Mark Butler MP

PASSED PARLIAMENT: Labor’s tax cuts for workers and help for first home buyers.

Our government is delivering a response package to the diphtheria outbreak.

4/ Officials remain in direct contact with the passengers we are repatriating, and none are displaying symptoms of the virus.

3/ Returning travellers will be medically assessed and transported securely to quarantine at the Bullsbrook National Resilience Centre, where they will isolate for the first three weeks of the required 42 days of isolation.

Update on passengers returning from MV Hondius: 1/ An Australian Government-supported charter flight for the four Australians, one permanent resident, and one New Zealand citizen arrived in the Netherlands shortly after 08:30 AEST.

An update on Hantavirus quarantine.

The NDIS needs to be secured for future generations. Find out more here: health.gov.au/securingtheNDIS

BREAKING: We're halving the fuel tax for three months to save you money when you fill up. Australians always look out for each other. Right now, you can do that by only buying what you need.

ANNOUNCED: We’re expanding pharmacy trials so women with a concession card can access cheaper contraceptives and UTI treatment

BREAKING: Labor is putting petrol companies on notice with bigger penalties for misconduct and more scrutiny and surveillance, and shoring up fuel supply.

The story that aired last night on ABC Four Corners was deeply distressing. The women who shared their stories are incredibly brave and I’m glad the Victorian Premier has referred this matter to police.

Congratulations to western suburbs local and Australia's first qualified astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg on being named Australian of the Year. Katherine is a respected leader and an inspiration to the next generation of Australian scientists, engineers and astronauts.

We stand with the Jewish community, every family member, every friend, touched by this tragedy.

Vale Nick Bolkus.

There is no place for antisemitism in Australia. The violence and hatred we saw in Bondi is an evil scourge and we will eradicate it. That’s why we’re bringing in new laws to protect Jewish Australians and crack down on those who spread hate, division and radicalisation.

BREAKING: All jobs saved at Bedford with new owner found. The Albanese Government will provide $13.2 million to support the sale and save the jobs of 1,250 people with disability in South Australia.

BEDFORD UPDATE: Over the weekend, there have been active negotiations between the South Australian Government, the Federal Government, National Australia Bank and potential buyers of Bedford. Everybody is working hard to reach the best possible outcome to ensure that Bedford employees have a secure future. I look forward to informing Bedford employees of the outcomes of these negotiations in the next day or two.