Australia

Australia’s economic growth has stalled following a series of interest rate rises while productivity has gone backwards, which could stop the Reserve Bank hiking rates any further.

Former PM Tony Abbott says the Liberals are ‘under new management’ with him in charge, while his Howard-era cabinet colleague Alexander Downer wants the party to be ‘media tarts’ to win the next election.

Flight Centre founder Graham Turner says Labor’s capital gains tax changes will hurt aspiration and young Australians will not being able to climb the ladder to business success.

The Prime Minister’s promise to ‘fully cooperate’ with the investigation into the Bondi terror attack has been questioned.

The head of KPMG has reportedly resigned after the corporate regulator publicly confirmed in real-time it's probing registered company auditors at the firm.

Liberal leader Angus Taylor is expected to be the hot topic at the party's annual federal council meeting of delegates from across the country.

The Greens are likely to support the EU trade deal, making Coalition demands that the Government renegotiate the agreement redundant. 

The median age of Australian property investors has risen during the past 25 years, with the Reserve Bank revealing new data as Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced a capital gains tax and negative gearing bill.

A Federal investigation has been launched after witnesses giving evidence to a national inquiry were targeted online in what has been described as a campaign of anti-Semitic abuse, harassment, and intimidation.

Labor MP Ali France, who unseated Peter Dutton at the last election, has been referred to the electoral watchdog over integrity allegations.

Australians looking for jobs are set to receive more tailored support in a generational overhaul of the nation’s poorly functioning employment services.

Residents were rattled awake by the early-morning tremor.

The Treasurer has again been forced to defend contentious, promise-breaking Budget as he hits out at ‘scare campaign’.