Politics

It may be the Treasurer who has to pay the price for Anthony Albanese’s lies to the public on property tax reform.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called his critics ‘unhinged’, while senior Labor MPs have been forced to defend a controversial, sneaky move that has finally been confirmed.

If you’re involved in a family trust, special tax concessions announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers last week mean now might be the time to rearrange your affairs.

Voters have turned their noses up at Labor's fifth Federal Budget, which included a small tax cut and controversial changes to investments.

US President Donald Trump has issued fresh warnings to Iran, sharing a lethal and ominous threat.

Backlash is brewing across social media against Labor’s Federal Budget changes to wealth building rules, with business owners posing ‘new co-owner’ memes with AI-generated images of Anthony Albanese.

A grand summit in Beijing is a natural time to assess the state of the US-China competition, the dynamics of great power conflict, the balance of forces in this new Cold — or maybe just Cool? — War.

Documents obtained by The West Australian reveal the scramble by the Prime Minister’s department in the days around Christmas to work out the best way to examine what led to the deadly Bondi terror attack.

Jim Chalmers has shrugged off a growing Budget backlash, as opinion polls showed voters across all generations believe they’ll be worse off.

Opposition leader Angus Taylor says the Coalition’s new immigration policy will create ‘many billions of savings.’

As the government and opposition go head-to-head on tax policy, the treasurer concedes his budget is unlikely to win any immediate extra support from voters.

Complex work to prepare Australia’s future AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines will be completed in Adelaide.

Angus Taylor has defended a Coalition plan to restrict welfare access for non-citizens, saying permanent residents who choose not to become Australian citizens will face a ‘price’ under the proposed changes.

Labor has claimed victory in a crucial state by-election, despite the party suffering a significant swing and only a few hundred votes separating two candidates.