Australia

A new federal partnership with the states and territories will help deliver 5000 social homes. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Tess Ikonomou

Labor’s $3bn plan to fast-track thousands more social homes

An extra 5000 social homes will be built under a fast-tracked round of the federal government's Housing Australia Future Fund.

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The budget update will show mining exports falling by more than $100 billion by 2027/28.
Business
Tess Ikonomou

Company tax receipts downgraded for first time since COVID-19

Company tax receipts will be revised downwards for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The five remaining Bali Nine members have been allowed to return to Australia from Indonesia.
Australia
Suzanne Simonot

Bali nine members spend first night back in Australia

The remaining members of the Bali Nine drug trafficking group have woken in Australia with PM Anthony Albanese saying they will continue their ‘rehabilitation and reintegration’.

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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said Government was eager to support the ongoing publishing of local news and public interest journalism. 
Australia
Dylan Caporn

Local media bolstered by major funding announcement

Local media will be bolstered by a $180 million fund to support news organisations to be announced on Monday by the Federal Government. 

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Jim Chalmers will be forced to downgrade mining exports by more than $100 billion in this week’s budget update, in a major pre-election budget blow for Labor.
Australia
Dylan Caporn

Budget update: Chalmers lowers mining exports by billions

Jim Chalmers will be forced to downgrade mining exports by more than $100 billion in this week’s budget update, in a major pre-election budget blow for Labor.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers is ‘doing a lot of work’ on the next budget.
Politics
Dylan Caporn

Chalmers plans for March budget, despite early poll rumours

Jim Chalmers is working towards delivering his next budget in March, despite speculation Anthony Albanese will call the election early to avoid handing down a growing deficit. 

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Kevin Andrews has died aged 69.
Politics
Rachael Ward and William Ton

Former Liberal minister Kevin Andrews dies aged 69

He died with his wife by his side on Friday.

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Millennials are increasingly being told to forget their 'bucket list' of goals as life gets progressively harder for their generation.
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Australia
Kristin Shorten

Millennials urged to ‘throw out the bucket list’ before 40th

Policy failures in key areas have resulted in millennials achieving life goals up to 20 years later than previous generations with calls for the Government to support a generation at ‘breaking point’.

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Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton speaks to media, Brisbane, Friday, December 13, 2024. (AAP Image/Russell Freeman) NO ARCHIVING RUSSELL FREEMAN
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Australia
Ellen Ransley and Nicola Smith

Dutton reveals nuclear details he says will ‘keep lights on’

Coalition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to ‘keep the lights on’ while unveiling a $331 billion plan to introduce nuclear energy to Australia by the mid-2030s.

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Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto was found to have defamed former party MP Moira Deeming. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Politics
Holly Hales and Callum Godde

Future of Liberals hangs in balance after Nazi slander ruling

A senior Victorian Liberal insists John Pesutto's leadership remains tenable despite a court finding he defamed an MP by implying she associated with Nazis.

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The firebombing of a synagogue has led to an outpouring of community support and anger.
Australia
Kat Wong

Call to criminalise threats against places of worship

A senator is urging the federal government to bolster its hate crime bill and make threatening places of worship an offence following an attack on a synagogue.

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millenial outlook missing the housing dream
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Australia
Kristin Shorten

Why millennials have it harder than any other generation

THE LIMBO GENERATION: Millennials are ‘caught between the dream and reality’ of their lives, facing more obstacles than any generation before them.

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By signing a $600 million Rugby League deal with Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the Albanese Government has effectively locked out any attempt by Beijing to establish a national security foothold in Port Moresby for the next decade. 
Australia
Nicole Smith and Ben McClellan

Has $600m NRL deal tackled China’s major Pacific ambitions?

There’s few similarities between the rough and ready game of rugby league and chess. But Australia has used the football code to play a soft power gambit in its geopolitical chess game with China.

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An almost two-year battle between and Moira Deeming John Pesutto has ended with a court win to her.
Australia
Aaron Patrick

Rebel MP Deeming wins $300,000 in battle against Lib leader

Victorian party leader John Pesutto’s decision to expel an MP after her women’s rights rally was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis has backfired spectacularly in court.

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Anthony Albanese has welcomed PNG to the NRL.
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NRL
Ben McClellan

Pacific politics funding twist in PNG NRL team deal

The Australian Government has inserted a key clause in the funding package for our nearest neighbour to further keep China at bay in the Pacific, as Aussies welcome the country to the NRL.

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