Politics

Military aircraft are continuing to fly over a South Australian weapons range as the Albanese Government refuses to discuss details of secretive missile tests being conducted there with the United States. 

Experts have warned the Iran war-induced fuel crisis will have a ripple effect across key sectors and cause consumers hip-pocket pain on everything from food, flights, construction and online shopping. 

The ADF inflicted the most serious forms of abuse on its soldiers during ‘resistance to interrogation’ training, including sexual assault, water torture and mock executions.

Personal relationships helped get Australia’s huge trade deal with the European Union over the line.

In the 215 days since the Albanese Government promised to reduce housing red tape, almost nothing has been done to lower the huge costs of building homes.

We shouldn’t accept inflation as an inevitable trade-off against fairness or full employment.

‘Someone with access to privileged information appears to have made hundreds of millions in profit by trading on a political secret before it became public.’

The world has had its ‘comfort blanket’ ripped away and learned that distance no longer provides safety when economic dependencies can be weaponised, Europe’s president has warned Australian politicians.

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the prospect of more interest rate rises have caused consumer confidence to plunge to a record low.

Europe is poised to overtake the US as Australia’s second-biggest trading partner after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a blockbuster trade deal.

Benchmark prices fell 9 per cent to around $US97.50 after US President Donald Trump gave Iran five days to respond to peace talks.

There have been United States-Iran talks and a deal could be done soon to settle the war, US President Donald Trump says.

The Pilbara’s status as Australia’s economic powerhouse is under threat from rising union activity that ‘doesn’t help productivity’, the head of mining’s peak lobby group says.

Australians have been warned to brace for higher prices in supermarkets, cafes and shops — and even shortages — in coming weeks as the deepening fuel crisis begins to ripple through supply chains.