Hundreds gathered in Melbourne over the weekend to protest Labor’s proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Rallies in every state and territory were organised by the Protect Our NDIS Alliance for a national day of action on Saturday, May 9. Andrew Bretherton, convenor for the Accessible Victorian Greens and a person with ME/CFS, said the NDIS produced "a net benefit for the community". Think tank Per Capita reported that every dollar spent on the NDIS returned $2.25...

Credit: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Lifeblood will stop asking male blood donors if they have had sex with a man from April 20. Gay and bisexual men and transwomen who have sex with men were required to wait three months after their last sexual encounter before being allowed to donate blood under old rules. Spokesperson for the Let Us Give campaign, Rodney Croome AM, welcomed the change. Croome said the previous rules were “unfair, discriminatory and inaccurate”. The new donor...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) court proceedings against the Woolworths and Coles “oligopoly” commenced in...