Politics

LIVE UPDATES: US President Donald Trump has issued a bold and blunt threat over what will happen if Iran does not make a deal within hours.

FBI director Kash Patel has responded to a US magazine article alleging he had a drinking problem with a defamation lawsuit.

Talks between Israel and Lebanon will resume in Washington DC, US and Israeli officials say.

Australia’s economy is being held hostage to ‘decisions taken in Washington and Tehran’, Jim Chalmers has lamented as he flagged the Budget’s major savings will be found in the NDIS.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says any plan to dilute the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount will be about addressing intergenerational unfairness in housing.

Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran show why we should focus on on drones and other automated technologies, not lumbering subs and warships.

A 17-year-long career in politics has sensationally ended in a resignation after a controversial move to make a working agreement between the Greens and the Liberal Party.

US President Donald Trump says the military has taken control of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship by blowing ‌a hole in its engine room.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Albanese Government will shortly reveal a new approach to a key part of the superannuation system.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will release his federal budget next month with taxes around housing a key issue.

The One Nation MP has refused to make a character assessment of Donald Trump after the US leader once again threatened to blow up Iran’s civilian infrastructure.

Business groups and social advocates have put forward vastly different visions of what the Federal Government's next Budget should look like.

One Nation’s primary vote has dropped slightly for the second time in two months, a new poll has found.

Three national funding streams will be fast-tracked in a bid to get capital moving faster to Australian businesses and strengthen critical supply chains, as the status of the Strait of Hormuz remains volatile.