Australia

As Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles addressed the ALP faithful at the WA state conference in Fremantle on Saturday, he made no secret of the fact he thought 2025 was Labor’s best year.

Child specialist services which will be key to the government’s newly announced initiative to divert more people away from NDIS have warned it won’t be achievable without a sustainable funding model.

Treasury officials warned the Albanese Government that expanding first homebuyer subsidies would push up prices — just days before Labor unveiled the plan.

Two ISIS brides who returned to Australia in September have paved the way for others to follow in their footsteps, with one expert believing the pair did so with ‘a lot of help’ from the Government. 

Beijing’s military has criticised the proposed $12b upgrade of WA’s Henderson shipyard for US nuclear-powered submarines as placing ‘Australia in an increasingly precarious position’.

China has been accused of widespread intellectual property theft and political meddling by Australia’s spy chief.

After losing his job at a large investment firm, the former Liberal Party leader has turned for work to a small American company selling a computer program used by governments to process procurement contracts.

The Reserve Bank governor will not say if she expects interest rates to rise or fall, a position that will cause uncertainty across the economy.

AARON PATRICK: While sailors and soldiers discussed how to defend Australia, pro-Palestinian protesters initiated a near-riot in the name of peace.

Defence Industry Minister says protesters need to understand the ADF are ‘making Australians safer’ after violence erupts outside Sydney military fair.

The RBA has lefts rates on hold and is now expecting inflation to soar to 3.7 per cent next year . The consumer price index is tipped to remain above target for a year.

CAMERON MILNER: Farage is riding the popular moment. It’s an easy playbook for Joyce to follow. The current state of the self-absorbed Liberals and an arrogant Labor look incredibly vulnerable.

Westpac’s CEO says average-income Australians are locked out of the housing market with the bank seeing enquiries for first-home buyers double in a matter of weeks.

Opposition leader Sussan Ley says the Nationals are ‘entitled’ to make their own decision on abandoning net zero and expressed confidence they can work together.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has announced the death of his mother Fay at the age of 92, sharing a touching tribute to the family matriarch.