Economy: Around 300,000 households are already spending more on their mortgage and essential living costs than they are earning and thousands more are expected to find themselves in similar circumstances.
Economy: Forecasts for the weakest international outlook in two decades will be built into the federal budget due out next month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said.
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NDIS: A taskforce set up to tackle fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme is investigating the involvement of criminal syndicates, as it probes $300 million in payments.
Cost of living: Sophie Clark, an 18-year-old paralegal services student, has to choose between following health advice from her doctor and keeping a roof over her head.
ACT politics: The ACT's Deputy Opposition Leader has said a Voice to Parliament would institutionalise racial division in the Constitution, the most senior Canberra Liberal to take a stand.
Court: A forensic accountant is examining about 10,000 transactions, which might be "critical" to the case against a man accused of amassing an illicit fortune, a court has heard.
Federal politics: Achieving closing the gap targets will be "doomed for failure" while regional communities have to battle layers of red tape, a Voice advocate says.
Sport: Everyone on the course heard about Rod Kafer's $50,000 winning shot, captured on film for insurances purposes and the charity dinner party they were about to have.
