Australia

A state MP was motivated by greed when he stole $430,000 from not-for-profits that was meant to help vulnerable school children and he should be jailed, a court has been told.

Just two years ago the PM was the honoured guest at a celebration of a man recognised as the godfather of Jewish political influence in Australia. How did things go so wrong?

Liberal leader Peter Dutton intends to defy tradition and go to Washington before Jakarta if he wins power.

As Labor spruiks healthcare and cost-of-living relief as the centrepiece of its Budget next week, one leading independent MP says the Government is missing the bullseye on helping future generations. 

The US Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell may not have delivered a rate cut to Americans overnight, but he did offer a grim economic warning instead.

Both sides of politics have vowed to stare down the Trump Administration if it goes after Australia’s $18 billion medicine subsidy scheme

ELLEN RANSLEY: Defence won’t be front-of-mind for many voters when they’re at the ballot box, but Donald Trump’s return to the White House has made it a huge issue in Australia’s upcoming Federal election. 

The Prime Minister told a private fundraising event in Sydney that the Labor Party could take an extra four seats, defying opinion polls predicting a hung parliament.

Peter Dutton has walked back a proposal to hold a referendum on giving ministers the power to strip people’s citizenship but wants to include questions on anti-Semitism in the test to become an Australian.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says the impact of Donald Trump’s first few weeks in the Oval Office has reverberated around the globe. 

Australian consumers and businesses hoping for quick relief from the Reserve Bank’s recent interest rate cut may be in for disappointment, according to the RBA’s most senior economist.

Advocacy groups, unions and political parties are demanding government intervention into the childcare sector following revelations of rampant child mistreatment.

But a taxation surge that allowed the Labor Government to promise billions in infrastructure, social welfare and economic subsidies is ending, according to the treasurer.

An outspoken Hong Kong exile living in Australia has been targeted by anonymous leaflets allegedly posted to mosques in Adelaide and accusing him of ‘siding with Israel’ against ‘Islamic terrorism’.

Peter Dutton is prepared to ask Australians to give the government powers to deport dual citizens found guilty of serious crimes as the Opposition Leader seeks to regain lost ground ahead of the election.