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Aged care, mental health and family violence spending headlined Tuesday's 2021 federal budget. But while some portfolios and policy areas dominated discussion and attention, there were plenty of others that fell under the radar. Here's a look at six of them.  New residents will soon have to wait four years for welfare access The government has announced it will apply a consistent four-year waiting period across most welfare payments before new Australian residents can access them. The measure, expected to save the government $671.1 million over five years, is set to apply to those granted re...

By Raquel Mustillo LIMESTONE Coast councils have discussed hundreds of items behind closed doors in the last financial year, with figures revealing staff and elected members met in private 210 times during 2019/20. An investigation by The Border Watch has shown the region’s seven councils have collectively invoked confidentiality provisions more times in the 2019/20 period than in the previous five years. State legislation allows councils to have secret debates for commercially sensitive reasons – which on balance would be contrary to the public interest – tenders, litigation and legal...