Politics

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Though Republicans like being able to put a feminine face on their culture war crusades, some women in the party are realising there’s a difference between being useful and being respected.

The Prime Minister has admitted he charged taxpayers more than $100,000 for his recent trip to meet President Donald Trump at the White House, as he was taken to task on Sunrise over parliamentary entitlements.

The Bureau of Meteorology has updated its rain radar and weather map in a bid to make it easier for users to navigate after a backlash over its $96.5m new website spend. 

The PM was taken to task about taxpayers’ money being used to fund family and ski trips.

EDITORIAL: The current system relies on MPs to employ some common sense and moral awareness. We can’t trust them to exercise either of these traits.

While millions of underage accounts across ten platforms were slated to be deactivated on Wednesday, younger users have flooded Anthony Albanese’s profiles to criticise the policy and saying it ‘didn’t work’. 

JENI O’DOWD: Anika Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians having a grand old time at your expense. It really shouldn’t be that way.

Financial markets are pricing in two rate hikes in 2026 that would increase monthly mortgage repayments more than $200.

AARON PATRICK: Despite overwhelming public support for banning children from some sites, the rule could drive teenagers to dark parts of the internet.

NDIS recipients who can work should have time limits placed on how long they can claim the welfare, with an economics professor modelling her idea on American laws capping welfare for life at five years.

Anika Wells insists she has not broken any rules with her travel spending, insistent that her three portfolios come with ‘countless’ requests for her time, which justifies her decisions.

One Nation has shocked Australia with staggering new polling off the back of Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt and Barnaby Joyce’s defection.

The world-first restrictions for under-16s came into effect on Wednesday.

Anika Wells flew to Sydney in August for a day of ministerial meetings - and to join friends, including the Prime Minister, to celebrate her 40th birthday at a nighttime function.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken to social media to kick off a world-first under 16s social media ban, as kids react to a new life offline.