Politics

The Productivity Commission is expected to call for submissions on 15 reform recommendations on Monday, a move welcomed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers as he pushes forward with Labor’s productivity growth agenda. 

As Labor begins its second term in government with an increased majority, it can thank voters sticking to the political centre for its success.

US President Donald Trump has shared a series of posts, one including a 2016 video sharing claims implying that former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton are tied to several deaths.

Liberal Senator Anne Ruston says ‘all options’ must be on the table in reviewing the Coalition’s “disastrous” 2025 election loss — even turned to AI in a bid to understand the crushing defeat.

A senior minister has confirmed some former officials will be spared from the Albanese Government’s proposed tax on high super balances.

Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed to make a ‘significant’ call on WA’s North West Shelf gas project within two weeks, even though he has not yet received a formal recommendation from his department.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is not rushing to meet one leader while he represents Australia at Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass at the Vatican.

US President Donald Trump says he will speak first with Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone and then with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the latest move to end war.

Anthony Albanese will attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration in Rome where a hive of diplomatic activity will play out on the sidelines.

R&B singer Cassie Ventura has finished testifying in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial after four emotional days on the witness stand.

A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces should be given full protections afforded to prisoners of war, the government says.

Newly elected Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has confirmed her mother Angela Braybrooks has passed away. 

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at music superstar Taylor Swift and issued a threatening message to iconic musician Bruce Springsteen.

Liberals who thought Howard-era thinking still prevailed were ‘quite ignorant of the Australia they live in’, a leading pollster has said.

US President Donald Trump says that over the next two to three weeks US officials will be sending letters to countries outlining ‘what they will be paying to do business in the United States’.