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Mandatory jail or fines for traffic-blocking climate protesters: Dutton

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been criticised for calling for mandatory sentences for people who break the law while protesting, and for suggesting protesters on welfare should have their payments cancelled.

Govt looks to drug-test welfare recipients

Thousands of dole recipients could soon be tested for drugs, with those found positive shunted onto cashless welfare cards and into counselling sessions.

Obi the pygmy hippo playing with a ball as part of an "enrichment" activity to boost his mental health. Photo: Adrian Mann

How happy is your pet? Zoos SA has an app for that

An audit system used by Zoos South Australia to gauge the mental and physical health of animals under its care is about to made available so the public can check the wellbeing of their own pets.

Chronically Centrelink: the health gap in the welfare system

Australians living with chronic illness are caught in a frustrating gap in the welfare system, advocates say, with often devastating consequences for their health.

Welfare freeze sparks political brawl

Households stand to lose hundreds of dollars as a result of the Turnbull government’s two-year freeze on family tax benefits, Labor says as it ramps up its attack on crossbenchers who waved through welfare cuts.

welfare

Mandatory jail or fines for traffic-blocking climate protesters: Dutton

Govt looks to drug-test welfare recipients

How happy is your pet? Zoos SA has an app for that

Chronically Centrelink: the health gap in the welfare system

Welfare freeze sparks political brawl

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