Guardian Australia
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Our top story today reports fears among NDIS scheme users, parents and carers over the government’s planned cuts. Some could be thousands of dollars out of pocket and worry for their future independence. In the Middle East, Iran has seized two ships as the impasse continues amid more poor polling for Donald Trump. Plus: formerly grimy backpacker hostels have smartened up their act as travellers get more discerning. Running dry | Two state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve river health in the northern Murray-Darling basin eight years since they were promised, a review has found . ‘We’ll be on our own’ | Families fear they could be tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket under the NDIS cuts outlined by the health minister, Mark Butler, yesterday. We hear from a mother in Albury whose autistic son currently receives help from three different therapists, and a young woman in Queensland who says her chance at living independently could be jeopardised. Milking it | Coles has increased home-brand milk prices by up to 20c a litre, with Woolworths set to follow as war in the Middle East starts to hit Australian grocery costs. Podcast investigation | Corrective Services New South Wales is investigating how a journalist from The Australian was able to interview a man and a woman convicted of abusing their daughter for a podcast that raised questions about their guilt. Gassed up | Gas companies are mounting a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to fight against a new export tax, prompting the Labor MP Ed Husic to accuse the industry of “defending the indefensible”. Continue reading...
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