As election speculation grows, Anthony Albanese has defended Labor’s Budget, saying Coalition criticism is ‘wrong’, while defending tax cuts for the richest Australians.
Max Corstorphan
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit back at critics of the tax cut included in the federal budget, which has been slammed as an ‘election bribe’.
Ria Pandey
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended his $5 tax cuts, which have been described as enough for a coffee or a ‘McDonald’s Happy Meal’.
US President Donald Trump has said he may give "a lot of countries" breaks on tariffs, but has provided no further details on which ones are included.
David Lawder
Road rules will need to be changed before autonomous vehicles become more common, or lawsuits could follow.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A furious Senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed on Liberal Senator Jane Hume following Labor handing down The Budget, with the Tasmanian saying the Coalition is becoming ‘a joke’.
LIVE UPDATES: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed ‘we have an issue’ while defending his $5 tax cuts, energy bill relief and a $17 billion Budget hole.
Incentives to help manufacturers reset for a net zero future have been confirmed yet households have largely missed out on low-emissions technology help.
Poppy Johnston
While the federal budget confirmed sweeping reforms to Medicare and billions in health funding, it's unclear how much will reach the bush, medical groups say.
Stephanie Gardiner
Australia will shift $119 million of its foreign aid budget to the Pacific and Southeast Asia to plug holes in critical programs left by US cuts.
Dominic Giannini
WA’s proposed women’s and babies hospital is set to remain a divisive point between the Government and the Opposition, with Libby Mettam revealing she did not believe Labor had a mandate for the Murdoch site.
Dylan Caporn
Negotiations between the Liberals and the Nationals over shadow cabinet and resource arrangements will be new Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas’ first priority, he says.
I just got back to Boorloo after spending time in Aotearoa. I am disappointed in the State and Federal Government’s lack of progress to implement a treaty as a part of the Uluru Statement of the Heart.
Emma Garlett
As FOGO continues to roll out across WA, a bin shake-up is sweeping two WA suburbs but not everyone is happy about the changes.
Rachel Fenner
The White House has played down an incident in which a reporter gained access to a US administration chat group discussing an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Staff Writers
Australians will get an extra $10 a week in a 'topping up' of tax cuts from the latest budget, but the coalition have labelled it as a 'cruel hoax'.
Andrew Brown
First homebuyers and renters struggling to find a home are being offered some hope in a budget that bakes in $33 billion in measures to improve affordability.
Landmark childcare reforms have been firmed up in the federal budget, although calls to improve services in rural Australia have gone unanswered.
A royal commission tasked with identifying better ways to recognise and respond to domestic, family and sexual violence is concluding public hearings.
Abe Maddison
Rangers have welcomed the conservation of millions of hectares of bushland, but hope part of the investment will be set aside for Indigenous Protected Areas.
Keira Jenkins
A planned 23,000-seat roofed waterfront stadium, a condition of Tasmania's entry into the AFL, is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry.
Ethan James
Opposition CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has announced the party's final rally against the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
Failed Albany Liberal candidate Thomas Brough - whose controversial comments were a feature in the election campaign - was clearly a distraction on the trail, Libby Mettam has conceded.
For Basil Zempilas, Tuesday’s Liberal party room meeting was the culmination of years of intrigue, rumours, speculation and ambition.
