A $5-a-week tax cut from the Albanese government has backfired, with industry panning the move and the Opposition labelling it nothing but a ‘cruel hoax’.
Jessica Wang
Jim Chalmers said the world was in a ‘dangerous place right now,’ while backing Australia’s $50.3bn boost to defence spending.
The Australian economy is facing a grim outlook with income from key resources forecast to be smashed over the coming years, dragging down revenue.
Cameron Micallef
The Albanese government has invested $54m in prefabricated homes twice as fast to build as brick and mortar in a bid to hit an immense new homes target.
Hannah Moore and Nathan Schmidt
With a federal election expected to be called any day now, Labor has left itself $1.5bn in yet-to-be announced policies.
It may boast icons such as the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, but the country’s most populous state appears to have lost its appeal.
Jim Chalmers has revealed plans to put pennies back in every Australian’s pocket, in a budget night speech marked as much by what was not said than was.
Nathan Schmidt
The Albanese government has announced a number of key measures in the budget aimed at easing cost of living pressures. Here’s how it could help you.
President Trump’s hawkish tariff talk has softened and the local bourse soaked up the resulting Wall St boom.
Holly Truelove
The prime minister has gone after the Greens in Question Time over salmon farming in Tasmania.
Duncan Evans
The former Spotlight producer who gave bombshell evidence in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial has lodged shock legal proceedings against his former employer.
Blake Antrobus
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has drawn clear election battle lines over one scheme as he prepares to hand down his fourth budget.
Jessica Wang and Blair Jackson
Labor is set to spruik its progress of lowering gross debt ahead of the federal budget, despite Australia’s bottom line set for a string of deficits over the next decade.
The Australian ASX200 has seesawed as markets await major economic updates, including just what Donald Trump will do next on tariffs.
An olive branch in the form of a Sicilian favourite was the clincher in getting the final state to sign on to a “historic” schools funding agreement.
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor appeared to repeatedly stumble over the cost of the Coalition’s flagship nuclear policy.
Drunk passengers, medical emergencies and blow-ups over ham-and-cheese toasties. It’s all in a day’s work for Qantas and Virgin flight attendants.
A steep decline in employment figures has raised alarm bells as older workers quit the workforce – but the sudden exit has raised the prospect of an April rate cut.
Richard Marles’ chief of staff Jo Tarnawsky has agreed to an out-of-court settlement after she alleged she had been bullied by colleagues.
Joanne Williamson
A rally in Woolworths and Coles shares on Friday helped the ASX finish higher on Friday, helping to lift the ASX to its best weekly gain in 2025.
Australians have changed the way they shop after the consumer watchdog started an inquiry into the supermarkets.
A massive arms race is sweeping the Asia-Pacific region as countries like Australia grow alarmed over the China threat.
US tech giants Meta, Google, Amazon and X are targeting Australia’s online laws, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will stand up for Aussie parents.
Australia needs more competition in the supermarket industry to stop customers paying a higher margin on their groceries, an industry expert warns.
