Politics

Mark Butler has defended permanent residents’ access to Labor’s first-home buyer scheme, rejecting Coalition calls to restrict the support to Australian citizens.

Australia will ramp up protests against the Trump administration's ‘unjustified’ proposed tariffs but diplomats face an up-hill battle to secure a carve-out.

The South Australian government is investing an initial $50 million to address a major productivity challenge that its premier says the nation is failing to address.

The Iranian-backed militants rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon’s government, describing it as ‘surrender, defeat and achieving the enemy’s goals’.

The agreement depends on the co-operation of the Iranian-backed militia. The ceasefire could remove a significant obstacle in the talks between the US and Iran.

EDITORIAL: If it’s true that a rolling stone gathers no moss then it may follow that a snowballing budget picks up a lot of crap along the way.

Premier Peter Malinauskas appeared to criticise the Albanese Government’s unexpected tax increases in his government’s first Budget since winning an expanded majority three months ago.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she believes allegations from Australian women of sexual assault by Israeli forces while detained as part of a flotilla trying to reach Gaza.

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned Australia’s poor workplace productivity could lead to stagflation where unemployment and inflation were both high at the same time.

Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson has conceded Labor’s capital gains tax changes won’t be a simple reversion to the pre-1999 system, as the legislation is facing a tough route through the Senate.

The bank was scolded in Canberra last week for its whistleblower program amid allegations drugs were used at one of its Christmas parties.

AARON PATRICK: If the Prime Minister continues to be seen misleading voters, he risks losing the most precious quality of any political leader: respect.

The High Court has ruled against neo-Nazi group White Australia, allowing it to be listed as a prohibited hate organisation.

MARK RILEY: The Opposition wanted to force every Labor MP to talk about its contentious Budget. Anthony Albanese said no way.

A State minister has become embroiled in a major inquiry's report that exposed years of systemic failure in child protection, sparking urgent reforms.