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Natassia Chrysanthos

Natassia Chrysanthos

Natassia Chrysanthos is Federal Political Correspondent. She has previously reported on immigration, health, social issues and the NDIS from Parliament House in Canberra.

The ending of Victorian government grants on December 31, which had supplemented NDIS payments to prop up hundreds of group homes for vulnerable Victorians, threatens the closure of many services.

Labor’s NDIS dilemma: Chasing $190,000 scams while costs spiral toward $100b

A 10-person committee – including Labor, Coalition and Greens MPs – will investigate the $50b scheme as Labor builds a case for stricter rules and tighter spending.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

‘We will make hard decisions’: Chalmers says expect a tough budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the pace at which the economy can grow without inflation pressures has dropped, with the coming budget to reveal a substantial slowdown.

  • Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
It is the second time the electronic monitoring regime has been struck down by the High Court.

High Court strikes down Labor’s ankle-monitoring regime for a second time

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the government’s deportation deal with Nauru softened the blow. Six people have so far been sent to the Pacific island, with 27 more issued visas.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
A majority of Australians think that the nation’s net migration and permanent migration levels are too high.

‘Clean up the rorts’: New rules to crack down on dodgy visa agents

Labor’s new measures will aim to improve integrity in the migration system as fresh polling shows most Australians still think numbers are too high.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
One Nation candidate David Farley (left) and Barnaby Joyce campaigning in Farrer last week.

One Nation candidate says old money from Sydney and Melbourne is pouring into his byelection campaign

David Farley said denizens of Woollahra and Toorak were among those funding his fight for Sussan Ley’s old seat of Farrer in south-western NSW.

  • Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
Scott Morrison giving evidence at the robo-debt royal commission in 2022.

Secret identities revealed, Morrison cleared of corruption in robo-debt investigation

The royal commission into robo-debt referred six people for investigation in a secret sealed chapter. Their names have finally been revealed.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Nick Flanagan, next to the Mulwala Canal near his property outside of Finley.

A protest vote is brewing in Sussan Ley’s seat – but it won’t be simple

Like many Australians, dairy farmer Nick Flanagan finds his WhatsApp group chat is a good barometer of what people are thinking about politics. Its contents will worry the Coalition.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Australian families at the al-Roj refugee camp in Syria began what they hoped would be their journey home last Monday. The women and children were later turned back.

Coalition wants to make criminals of anyone helping ISIS brides return to Australia

The Coalition wants laws targeting NGOs and individuals who help people linked to terrorism back into the country.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
National bulk-billing rates have risen by 7.8 per cent under Labor’s latest Medicare boost, but GPs say prices should be set independently to guarantee certainty into the future.

How GPs plan to end Medicare politics and change bulk billing for good

The college of GPs has been influential over government policy. Its latest call would dampen future election fights over Medicare by taking key decisions out of government hands.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Liberal deputy leader Jane Hume at Parliament House.

Jane Hume’s straight talk can get her in trouble, but she says the ‘time for timidity is over’

The Liberal Party’s new deputy leader made high-profile mistakes in the last election but she knows being disliked is part of the job.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos