Politics

A top Pentagon official has been fired by the Trump administration, but Australia’s Defence Minister insists the $368 billion bid to acquire nuclear-powered submarines remains ‘on track’.

Australia’s fuel reserves have been boosted by nearly a third compared to before the Iran war, and petrol and diesel supplies are secured into June, Anthony Albanese announced after national cabinet met.

China is making profound military advances in space that could soon be used against allies like Australia, a US General has warned.

Mark Butler has guaranteed he won’t cut people off the NDIS until alternative supports are in place, setting a deadline ticking for the states to get on board.

A deputy chief executive of the NDIS says ‘the scale maliciousness’ is bad but admits it doesn’t know how to measure the overall number of fraud cases, despite $5 billion being stolen from Australian taxpayers.

The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure. That can’t be allowed to happen.

A Treasury official has admitted Labor’s plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis has failed to see a necessary lift in the completion of new homes.

The clock is ticking on the US’s war powers statute, which sets a 60-day limit on any president using military force without congressional authorisation.

Tougher fuel restrictions are not on the agenda as national political leaders meet to discuss the petrol and diesel crisis.

The EU officials approved the massive loan to Ukraine shortly after a pipeline bringing Russian oil to Hungary was reopened.

The Albanese Government is removing the private health insurance rebate for older Australians as it grapples with rocketing NDIS costs, a move that has been slammed as ‘a kick in the teeth’ for seniors.

Australia has secured an additional four shiploads of diesel using a new government financing scheme, as several Iran-linked oil tankers bound for Malaysia have reportedly changed course to avoid the US Navy.

Government spending has surged because we’ve stopped directing support where it’s most needed.

About 160,000 people receiving support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme will lose it by 2030, under a major reset of the runaway taxpayer-funded program.