Politics

An extra 100,000 litres of jet fuel will come through in three shipments from June, following negotiations with Beijing.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Donald Trump’s former Veterans Secretary has predicted that the Iranian regime could soon start to splinter because it will run out of money in three weeks time.

The Federal Government’s changes to capital gains taxes could see small businesses cop a double tax bill if they restructure to cope with the overhaul.

A Liberal senator has lashed his own party for using divisive language on the subject of migration, saying it risks alienating voters.

But it doesn’t rule out taking more dramatic steps to ensure domestic supply if Australia’s outlook worsens, amid ongoing disruptions from the Middle East conflict.

The details come as Jim Chalmers had cited the Iran war, which started after US-Israel led strikes on February 28, among a raft of issues for his broken promises Budget. 

Australia has been told to ‘earnestly respect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors’ after the Albanese government forced the hand over several Beijing-linked companies.

US President Donald Trump has issued a command to the Secretary of War, a top general and the US military.

Few, if any, figures in recent history have caused as much legal, political, financial and reputational upheaval as Jeffrey Epstein.

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unloaded on the AUKUS agreement, telling his UK audience that their own naval shipbuilding and submarine industry is in ‘absolute disarray’.

Labor is like a junkie that is in denial about its addiction to personal income tax revenue — despite claiming to be a friend of income earners.

AARON PATRICK: Taxpayers may question why benefits often go to people with an insider-like knowledge of how the system works, rather than the truly desperate, needy or marginalised.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle feel they’ve finally got some bold policies to put to voters after last week’s Budget and reply – and are convinced the other side has done itself a mortal injury.

A millennial who owns 18 residential investment properties predicts Labor’s negative gearing changes, restricting tax breaks to brand new homes on greenfield land, will only push up prices in affordable areas.