Headlines: Fallout from NDIS Senate inquiry

June 12, 2026

Today's headlines include:

A senate inquiry into proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has wrapped after three days of hearings in Canberra. Principals in Victoria will be given stronger powers to ban abusive parents from school grounds. U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States and Iran could sign ‌a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as this weekend. And today’s good news: An 11-year-old in the U.S. state of Kansas discovered an 85 million-year-old fossil during a school excursion. Hosts: Lucy Tassell and Elliot LawryProducer: Orla Maher

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Headlines: Fallout from NDIS Senate inquiry