Updates

Childcare, housing, domestic violence and climate change should be front of mind for women when they vote at the election, prominent MPs say.

A white supremacist has crashed a candidates forum in one of the richest electorates in the country, leading to a confrontation with the audience and police attendance.

More than 56,000 New Zealanders moved to Australia in the past two years and the coalition has indicated it won't prevent them from becoming citizens.

The incident occurred the same day a man was allegedly bashed at a polling place in the prime minister’s electorate.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will spend at least $1.2 billion buying critical minerals for a new stockpile which would then be offered up for sale to key global partners.

From Men’s Shed to Movember, Health Minister Mark Butler said ‘too many blokes put off prioritising their health’ - a problem this funding is aimed at helping.  

The Coalition will invest an additional $90 million in domestic violence prevention, focused on early intervention and crisis response measures in a multi-pronged plan.

Peter Dutton has confirmed that if he won the election, Australia’s defence spending would reach 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 and 3 per cent by 2035, which would be paid for by repealing Labor’s tax cuts.

NICOLA SMITH: There are still ten days of hard campaigning left before the Federal election, but in the absence of bold vision, passion or anything new to say, fatigued voters are already switching off

EDITORIAL: We appear to be approaching a tipping point in relation to our national security and it’s clear Australia’s decades-old ‘she’ll be right’ attitude towards defence won’t cut it anymore. 

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Opposition Leader’s commitment to defence spending finally addresses a world that has changed under Donald Trump. So why did he wait so long to do it?

With China on our doorstep and Donald Trump changing the nature of a once “friendly” relationship with the United States, it might be time to do things differently.

Anne Ruston has labelled Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a ‘vulture’ trying to ‘lie his way to The Lodge’.

Approximately half of all Australian voters are expected to cast their vote during the early voting period.

‘I think if we’re counting anyone who’s ever said anything intemperate, most people in Australia will never be eligible to sit for parliament.’