Politics

The government is brushing off claims large tax reforms in the Federal Budget are being raced through parliament too quickly.

Donald Trump has ripped into what he labelled a ‘meaningless’ vote by the US Congress after Republicans sided with Democrats in a bid to restrict his powers in Iran.

Newly recruited One Nation candidate Barnaby Joyce was forced into an extraordinary backflip on live TV after appearing uncertain about the party’s policy on home ownership for non-citizens.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The once-near unanimous consensus supporting AUKUS has gone. The PM needs to act quickly to make sure public opinion doesn’t deteriorate.

Mark Butler has defended permanent residents’ access to Labor’s first-home buyer scheme, rejecting Coalition calls to restrict the support to Australian citizens.

Australia will ramp up protests against the Trump administration's ‘unjustified’ proposed tariffs but diplomats face an up-hill battle to secure a carve-out.

The South Australian government is investing an initial $50 million to address a major productivity challenge that its premier says the nation is failing to address.

The Iranian-backed militants rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon’s government, describing it as ‘surrender, defeat and achieving the enemy’s goals’.

The agreement depends on the co-operation of the Iranian-backed militia. The ceasefire could remove a significant obstacle in the talks between the US and Iran.

EDITORIAL: If it’s true that a rolling stone gathers no moss then it may follow that a snowballing budget picks up a lot of crap along the way.

Premier Peter Malinauskas appeared to criticise the Albanese Government’s unexpected tax increases in his government’s first Budget since winning an expanded majority three months ago.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she believes allegations from Australian women of sexual assault by Israeli forces while detained as part of a flotilla trying to reach Gaza.

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned Australia’s poor workplace productivity could lead to stagflation where unemployment and inflation were both high at the same time.

Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson has conceded Labor’s capital gains tax changes won’t be a simple reversion to the pre-1999 system, as the legislation is facing a tough route through the Senate.