Australia

A gas export tax could make it harder for Australia to secure imported fuel from Asia, with a Senate committee examining the idea as Anthony Albanese is in Singapore meeting with its PM Lawrence Wong.

Australia could ‘absolutely’ contribute to a coalition mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, should the Albanese Government decide to do so, the nation’s defence chief has declared.

Anthony Albanese’s temporary halving of petrol and diesel taxes has lifted a key consumer sentiment reading from its worst results since records began in 1973.

Officers have been injured after an unmarked police vehicle was allegedly stolen as they tried to stop car thieves with a tyre deflation device.

A mother gave her son a lethal smoothie following disputes over money and the family’s intolerable living situation, a jury has been told.

Pauline Hanson has thrown her support behind Ben Roberts-Smith, slamming his ‘disgraceful’ treatment at the hands of police who arrested the decorated war veteran in front of his teenage daughters.

A gentle, needle-less way to protect kids from the flu will be rolled out to hundreds of thousands of children for free in a bid to boost community immunity.

Jules Neale appears to have made her allegiances clear months after her split from AFL star husband Lachie Neale.

Australia is standing firm on its commitment to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme after US President Donald Trump slapped a 100 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals overnight.

Using one specific technique, and a prolonged deadline for a lethal end goal, Donald Trump has managed to create a new issue for Australia.

Anthony Albanese's address to the nation on the worsening global fuel crisis may exacerbate community anxiety.

Do you ever listen to a politician and wonder if they’re living in the same country as the rest of us? 

Forty-eight hours of chaos that started with the dumping of high-profile MP Moira Deeming could trigger a national takeover of the Victorian Liberal Party.

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Minutes from the Reserve Bank's March meeting will attract attention from analysts after a debate over interest rates ended in a 5-4 split.