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The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive Australia.

A royal commission has made 222 recommendations, including new laws to enshrine rights for those with disabilities.

Disability royal commission finds state should have done more to protect pair, who were found malnourished in house with dead father

Can the region with the largest Māori population in the country communicate the subtle difference between representation and participation as the public submit their views on Māori seats?

From the robodebt fallout to attacks on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, politics in this country is falling to new lows.

The former prime minister has engraved his moral nihilism and will-to-power politics on the heart of the Liberal Party. And it could have consequences for decades to come.

Kathryn Campbell has been suspended without pay from her almost $900,000 per annum AUKUS special advisory role.The indefinite suspension of the former Department of Human Services secretary was first reported by the Canberra Times. Ms Campbell oversaw the implementation of the “crude and cruel” Robodebt scheme, as described in the…

In the preface to the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes reflects on how she was startled at the ‘myriad’ of ways the scheme failed the public interest. A fundamental failure was institutional – the Australian Public Service (APS) did not live up…

The robodebt royal commissioner’s report was damning, but Crikey readers fear the news cycle will roll on, as will the corruption.