Politics

‘Daniel was an adored husband, son, brother and uncle who had a lifelong love and deep respect for the ocean.’

Communications Minister Anika Wells has been accused of ‘taking taxpayers for a ride’ after claiming up to $337 for single Comcar rides as short as 3km around Canberra. 

One Nation has overtaken Labor for the first time in Newspoll history, as Anthony Albanese’s popularity plunged to a record low.

The Employment Minister has refused to rule out intervening in a bizarre stoush at the top of Australia’s workplace tribunal.

A Greens senator has cast doubt on the threat from China as the AUKUS submarine pact faces renewed pressure.

A leading Labor minister has responded after New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon claimed the CGT was a ‘wrecking ball tax’.

Pauline Hanson has rubbished rumours she would try and convince Ben Roberts-Smith to run as a One Nation candidate against Andrew Hastie in Canning at the next federal election.

Downing Street has condemned US Vice-President JD Vance's comments after he blamed the murder of a young student in London on a ‘mass invasion of migrants’.

Anthony Albanese and his NZ counterpart have signed a new agreement, dismissing suggestions of hostility after a ‘cheeky’ budget rivalry.

The man who led the response for a deadly Australian nursing home emergency says the answer will be ‘far worse than you can imagine’.

Anthony Albanese has admitted One Nation’s rise was a factor behind his government’s controversial backflip on key taxes in May’s budget.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is eyeing opportunities for his nation to capitalise on the Brisbane 2032 Olympics during a visit to Australia.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The last time China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, travelled to North Korea, that country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, was reeling from sanctions and failed nuclear talks with the United States.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has a catch-cry when he is in spin mode — which is just about all the time — to describe passing political events as ‘a good thing’.

Behind the scenes, Labor doing more than just waiting for its rival to falter.