Politics

Former Treasury chief Ken Henry says Australia’s landlords are using the capital gains tax discount to avoid paying income tax, leading to surging house prices and taking opportunity away from the young.

A Sydney doctor helping so-called ‘ISIS brides’ escape Syria insists they are ‘caring mothers’ who ‘love Australia’ but are scared to return because of the Prime Minister’s condemnation. 

A senior minister has hinted Labor could tweak a tax seen by many as blocking young people from getting on the property ladder.

A bomb scare at Anthony Albanese’s official residence in Canberra overnight has reportedly been linked to a New York–based classical Chinese dance and music company.

A bomb scare that forced the evacuation of the prime minister from his official residence has led to calls for Australians to turn the temperature down.

European leaders pledged continued support for Kyiv as the Russia-Ukraine war entered its fifth year, despite divisions over sanctions and financial aid.

President Donald Trump's temporary 10 per cent import levy has come into effect as he reacts to the US Supreme Court striking down his sweeping tariff regime.

Drug lords have been killed and cartels have splintered only to see more violent ones replace them and the illicit trade expand. So, in nearly 60 years of the war on drugs, what has actually worked?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been evacuated from The Lodge, his official Canberra residence, due to a safety threat.

Australian government debt is set to hit the $1 trillion mark sooner than Treasury forecast. Interest payments on this debt are now expected to surge.

After boasting for months about its preferential trade deal with Donald Trump, the UK is at risk of becoming the biggest loser in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his global tariffs.

Footage has emerged of Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke hugging the Sydney doctor leading the mission to repatriate so-called ISIS brides from Syria during his election night victory party last year.

AARON PATRICK: Commissioner Virginia Bell’s decision to accept a broad definition of anti-Semitism saves the community from a fight over whether it is fair to attack Jews for Israel’s actions.

Former Sydney councillor Nick Adams has been dropped from a key US diplomatic role despite being an avid Trump loyalist.