Politics

Two tax breaks used by property investors have been blamed for the slide into housing unaffordability, which Anthony Albanese repeatedly ruled out touching them during last year’s election campaign.

A 7NEWS Spotlight and YouGov survey of 1500 Australians aged 13 to 15 — the largest since the law began — shows 85 per cent are still using social media daily.

Pauline Hanson has declared she wants ‘her country back’ after One Nation won its first-ever lower house seat at the Farrer election as the major parties grapple with its implications.

Angus Taylor’s response to the One Nation sweep of Farrer didn’t sound like someone who understands that the current shake-up in Australian politics is a permanent shift, not a blip.

The Treasurer has flagged major tax changes for workers and investors, ahead of Tuesday’s budget announcement.

Vladimir Putin has indicated the ‌Ukraine ‌war will likely come to an ​end soon, but says ‘anyone who wants to meet me has to come to Moscow’.

The Premier warned voters not to risk handing power over to a divided opposition and ‘maybe one where One Nation plays a big role’.

The Albanese government has set aside $2b in Tuesday’s budget to deliver tens of thousands of new homes over the next decade.

But the US President says if talks fail, the country may reintroduce ‘Project Freedom’.

From fuel prices and tax offsets to housing and healthcare, economists say some of the budget measures Australians notice first may not deliver lasting relief.

It includes a strange sighting by Buzz Aldrin of a bright light source during the Apollo 11 moon mission.

After 30 years in politics, Pauline Hanson has finally won a lower house seat in the federal parliament, setting up shocks for the major parties.

Iran says it is still weighing its response to the US peace proposal, ​but none was reported by mid-afternoon in Washington, just before midnight in Tehran.

The voters of Farrer will deliver a message that will echo up and down the corridors of Parliament House.

Treasurers usually play a careful game of expectations management ahead of budgets so they can pull a rabbit out of their hat on the night and dazzle everyone. Not so this year.