Australia

About 160,000 people receiving support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme will lose it by 2030, under a major reset of the runaway taxpayer-funded program.

A call by the Greens and independent senator David Pocock to slap a 25 per cent tax on Australia’s third biggest export could end up hurting everyday consumers reeling from soaring electricity bills.

Roger Cook has warned that the States will not bear all the costs of federal cuts to the NDIS as Health Minister Mark Butler eyes tighter regulation and a reset of eligibility to rein in the runaway program.

The NDIS was meant to be based on free market principles and the individual. But its ballooning costs are now requiring major Federal Government intervention.

The tax burden on Australians is at the highest level in almost two decades, new government data shows, with a former Reserve Bank official warning it is likely to get even worse.

Three national funding streams will be fast-tracked in a bid to get capital moving faster to Australian businesses and strengthen critical supply chains, as the status of the Strait of Hormuz remains volatile.

War hero Ben Roberts-Smith has made his first public statement since being charged with five counts of alleged war crimes, emphatically denying the allegations against him.

The police bomb response unit attended the scene and identified ‘volatile explosive materials’.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Defence Minister Richard Marles should swap his glass jaw for a little Teflon coating because the defence spending boost looks like catch-up, on delay. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed concerns about fuel supply after a major refinery blaze disrupted petrol production.

French Trade Minister says brutal tectonic shifts in the global order caused by Donald Trump and China have forced it to dump the country’s concerns over beef and pursue critical minerals as a priority.

Australia will boost its Defence spending by an extra $53 billion over the next decade, in an updated plan for how the Government will prepare for looming strategic risks set to be released by Richard Marles.

The gold-plated opulence of Brunei’s Royal Palace is probably the last place on earth the Prime Minister wants to be seen during a worsening cost-of-living crisis, as fears grow of a looming global recession. 

Security agencies would cooperate to scrutinise the social media of people applying for visas under a new policy Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has unveiled.

Labor ministers have hit out at a hardline coalition plan to end non-discriminatory migration based on acceptance of 'fair go' Australian values.