Politics

Treasury is only forecasting deficits in coming years.

Jim Chalmers blows out Budget revealing $12.7 billion hole

The Treasurer has flagged $12.7 billion in new spending that wasn’t announced in the last Budget.

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Anthony Albanese’s ban makes global waves as copycats eye fallout.

Albanese’s ban makes global waves as copycats eye fallout

Anthony Albanese says the world is watching the government’s world-first social media ban spruiking commitments from across Asia and Europe to follow suit.

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Taxpayers are footing the bill of former prime ministers post-parliamentary work.

REVEALED: How much taxpayers still fork out on former PMs

Australians are forking out an eye-watering annual amount so that former prime ministers can continue their parliamentary work.

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Anti-corruption commissioner Paul Brereton reluctantly agreed to step aside from investigations into the defence force after it was revealed he is helping an investigation into alleged war crimes.

Anti-corruption chief savaged over war crimes role

Paul Brereton, the ex-judge who investigated the SAS, was told by a Liberal senator he should have chosen between leading the Anti-Corruption Commission and pursuing veterans.

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The social media ban risks creating a culture of defiance in the youth.

How the social media ban is actually rewarding wrongdoing

PERIN DAVEY: The ban is unworkable in practice and risks fostering a culture of defiance rather than one built on digital literacy, responsibility and resilience. 

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Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells have faced days of scrutiny over travel expenses.

Why Albo’s ‘I don’t make the rules’ line is such a cop out

MARK RILEY: The slipping and sliding from politicians trying to justify the gobsmacking amount they charge taxpayers to fly their families around the country and overseas has voters white hot with rage. 

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Taxing the family home and halving capital gains tax concessions could bring down house prices. The Nightly

Taxing family home will bring down prices, academic says

Taxing the family home and halving capital gains tax concessions would bring down house prices, an academic paper says, as a Senate committee reviews tax breaks for property investors.

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Donald Trump has launched a scheme offering fast-tracked US visas to foreigners who can pay $1m. (AP PHOTO)

Trump launches $US1 million Gold Card visa scheme

The Trump administration has launched a Gold Card initiative that will allow foreign nationals to purchase legal status in the US for $1 million.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells hold a press conference in Canberra.

‘I used to’: PM’s admission as he avoids travel change calls

Anthony Albanese has refused to say whether the rules for politicians’ travel expenses should be reviewed or changed amid growing scrutiny of the use of taxpayer funds to ferry around family members.

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Australia Ukraine

Why Australia will pay $50bn if Ukraine loses war to Russia

Ukraine’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned Australia that it will be paying $50 billion to defend itself if Ukraine loses the war.

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An wounded Thai soldier is carried to be transferred to a hospital, in Surin province, Thailand, following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers.

New Thai-Cambodia border fighting shows no sign of stopping

Triggered by longstanding territorial disputes, the latest round of fighting followed a skirmish on Sunday that wounded two Thai soldiers.

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Donald Trump’s ambassador has given the clearest indication yet on the future of the AUKUS security pact between the US, UK and Australia.

Reviews over, now UK minister says AUKUS is set for a reboot

Australia, the UK and the US are determined to ‘reboot’ the AUKUS partnership and get on with delivering an ‘apex predator’ of the seas, the British Defence Minister has told a meeting of the AUKUS partners.

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US multi-agency seizure of oil tanker.

WATCH: Wild footage released as US seizes oil tanker

Donald Trump says the United States military has seized an oil tanker on the Venezuela coast as tensions erupt between the two nations.

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Anthony Albanese hopes the teen social media ban will spark a cultural change for Australians but one expert believes it could take a generation for this to occur.

Social media ban's cultural shift could take a generation

Australia's teen social media ban has been likened to restrictions on smoking in public places in terms of how long it will take for attitudes to shift.

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A woman holds up a fan depicting then-former President Donald Trump an an election campaign rally in Latrobe, Pa., on Oct. 19, 2024.

Republican women realise they’re surrounded by misogynists

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Though Republicans like being able to put a feminine face on their culture war crusades, some women in the party are realising there’s a difference between being useful and being respected.

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