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She’s been the royal family’s persona non grata for decades — just when things were beginning to thaw, Sarah Ferguson has been snubbed from the Coronation. Luciana Bellini on the Duchess of York’s tricky relationship with The Firm
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rebuffed calls from Labor MPs representing wealthy electorates for unemployment benefits to be increased. He was asked if he could live on $49.50 a day.
Extending Medicare coverage to all IVF treatments would cost taxpayers less than $1 million a year, advocates argue. The federal government is set to review the surrogacy exclusion later this year.
The solution would be to educate these people so they have nothing to fear.
Blocking Labor’s affordable housing fund carries risk for the Greens – but it could also be smart politics.