Politics

The minister responsible for gas in Australia has poured cold water on suggestions an export tax should be introduced in the federal budget.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says the country's ambassador to the United States will seek a ceasefire extension in talks with Israel in Washington DC.

A single directive from US President Donald Trump has raised the risk of open conflict in a waterway that powers the global economy.

A top Pentagon official has been fired by the Trump administration, but Australia’s Defence Minister insists the $368 billion bid to acquire nuclear-powered submarines remains ‘on track’.

Australia’s fuel reserves have been boosted by nearly a third compared to before the Iran war, and petrol and diesel supplies are secured into June, Anthony Albanese announced after national cabinet met.

China is making profound military advances in space that could soon be used against allies like Australia, a US General has warned.

Mark Butler has guaranteed he won’t cut people off the NDIS until alternative supports are in place, setting a deadline ticking for the states to get on board.

A deputy chief executive of the NDIS says ‘the scale maliciousness’ is bad but admits it doesn’t know how to measure the overall number of fraud cases, despite $5 billion being stolen from Australian taxpayers.

The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure. That can’t be allowed to happen.

A Treasury official has admitted Labor’s plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis has failed to see a necessary lift in the completion of new homes.

The clock is ticking on the US’s war powers statute, which sets a 60-day limit on any president using military force without congressional authorisation.

Tougher fuel restrictions are not on the agenda as national political leaders meet to discuss the petrol and diesel crisis.

The EU officials approved the massive loan to Ukraine shortly after a pipeline bringing Russian oil to Hungary was reopened.