Labor Backs Down on Aged Care, NDIS, and Renewables as Crossbench Forces Concessions

More than 800,000 older Australians will keep their home support services after the federal government abandoned a plan to merge the Commonwealth Home Support Program into its struggling aged care system. Health Minister Mark Butler announced the backdown on Thursday, guaranteeing funding until at least mid-2029. The program, which funds gardening, cleaning, transport, and food delivery, had been at risk since Labor proposed folding it into the...