Australia

The agency in charge of scrutinising the Federal Government has warned it’s underfunded despite Labor promising to make sure the watchdog had enough money to do its job properly.

Supporters of Palestine have been warned they will damage their political cause if they take to the streets to hold rallies on the two-year anniversary of the bloody Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. 

Communications Minister Anika Wells will put new laws to Parliament on Tuesday aimed at cementing the powers of a triple-0 Custodian to drive improvements to the emergency hotline.

On Monday morning in Perth, preparing to board a flight to Canberra to face Ms Ley for the first time since quitting her front bench, Hastie was non-committal about a possible tilt for the top job.

More than one-in-five aspiring homebuyers in one State expect to make their purchase during the next 12 months as incentives spark a national property scramble.

Up to 3000 home owners taking part in a government buyback scheme have had their personal information put into ChatGPT in a major data breach.

Sussan Ley’s deputy has made a bold declaration about tensions in the Coalition in the wake of Andrew Hastie quitting the shadow front bench.

As the Coalition continues its very public post-election infighting, support for One Nation has been booming since the federal election in May.

Australia has requested more information from Israel about five Australians believed to have been detained while onboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Anthony Albanese has urged BHP and Chinese iron ore customers to come to a quick resolution on hardball price negotiations that have reportedly led to a halt on imports of Australia’s lifeblood commodity. 

The shadow housing minister has accused Labor of ‘letting the Australian dream die’ as house prices in capital cities surged past the limits required for sales under Anthony Albanese’s Home Guarantee Scheme.

Economists say the chances of a rate cut at the bank’s Melbourne Cup Day meeting on November 4 now hang in the balance, with September quarter inflation likely to swing a lineball decision either way. 

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has revealed how long it will take to solve Australia’s housing crisis - and declared it wasn’t her problem.

SUSSAN LEY: It has been a month of disappointment from Anthony Albanese as he has bungled diplomacy and squandered chances to advance the national interest.

The federal government has been urged to deploy independent experts to embattled telco Optus after a further emergency call outage on its network.