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Today, Australia ratified the High Seas Biodiversity Treaty, an important step towards protecting our shared ocean. We are working with partners to safeguard our marine environment because what happens on the high seas affects our environment, economy and way of life.

This Intergenerational Report makes us realistic about the risks but optimistic about the future. @TheTodayShow

Here are 10 things you need to know about the Intergenerational Report we just released. You can read more about it here: treasury.gov.au/publication/…

$1,370 to $25. New life changing breast cancer medicine is on the PBS.

We’ve locked in a 15 per cent pay rise for child care workers. This is the trifecta. It’s good for workers, good for parents and good for kids.

Young people are so resilient. They can recover from almost anything. But they can’t rebuild their lives unless they’ve got stable housing on which to rebuild it.

Algorithms are serving up hate on a plate. We need to do something about this so we can protect our kids from this. That’s what the Digital Duty of Care is about.

BREAKING: Our legislation to lock in the 15% pay rise for early childhood education and care workers has just passed the Parliament.

Media release: 15% pay rise for early educators locked in ministers.education.gov.au/c…

We’ve now helped 270,000 first home buyers get in with a 5% deposit.

With the passing of Blanche d’Alpuget overnight, Australia has lost a true one-off. As a writer, she was at home in fiction as she was in non-fiction, working in each realm with a keen eye for every telling detail that opened up the humanity of her subject to her readers. Blanche’s novels were compelling works of verve and originality, and her biographies comprehensive and definitive – most famously those she wrote of Bob Hawke, who became her great love and ultimately her husband. It is so fitting that Blanche’s final message to us all is this: “Our highest calling and greatest achievement is love, the rule of life. Love one another.” Our hearts right now with her family and all who loved her. May Blanche d’Alpuget rest in peace.

Australians in need of emergency consular assistance should contact the Australian Government 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre: +61 2 6261 3305 from overseas 1300 555 135 in Australia

As Australian officials urgently work to confirm the welfare of missing Australians, we are mobilising support in response to floods in Nepal and China, including a $5m assistance package for affected communities and additional personnel to support Australians.

Australia is sending crisis and humanitarian response specialists to help after the devastating Nepal-China floods. We’re also providing humanitarian assistance including food, emergency shelter and medical support. Our thoughts are with the loved ones of those affected as we urgently work to confirm the welfare of missing Australians. Australians in need of emergency consular assistance should contact the DFAT's Consular Emergency Centre on 1300 555 135, or +61 2 6261 3305 (if calling from overseas).

We back higher super; the One Nation Coalition want to cut it.

Delivering real change, right across Australia.

Farewell to one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. An icon whose music packed so much heart that it spoke to people across generations. Rest in peace Dolly.

Australians should be able to buy a home knowing it is decent, safe and secure.

Dolly Parton made our world a better place in so many ways, it’s hard to imagine the world without her. A singer and songwriter of rare power and talent, she also shone brightly as an actor, author and philanthropist. And the big, radiant heart of the Dolly universe was a personality as strong as it was compassionate, a vivacious woman of great humour and a sense of humanity sustained in no small part by the humble strength of her roots. One of the joys of my time in Government was when I was able to help Dolly overcome a bit of red tape and get her tour bus on to Australian roads in 2011. It was a magical experience meeting her, but what was even better was seeing her among her legions of local fans. There are a lot of broken hearts in Australia and across the world today. Wherever you are, turn your stereo or your phone to Dolly then turn the volume up. And may the great Dolly Parton rest in peace.