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Jarrod Clune, 50, Maiwenna Goasdoue, 49, and their sons Leon, 16, and Otis, 14, were found at the Mott Close property on Friday morning.

This was no act of love. Autism is not a justification for murder

Let’s be clear: killing disabled people is not mercy. Our murder is not excusable. Disabled people deserve to live.

  • Laura Pettenuzzo

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After playing a lead role in the campaign, Health, Disability and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler will control more than a quarter of the federal budget.

How Albanese’s wingman is now Labor’s $220b minister

Mark Butler was Anthony Albanese’s campaign wingman. Now he jumps straight into tense negotiations with the states – and a job in charge of a quarter of the federal budget.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month, things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Whistleblowers fear nothing has changed despite their harrowing testimonies about disability group homes.

Australia’s most vulnerable ‘run over’ and left ‘crawling on the ground bleeding’

Whistleblowers risked their careers to give evidence to a royal commission, but more than a year later, they fear nothing has changed. Warning: graphic content.

  • Carrie Fellner
A Herald investigation can publish a cache of photographic and video evidence that documents alarming conditions inside Australia’s disability group homes.

A billion-dollar dirty secret: Homes hide ‘worst conditions you can imagine’

These homes are costing taxpayers an eye-watering amount, but behind closed doors they conceal disturbing scenes endured by vulnerable residents. Warning: Graphic content

  • Carrie Fellner
A Herald investigation can publish a cache of photographic and video evidence that documents alarming conditions inside Australia’s disability group homes.

These Sydney homes were supposed to be havens, not hellholes

A Herald investigation raises concerns about how we treat some of our most vulnerable citizens.

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Assemblies, excursions and other events will resume in WA's 800 schools.

Record number of children restrained, secluded in state schools

Almost 2700 students were restrained or secluded in Victorian state schools in 2023, a 46 per cent rise that experts say is deeply concerning.

  • Caroline Schelle
“These changes are well overdue”: NDIS Minister Bill Shorten.

‘Well overdue’: Criminal referrals, $15m fines for NDIS providers

Bill Shorten’s proposed measures ramp up consequences for providers whose participants come to harm. Until now, only two have been taken to court.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Valentina Borbone and her daughter Angelique, who attends the support unit at Moss Vale High.

‘False choice’: The decision about schools that leaves parents with few options

A state inquiry has made substantial recommendations to improve standards for teaching students with disabilities in NSW.

  • Kayla Olaya
Disability Minister Lizzie Blandthorn, left, with Premier Jacinta Allan in March this year.

Sixth government backflip in six months, this time on disability commissioner

The Allan government has quietly shelved a plan to axe the state’s disability commissioner on July 1, its sixth major policy walk-back in six months. 

  • Broede Carmody