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Published: 21 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Australian government is initiating significant reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme this week. Federal authorities aim to tighten eligibility criteria specifically for children aged under eighteen years old. Health Minister Mark Butler revealed these planned adjustments during a briefing held on Wednesday morning. The government is attempting to curb the rapid growth of this massive national...

Published: 01 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Cricket Australia has officially announced the national contract list for the upcoming busy 2026 season. This announcement marks a significant shift as the governing body prepares for a very long year. Several high profile names were missing from the final group of twenty one elite male players. The most striking exclusion remains the young batting prodigy Sam Konstas...

Published: 30 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Victorian Liberal Party has been plunged into a state of significant internal turmoil this week. This follows the sudden and dramatic withdrawal of a newly selected candidate for the upper house. Dinesh Gourisetty had only recently achieved a victory in a hard-fought preselection battle on Sunday. He successfully defeated the incumbent Moira Deeming to secure a top...

Published: 17 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Lawyers for Naveed Akram have requested suppression of his family’s names over fears they may be killed. The public defender Richard Wilson SC argued the order is necessary to protect Akram’s mother, brother, and sister after they allegedly received death threats following the Hanukah festival attack. Wilson told the Downing Centre local court that a permanent, narrowed version...

Published: 11 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The South Australian Liberal party is defending a candidate who has publicly said homosexuality can open up “demonic realms” and described same-sex marriage as “not real.” Carston Woodhouse, seeking election for the Wright seat in northern Adelaide, has become the focus of national attention due to these remarks. Early voting for the state’s upcoming elections is set to...

Published: 27 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Liberal party executive has reached a controversial agreement to permanently bury the review into their catastrophic 2025 election defeat. This surprising move effectively shields former leader Peter Dutton and current leader Angus Taylor from potentially damaging findings regarding their specific roles. Many party members now fear this decision will prevent necessary learning from the historic loss. The...

Published: 26 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Human rights must be upheld for all Australians, regardless of perceived guilt or moral standing. From my earliest experiences, I learned that defending human rights does not depend on a person’s past actions or society’s judgment of them. During a university internship at a human rights organisation, I received a letter from a man previously involved in a...

Published: 26 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. For over two years, Loma Bropho has faced the harsh reality of housing insecurity with her six children. The single mother, originally from the Noongar and Yamatji communities, has been unable to secure a stable rental property in Perth despite exhausting all available avenues. During this period, she and her family have relied on sleeping in their car...

Published: 25 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Reserve Bank of Australia could raise interest rates twice in 2026 as inflation remains stubbornly high. Annual inflation held at 3.8% in January, driven largely by the cessation of government electricity subsidies, which sent household power bills nearly a third higher than last year. The abrupt end of federal and state rebates caused a rapid spike in...

Published: 23 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. New South Wales authorities are preparing for the possible return of IS-linked children and women, amid ongoing tensions over their status in Syria. Federal and state agencies have been in discussions since late 2025 about the potential repatriation of some of the 11 women and 23 children currently residing in the Roj refugee camp. The premier, Chris Minns,...