Senate Bill 113 changed and gives licensing power to the state Department of Mental Health, a conflict of interest to some.

Sussan Ley has announced she is leaving politics, looking forward to escaping public life, sparking Angus Taylor’s first major test, with a by-election set to be called in her electorate.

Furniture retailer Nick Scali has reaped the benefits of higher consumer demand for big-ticket items like couches and dining tables to notch up a 36 per cent surge in half-year profit.