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Perpetrators of domestic violence and financial abuse can gain access to the superannuation benefits and life insurance proceeds of their victims. A parliamentary inquiry finds super laws should be changed to prevent it continuing.

Climate advocates say a target in the 70s should be the floor of ambition for the government's 2035 emissions targets, but the Business Council is warning that a target over 70 per cent would risk billions in exports. 

The Inspector-General of aged care handed down her assessment of the government's implementation of the Aged Care Royal Commission recommendations in May, but they were tabled in parliament this week.

As Labor came under fire over aged care and a hazy Nauru deal, the Coalition almost had its first good week in Parliament in a while.

Billions of dollars in private investment are being pulled out of green hydrogen projects.

One Liberal MP says Price's suggestion Labor was prioritising Indian migrants because they vote Labor was a "head-in-hand moment".

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland says the payout will be the largest class action settlement in Australian history, saying it is "just and fair" to compensate victims of the unlawful debt recovery scheme.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stopped short of condemning former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews for attending a military parade in China, saying a former Coalition senator attended a similar event a decade ago. 

The climate change minister says he will have to assess whether legislating the government's 2035 emissions target is politically feasible, with the major waypoint towards net zero due to be announced soon.

The sight of neo-Nazis trying to whip up community anger and recruit new followers drove home to all how criticism of Australia's migration program can lead to and even legitimise hate speech, racism, and violence.

The deal signed with Nauru is set to cost Australia around $2.5 billion over 30 years, with government officials confirming multi-million-dollar payments will continue for three decades if the agreement is upheld.

The government will argue the "proper functioning" of government is hampered by disclosure laws and push for wide-ranging restrictions on the information that can be released to the public.

Labor this week announced its permanent migration target would not change from 185,000 in this financial year, attracting criticism from the opposition, which wants to see it lowered. 

After enduring a week of pressure over its delays to aged care reforms, the government has struck a deal with the Coalition to bring funding for home care packages forward.

The permanent migration program will remain at 185,000 this year, although the number is not directly related to the contentious net migration figure, which spiked after the pandemic.

A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.

The Coalition, Greens and independent senator David Pocock team up to pressure the government to bring forward 20,000 home support packages, after the government's promised release of 83,000 was pushed back from July to November. 

Anthony Albanese says an agreement with Nauru to settle members of the so-called NZYQ cohort in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars was not done in secret, but declined to elaborate on the arrangement.

The study, which will inform the government's impending social media ban for under-16s, found several methods were viable, but no method was foolproof, with concerns over both accuracy and privacy.

Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser stands by his statement that there was a "direct line" between the Albanese government's UN voting record on Israel and the arson attack on Melbourne's Adass Israel synagogue