The Latest Breaking News from Amanda Rishworth

Gambling companies will soon be forced to include new warnings on all their advertisements about the risks of taking a punt, in what the federal government hopes will help problem gamblers.

Micaela Cronin will begin at the newly established commission next week and will be responsible for tracking the implementation of the new national plan to end violence against women and children within "one generation".

Exclusive: The partial indexation of funding aims to help community organisations cope with rising costs

The national plan builds on 2010's plan to reduce violence against women and children.

A survey of unpaid carers around the country has found the cohort of mostly older women are not being recognised for their work.

A new government plan has been unveiled to try to end violence against women and children within a decade.

A blueprint developed by federal and state governments to counter violence against women and children includes the ambitious goal of eliminating gender-based violence within one generation.

The commitment is at the centre of a new, 10-year national strategy released by Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth, designed to coordinate federal and state action to eliminate gender-based violence.

The federal government announces a plan to gradually increase paid parental leave entitlements until parents have six months of paid leave per family by 2026.

The federal government will boost paid parental leave for families by an additional six weeks, taking it to a total of six months. 

More than 5,000 people in four trial sites transition off the federal government's cashless debit card program after legislation allowed them to opt out from October 4, but critics say it will lead to a "tsunami" of alcohol-fuelled violence in remote communities.