Debate over a new commission to address poverty was high on the Parliamentary agenda today. And a decision to delay debate over the government's workplace bill until 2024 has dealt a significant blow to Labour's plans to have new workplace laws in place before Christmas.

Australia is seeing a decline in a free bowel screening test participation that is a proven life-saver. Cancer Council Victoria is urging more eligible people to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

As the yes and no campaigns for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum gather steam ahead of the vote on October 14, the most recent polling suggesting support for the yes case has dropped below a majority. The opposition has continued to press its case for a second referendum if the no vote is carried. But the government says the Coalition aren't engaging in the substance of the Voice and are only interested in politics.

The Opposition's Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price speaks to SBS Political Correspondent Anna Henderson about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, and her support for the 'No' campaign.

Federal parliamentarians have returned to Canberra after a three week break, with workplace issues and cost of living pressures expected to dominate the sitting fortnight. The government's changes aim to ensure labour hire workers are paid the same as directly engaged employees doing the same job at the same site.

A grim forecast of a poorer, less productive and hotter nation forms the core of the latest Intergenerational Report. The document released by the Federal Government looks 40 years into the future, delivering a stark warning about the economic challenges ahead.

The Reserve Bank governor has acknowledged the impact the rate-hiking cycle has had on Australian households, while simultaneously defending the four per centage point increase as necessary to bring inflation back down to the two to three per cent target band. It's a target Phillip Lowe expects to be reached around the end of 2025. Still - he says it's too early to call an end to rate rises - as a number of factors - including persistent demand, weak productivity growth, and China's post-covid recovery threaten the economy.

Australians will be able to get cheaper medications from September 1 after the Parliament passed the Government's changes to allow 60-day dispensing and a last-ditch effort by the Coalition to block it failed.

The Greens will push for all people with disabilities to gain an Australian visa and prevent deportation in Federal Parliament. Currently the Migration Act limits people with disabilities from getting a visa as they do not meet health requirements.

Federal Parliament crossbenchers have come together to support a bill to make political campaigning and donations more transparent. The bill, introduced by Independent MP Kate Chaney, proposes lowering the real-time disclosure threshold for political donations and introducing truth in advertising.