Pressure is mounting for Jim Chalmers to sharpen the axe in his upcoming Federal Budget as economists from Deloitte warn years of revenue windfalls have ‘papered over’ structural flaws in the nation’s finances.
President Donald Trump’s pick for next US Ambassador to Australia has told close confidantes he will help advocate for the AUKUS submarine deal if he is approved for the Canberra posting.
Documents obtained by The Nightly reveal that key departments did not advise Anthony Albanese about a royal commission in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, despite his claims to the contrary.
ASIO warned repeatedly about the increased risk of a terrorist attack and the rise of anti-Semitism in the year before the Bondi Beach shooting, the Bell royal commission has found.
The Treasurer concedes the latest inflation figures are ‘confronting’ and has used a string of media interviews to again pin the increase to soaring fuel and oil costs caused by the war in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone as a Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil pumping station in Russia.