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Major parties have a lot to answer for in the drift to minor players

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

For those who might feel this election campaign will never end, it is worth revisiting why the voters are enduring eight weeks rather than the normal five.

Calling a double dissolution – the specific circumstances of which made this length of campaign necessary – was all about minimising pesky crossbenchers in the Senate.

The blocked...

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Labor would boost childcare rebate cap to $10,000

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Labor has pitched a A$3 billion childcare policy to families, promising to lift the annual cap on the childcare rebate from $7500 to $10,000.

The opposition says the higher cap would leave families up to $2500 per child better off a year. Some 107,800 families that would hit the cap this financial year would benefit, it says. The rebate gives 50%...

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