Australia

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.

Updated Budget forecasts have revealed why the Albanese Government is particularly reliant on high immigration, and yes, it is about tax.

Ukraine’s battlefields have proven to be a real-life laboratory for the rapid advancement of drone technology, and now the Australian Defence Force appears to be grasping the urgent need to catch up.

A man has been charged with murder and intent to commit rape after a body was found in a shopping centre car park.

The famous rapper has been spotted enjoying a piano recital at a live classical music venue ahead of his headline act at the AFL grand final.

The planned deployment of US nuclear submarines is scheduled to begin in 2027, but alarm bells are already ringing across the defence industry and with AUKUS partners about Australia’s readiness.

A rule that requires businesses supplying essential services to accept cash comes into effect soon. But there is a big loophole that could make it much harder to pay the old-fashioned way.

AARON PATRICK: Campaigns for a seat at the apex of international diplomacy often descend to little more than state-sponsored bribery.

Australia’s housing crisis could get even worse, with a glaring shortfall in new homes the Government had promised to build.

Sir Keir Starmer will take to the stage with the Prime Minister at a left-wing global summit in London on Friday and champion Anthony Albanese as living proof that progressives can defeat right-wing populists.