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Hervey Bay residents are calling for the state government to provide crucial funding to prevent a hospice facility from closing its doors.
Labor MP Mike Freelander says party must continue to help under-pressure workers, including considering further income tax cuts Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Labor will seek to highlight Pauline Hanson’s record of opposing cost-of-living relief for working people as it tries to prevent One Nation further eroding its voter base. As the government grapples with how to deal with Hanson’s surge, one Labor MP predicted One Nation’s support had peaked and the rightwing
Auction success hit a new low for the year on the last Saturday in May, with just 54.5% of homes sold Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has suggested falling auction clearance rates may be a “good thing” for first home buyers if it means they aren’t competing against as many property investors. After data was released showing home prices in Australia’s capital cities had begun to fall
Decent hard-earning landlords are weeping into their Fabergé egg cups Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
The son of Wieambilla police killers says the new owners of the property are open to maintaining a memorial at the site to the slain officers.
The new powers will allow IBAC to pursue taxpayer funds through subcontracting arrangements and labour-hire companies.
The federal government will not impose border restrictions on travellers from Ebola-stricken countries despite new suspected cases in Italy and Brazil, as the worsening outbreak prompts other countries to take action.
A bill to ban greyhound racing in Tasmania has been delayed until the government can secure enough support to pass it. Meanwhile, financial support has been offered to racing participants ahead of the 2029 phase-out deadline.
An Adelaide man alleges the state government failed to properly refer the controversial North Adelaide Golf Course to the federal environment minister for approval.
ACT Reconciliation Council co-chair Selina Walker resigns, saying she has lost faith in the territory government's approach to Indigenous affairs.
"You can ask it in 50 different ways … I won't be commenting any further", the Tasmanian premier says as he responds to questioning in parliament from Labor and the Greens.
Commissioner Virginia Bell says the documents will provide a comparison of the resourcing given to counterterrorism agencies before and after August 2024, when the terror threat level was raised to "probable".
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation now the most popular political party in the country, poll suggests. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Abbott unbothered by One Nation poll showing but says Coalition ‘obviously’ in competition Tony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/Natio
Defence Minister Richard Marles has defended a shake-up to AUKUS that would involve Australia buying three second-hand Virginia-class submarines from the United States.
Pauline Hansonsays she has the ability to lead the nation as prime minister but admits she was shocked by a poll that suggested One Nation had pulled ahead of Labor. Follow live.
Northern Territory Infrastructure Minister Bill Yan says the United States Navy has expressed interest in using the controversial Darwin ship lift, which is expected to be operational next year.
The Liberal Party has quietly published a paper that floats offering a cut price $10 digital membership to join the party, in an effort to offset its declining numbers.
Why has Labor decided to spend the political capital of a 50-seat majority on a minor change to capital gains tax on businesses?
Australia's housing market continues to lose momentum, with national home values flatlining in May as higher interest rates, weak confidence and proposed property tax changes weigh on demand.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott didn’t exactly disappear from the limelight after he lost his seat in the ‘teal’ wave of 2019, but his new role as Liberal president has many asking: why is the party bringing him back now? Chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Nour Haydar about how Abbott’s appointment could change the party – and shape conservative politics in Australia Continue reading...
Labor's federal budget is falling flat with its target demographic as millennials say they'd rather vote for One Nation than Labor or the Greens, according to a new Redbridge poll.
Australian Greens should ‘take on’ Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, Polanski tells Victorian conference, just as he took on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green party of England and Wales, has told his counterparts in Australia that they need to start “connecting with people’s anger” and learn from the “storytelling power” of populist rightwing politics. Speaking via video link at the Victorian Greens campaign c
The federal government has rejected two applications for protection of Brisbane's Victoria Park ahead of construction on the Olympic stadium beginning tomorrow, but is still considering another five.
Defence minister says ‘cost-effective’ decision to buy only secondhand Virginia nuclear-powered submarines will make training and operations easier Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia expects to make significant cost savings by buying a third secondhand American nuclear submarine for the Aukus program, instead of at least one brand new model. The defence minister, Richard Marles, on Sunday described the decision not to buy any new Virginia-class boats as placi
When Barnaby Joyce was deputy prime minister and transport minister in 2021, his assistant minister Kevin Hogan made a quiet, but hugely significant change to the Road Vehicle Standards Act.
The housing minister says the federal budget will have only a "mild" impact on house prices, and if predictions bear out that house prices may drop by 10 per cent, that won't be due to the government's tax changes.
