Politics

MARK RILEY: The Opposition wanted to force every Labor MP to talk about its contentious Budget. Anthony Albanese said no way.

A State minister has become embroiled in a major inquiry's report that exposed years of systemic failure in child protection, sparking urgent reforms.

Fresh details have emerged about Donald Trump’s explosive phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu as the US President reveals why he called him ‘f...king crazy’.

A State's police Budget is under fire after an independent review uncovered a looming $400m deficit, triggering a corruption watchdog referral.

A woman accused of slavery offences after returning from Syria has hit a stumbling block before her latest court appearance.

Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson has conceded Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made misleading claims about Labor wanting to revert to capital gains tax arrangements before September 1999.

Penny Wong says it’s still ‘appropriate’ for officials to travel to Taiwan in the wake of China banning four New Zealand MPs following their recent cross-party delegation.

The US Government has announced a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon has been brokered, with new pilot zones to be created for the Lebanese Armed Forces to control. 

China has barred four New Zealand politicians from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau for a year after they visited Taiwan in May.

Donald Trump has promised the ‘most entertaining night in American history’ as tensions flare again in the Middle East.

Trade Minister Don Farrell says Donald Trump’s tariffs have delivered a ‘surprise windfall’ for Australia, but has told his counterpart to back off on further increases.

Donald Trump’s proposed new tariffs have put Australia in the firing line, sparking a bipartisan backlash and raising fresh fears of a widening global trade war.

Sixty countries, including Australia, could be slapped with new US tariffs over Washington's claims that they are not properly responding to reduce modern slavery.

Contentious tax changes will have a larger drag on home prices than the government forecast in the Budget, according to analysis from Australia’s largest lender.