Politics

The tax burden on Australians is at the worst level in almost two decades, from Federal incomes taxes to State stamp duty and local council rates. Government borrowing is also surging.

The Trump administration is cosying up to new tech which is shaking up the traditional military industrial complex.

Australia risks being exploited by the ‘predatory’ behaviour of international superpowers as the world order is eroded, a damning new human rights report has found.

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.