Politics

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.

Secretive testing of an advanced hypersonic weapon capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound is believed to be underway in remote South Australia.

Australia can no longer trust a bunch of kingdoms and caliphates in the Middle East to provide our fuel security.

The world’s energy watchman has warned the oil and gas crisis prompted by the US-Israel-Iran war is worse than the energy shocks of the 1970s ‘which led the world to recession’.

Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen confirmed fuel rationing has been reviewed by his department as more than 200 service stations ran out of petrol in NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Australia is catching up with the anti-globalisation and anti-establishment sentiment that has swept through the UK and US.

Russia’s audacious bid to help their NATO ally maintain his grip on power.

The federal government is working to assure Australians there’s enough petrol for everyone.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been phoning his global counterparts to try and shore up Australia’s fuel stocks over the coming weeks and months, as the Middle East war sends shockwaves through global supply chains.

Nationwide polling suggesting One Nation's primary vote has soared should be believed after a massive swing at the South Australian election, experts say.

Drone-based terror attacks pose an increasing threat to Australia's national security and urgent action is needed, a report warns.

The Albanese Government says it will prioritise data centre and AI infrastructure proposals which use clean energy, hire Australians, and don’t adversely impact communities they’re built in. 

Australia has joined 21 other countries in a joint commitment to safeguard oil tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel-Iran war. 

AARON PATRICK: One Nation’s polling surge is not a statistical anomaly, and means Pauline Hanson is now as much a threat to the Coalition as Anthony Albanese.