As threats against elected officials grow, so too is a question in the mind of many politicians — should the public pay for home security for our elected representatives?
Meanwhile Marles tells Shangri-La Dialogue delegates that ‘seabed is a battlefield’. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Extra negative gearing limits could hurt market and family budgets, Labor says Clare O’Neil has rejected calls from the Greens and others to put further limits on negative gearing access, saying the government should not interrupt “immediate arrangements”. There’s people in the debate who want to see the government go further. I re
Minister at Singapore defence summit also reveals Australia to buy only secondhand Aukus submarines from US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The defence minister, Richard Marles, has said the “seabed is a battlefield” in a combative speech urging Beijing to be more transparent about its maritime operations, and taking aim at weak international controls over so-called “shadow-fleet” vessels. The warning came as t
A party structure could help independents better work together on common ground, while retaining the very thing that made them attractive in the first place Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast There are two questions I am asked most days. The first, “Are you going to run again?”, is often followed by “Please run again!” Continue reading...
It’s been more than two weeks since the Albanese government handed down the federal budget and the criticism has not stopped. Guardian columnist and chief economist at the Australia Institute, Greg Jericho, argues despite Australians with disabilities copping the biggest cuts in the budget, hearts bleed only for the wealthy Read more: Continue reading...
The government isn't rebuilding the Commonwealth Employment Service, but will its proposed changes fix a broken system?
The Coalition's answer to the rise of conservative populism has been to treat it primarily as a cultural phenomenon. Under Angus Taylor, that instinct appears to be hardening.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor accuses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of starting a war on aspiration with the recent federal budget.
Tasmanian government minister Madeleine Ogilvie will move to the backbench after accusations she misled parliament.
The families of two Queensland police officers shot dead by extremists in 2022 say they feel "deeply let down" after learning through a public real estate listing the property had been sold to a private buyer.
Two southern Tasmanian primary health services have been thrown a one-year lifeline, but the state government says it wants the federal government to step in and fund the programs beyond that.
The WA government's proposed defence hub is the latest in a long line of plans for Collie that have delivered mixed results.
The Tasmanian upper house member was livid on Tuesday night after an email she sent to the government was leaked to the media. She wants an apology, but will she get one?
A private prosecution launched by a businessman in Victoria's Hepburn Shire has been described as a "nightmare" by a lawyer defending one of two local government figures facing charges.
For now, Australians seeking to understand any intelligence gaps, failures, missed warnings and government failings before the Bondi massacre are expected to accept a keyhole view.
Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine the government’s struggle to sell its ambitious tax changes as the legislation hit parliament this week. The Barries also look at the pros and cons of a ‘teal’ party and dig into new Redbridge polling that shows One Nation could overtake the Liberals as the official opposition Email the Barries: backtobackbarries@theguardian.com Continue reading...
Angus Taylor believes the former PM is uniquely placed to help the party as its new president, but some fear he will render it even more unelectable Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Immediately after ousting Sussan Ley, Angus Taylor used his first press conference as opposition leader to debut a slogan he hoped would define a new era of Liberal conservatism. “The door must be shut,” Taylor said of his approach to prospective migrants who didn’t subscribe to Australia
Paul Brereton’s appearance before a Senate inquiry illustrated why public confidence in the national anti-corruption agency is in the toilet – and what now needs to be done Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Things were off to a bad start even before Paul Brereton sat down at the witness table. A judge of the NSW court of appeal, a war crimes investigator and the inaugural boss of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nacc), Brereton is usually the one requiring wit
The partial ad ban will not prevent children from seeing gambling ads during footy or rugby games, Labor's draft legislation shows.
Tim Nicholls has ordered an investigation to examine the interactions between an alleged violent offender and the health system after the death of a man in Childers.
Two groups of Indigenous families have claimed in the Federal Court they should be recognised as the traditional owners of the NT's Cobourg Peninsula.
Former prime minister elected Liberal party president on Friday after running unopposed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tony Abbott has declared the Liberals are “under new management” after his election as party president, vowing to help Angus Taylor lead a “people’s revolt” against the Labor government. The former prime minister and conservative warrior was elected to the position at the Liberal federal counc
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says he is ready to serve the Liberal Party in its time of 'existential crisis' upon his return to the political stage.
A Western Sydney local government executive undermined recruitment processes to hire a woman she mentored for years and socialised with as part of a networking group dubbed the Pink Ladies.
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