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The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure. That can’t be allowed to happen.

Mark Butler now has the delicate task of saving the NDIS

The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure. That can’t be allowed to happen.

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Government spending has surged because we’ve stopped directing support where it’s most needed.

There’s a simple way we can get out of the Budget black hole

Government spending has surged because we’ve stopped directing support where it’s most needed.

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At the National Press Club on Wednesday Health Minister Mark Butler detailed a long-awaited overhaul of the NDIS which will see about 160,000 people lose support from the scheme by 2030.

Delivering NDIS reform plan will be a big task

EDITORIAL: The task in front of Health Minister Mark Butler as he goes about trying to reset the NDIS should not be underestimated.

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The NDIS cost will top $50 billion this financial year.

The NDIS encapsulates what is wrong with modern Australia

AARON PATRICK: Health Minister Mark Butler’s plan to bring the welfare scheme under control is a good start but avoids serious reform.

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As his accusers hide behind a veil of anonymity and legal immunity, Australia’s most decorated soldier is standing up and fighting to clear his name.

The Ben Roberts-Smith saga is a test of our national values

As his accusers hide behind a veil of anonymity and legal immunity, Australia’s most decorated soldier is standing up and fighting to clear his name.

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Rohan is the type of person you meet and instantly like. Four years ago, he was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. Terminal. 

Why contemplating death can help us live better

Rohan is the type of person you meet and instantly like. Four years ago, he was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. Terminal. 

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Dragons

Answer to Dragons’ woes may have been there the whole time

Dean Young’s bold calls show he is not afraid to shake-up stagnant St George Illawarra side.

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When will the Bulldogs be the real deal?

When will the Bulldogs be the real deal?

Fans have been promised a new era of Canterbury dominance, but no one is quite sure when exactly it will arrive.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers was right about the economy being held hostage. But the hostage takers he laid the blame on did not constitute the full list.

Red and green tape holding Australian businesses hostage

EDITORIAL: Australian businesses are hostage to a web of red and green tape that results in time-consuming and expensive compliance work.

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Donald Trump and Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 20, 2025. President Donald Trump's embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations — few of the president's advisers voiced opposition. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) ARASH KHAMOOSHI

Logic holds little sway with belligerents interested in ego

MARC CHAMPION: Arguments in favour of a lasting ceasefire still seems the only reasonable scenario for ending the war. The trouble is we do not appear to live in that kind of logical world right now.

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Manly have been resurgent under Kieran Foran.

I was wrong, Foz should coach Manly full time

The players love him and his lack of experience may be his greatest asset.

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As Jim Chalmers reviews his Budget plan, one area which must remain at the top of the savings list is the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Chalmers must make hard call on cutting NDIS cost

EDITORIAL: As Jim Chalmers reviews his Budget plan, one area which must remain at the top of the savings list is the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Why Australia should scrap pricey, out-of-date AUKUS deal

Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran show why we should focus on on drones and other automated technologies, not lumbering subs and warships.

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Michael Voss and Elijah Hollands.

Blaming Carlton is the easy option for Hollands fallout

Mental health is a complex subject matter that can’t be reduced to a sound bite as much as many people think it can be.

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The myopic green dream of Energy Minister Chris Bowen (pictured) and his co-cabinet ideologues has left us all exposed, driving us into renewables with the kind of zealotry usually reserved for religious extremists.

Energy security sacrificed on altar of green politics

OPINION: The myopic green dream of Energy Minister Chris Bowen and his co-cabinet ideologues has left us all exposed.

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