Politics

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has vowed the Budget will avoid an inflationary cash splash and indicated Labor was prepared for a political fight over contentious tax breaks for property investors.

The US Court of International Trade has ruled in favour of small businesses that challenged President Donald Trump's ‌global tariffs.

The WA Treasurer’s clapback at the Reserve Bank’s warning over government spending pushing up inflation was ‘Rita being Rita’, Jim Chalmers has said as he insists he’s not letting State budgets distract him.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Armenia briefly became Europe’s unexpected geopolitical epicentre as world leaders descended on Yerevan this week.

Extra billions of dollars will be poured into a suburban rail loop as part of Treasurer Jim Chalmers' fifth federal Budget.

Mark Butler refused to reveal how much taxpayers will spend monitoring and rehabilitating ISIS-linked women and children returning from Syria.

Officials say Iran and the US are working toward an arrangement set out in a one-page memo to end the war and stabilise shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

An ISIS bride has been charged by counter terrorism police after she was escorted from a plane when she landed back in Sydney on Thursday evening. 

The group of 13 women and children who landed in Sydney and Melbourne this evening were greeted by officials who had warned there could be some arrests.

Jillian Segal has accused ‘far-left, issue-motivated’ Australians of taking part in anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric because it had become ‘almost fashionable’ since the October 7 Hamas terror attack. 

This Australian state has delivered a budget with $1bn in cost of living relief – including a payout for every driver.

Gas producers have slammed policy forcing them to sell 20 per cent of their product directly to the domestic market, warning it could hurt future supply.

Leading economists have fronted the National Press Club to warn Treasurer Jim Chalmers against making inflation even worse with Budget handouts.

MARK RILEY: Is changing investment property tax concessions ‘fair’? Your answer likely depends on the size of your portfolio.