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A truly deeply sorry Linda … who’s doing party tricks now? … Trump passes with flying colours © Provided by Crikey Linda Reynolds Reynolds apologises While it did nothing to change the impression she was shifted into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) portfolio as part of a “glass cliff” process to ease her out the door after her disastrous handling of the aftermath of the rape allegations by her staffer Brittany Higgins, Crikey was glad to hear Linda Reynolds apologise to the family of David Harris. As one of a number of apologies she was required to make during h...

Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service/File photo Originally published on May 25, 2021 5:19 am Republicans are pushing Gov. Kelly to eliminate the $300 additional weekly unemployment payments because they say the money makes it harder to fill open jobs. The push by Republicans to end the $300 dollar per week additional federal unemployment payment in Kansas reached a peak this week with a letter signed by 200 groups calling on the governor to eliminate the benefit. But there was one problem: Leaders of some of those groups say they never agreed to sign the letter. It was a stumble ...

%%dynamic_content_876%% Many of us are keen to stop hearing the “b” word — budget — but there’s no getting around it. The budget was historical for its big-spending measures (though thanks to many pre-budget announcements, it was also historically boring). The  Crikey team spent six hours in budget lockup (and many more afterwards) analysing it, with Bernard Keane commenting on the Liberals’ money-backed ploy to stay in power, Guy Rundle writing on Labor’s lack of a narrative, while I covered the cuts and investments in the social sector. Despite the rhetoric around women in t...

May 12, 2021 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks to the media as he arrives to Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas. Last night’s federal budget gave us a whole lot to cover, both in terms of small business and startup initiatives. But between the digital economy plan, tax relief for SMEs and measures to boost employment, there were a few things missing. Here are eight things we were looking out for that just didn’t materialise. Support for women entrepreneurs When it comes to encouraging entrepreneurship among women, the Women’s Budget Statement fell short of annou...

COMPLETELY SPENT Crikey, in our late-night edition, explaining that: The Coalition has publicly junked its “small government” furphy with deficits to eclipse $100 billion for the next two years, despite unemployment being expected to fall below 5%, and to exceed $50 billion in 2024-25, “making this the first budget in history designed to buy two elections in a row” Aged care will receive $17.7 billion over four years, including plans for 80,000 new home care packages, $3.9 billion to meet long-standing demands for staffing ratios in residential care; and $3.2 billion to increase the ...