Politics

Labor is expected to strike a last-ditch deal on its rewrite of environmental laws with MPs advised to extend their stay in Canberra as negotiations drag on.

It’s unlikely the United States will be fond of John Chandler’s recent comments likening Virginia-class submarines to second-hand BMWs.

EDITORIAL: The public service’s continued bloat is strangling private sector growth. Will the Albanese Government have the guts to make the cuts necessary to rein it in? 

AARON PATRICK: An opposition that looked like a political irrelevancy managed to embarrass the government over taxes, energy prices and interest rates

Negotiations to overhaul Federal environmental laws are coming down to the wire, with the Government locked into hours of talks with the Coalition and the Greens in a bid to land a deal before Parliament rises.

A High Court challenge has been launched against Australia’s under-16 social media ban just a fortnight before it’s due to come into effect on December 10.

Shadow Treasurer Ted O’Brien has left open the possibility of reviewing the GST settings put in place by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg when the Coalition was in power seven years ago.

A leaked transcript has exposed a conversation between Donald Trump’s lead envoy and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest advisors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the earlier US plan, which Ukraine saw as too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks and is unlikely to back down.

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton says China is more likely to blockade Taiwan rather than invade it, and the Trump Administration could abandon the island as a result. 

Brazilians have gathered outside the country’s federal police headquarters after the former President Jair Bolsonaro finally started his oft-delayed sentence for leading a coup attempt.

For the first time in the nearly 40-year history of a major study of polling trends, voters have indicated they prefer Labor's approach to managing the budget.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: His initial response to the protest did little to quell that unease and was widely criticised by some Jewish leaders.