Politics

The boss of Australian Energy Producers has joined an attack on ‘anti fossil fuel activists’ for dictating the nation’s energy policy and warned any windfall tax would lead to job losses. 

The Treasurer has played down warnings from a former secretary of his department who has predicted Australia is ‘staring into the risk of stagflation’.

A contentious move to scrap public scrutiny of massive defence projects looks set to be overturned.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the nation. READ HIS FULL SPEECH

Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to go about their business as normal in a national address designed to reassure and keep the economy running during the war-induced fuel crisis.

Some of Australia’s fastest growing suburbs are also particularly car dependent. KPMG urban economist Terry Rawnsley has explained why these postcodes are the ground zero of the fuel crisis.

Seeing the war coming, the Schusters bought enough diesel to keep their business going through the winter. Few other Australians were as lucky, and now face the prospect of rationing.

Do you ever listen to a politician and wonder if they’re living in the same country as the rest of us? 

Within days, the Prime Minister has gone from telling Australians to proceed with their Easter plans, to warning them to conserve fuel. This isn’t good.

Jim Chalmers has taken aim at the States for failing to reach an agreement over how to cut GST on soaring fuel prices, telling them they made a promise to Australians and now they must follow through.

AI giant Anthropic has sealed a multi-billion dollar deal with the Albanese government to track and advance the use of artificial intelligence in Australia. 

Donald Trump is deploying troops. Is he repeating the mistake of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan?

Kristi Noem, Trump insider and former head of the US Department of Homeland Security, has spoken out after alleged images of her husband engaging in the ‘bimboification’ kink were exposed.

Cheaper fuel prices will begin trickling through to bowsers but some motorists will wait longer for relief than others.