By Courtney Gould
Labor's Tanya Plibersek has welcomed a modest improvement in a pair of opinion polls that suggest support for One Nation has dropped. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-29/federal-politics-live-blog-june-29/106853876
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AI and Iran will speed up the energy transition
By Alan Kohler
Two things happened last week that give us a much clearer picture of what the world is going to be like from now on.
#BusinessEconomicsandFinance #WorldPolitics #GovernmentandPolitics #Trade #OilandGas #Industry #Environment #ForeignAffairs #ScienceandTechnology #AlanKohler
Coal and gas giants spend tens of millions on school and kids' sport programs
By Jake Evans
Santos, BHP, Woodside and others have an "extensive presence" in childhood settings through more than 260 programs, a new report identifies, as senators say classroom programs and lessons written by the industry should be examined through a senate inquiry.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-29/coal-gas-presence-schools-children-sport/106847404
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalParliament #Education #EducationalInstitutions #JakeEvans
Santos, BHP, Woodside and others have an "extensive presence" in childhood settings through more than 260 programs, a new report identifies, as senators say classroom programs and lessons written by the industry should be examined through a senate inquiry.
Does Pauline Hanson's claim of growing support in the ACT pass the pub test?
By Harry Frost
The conventional wisdom is that Canberra is a largely left-leaning city, but the national capital is now among places in One Nation's sights as support for the party surges across the country.
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