Australia

AFP officers downplayed the real threat to three undercover cops who had their covers blown while investigating organised crime in a bid to save compensation costs.

The government closes deal on long-awaited gambling reforms, with the changes now moving to the Senate after deal is hammered out with Opposition.

One Nation is demanding four teens who allegedly spat on and punched a staffer, leaving the woman with a broken rib, be tracked down and held to account.

Conservative politicians have joined with a Christian lobby group on the lawns of Parliament House to request healthcare for babies born alive via abortions.

Pauline Hanson says she still opposes Mardi Gras and has never attended, despite her own MP attesting to the event’s entertainment value.

Anthony Albanese could face a tough reception when he lands in Perth as he’s expected to host his Federal Cabinet next week after the Productivity Commission report which has angered many in the west.

The future under current settings looks a long way off intergenerational equity.

Martin Parkinson who worked as either an adviser or departmental boss to two Labor treasurers has delivered a scathing assessment about Jim Chalmers.

Some experts warn the scheme ‘should be approached with extreme caution’.

The legendary music personality who nurtured and protected a generation of new Australian talent, has died at 79.

Anthony Albanese is being lobbied by east coast premiers and the Productivity Commission to scrap a costly GST deal that stops Western Australia being punished for its iron ore riches.

The party representing regional Australia wants more babies and has developed a policy to ensure men are present for life's big moment.

The most prominent AUKUS sceptic in the Trump administration says the United States has been ‘very clear in private’ with the Albanese Government about what is expected from Australia.

The Treasurer and his senior Labor colleagues are claiming to be champions of wage growth despite average, full-time salaries failing to keep pace with high inflation, leaving rich and poor with real pay cuts.

The New South Wales Premier has stepped in to shield a stumbling Anthony Albanese from more questions over the Melongate saga.