Politics

Lower grocery bills are being promised with a ban on price-gouging, but Coles and Woolworths say they are the ones feeling the pinch and that shoppers will miss out

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he's booked another $20 billion in savings in the budget update, but is keeping mum on whether that means a smaller deficit.

A senior Labor MP broke parliamentary rules during a family trip to Perth that billed taxpayers more than $21,000, the expenses watchdog has found.

Australia’s largest supermarkets will be banned from price gouging from July as the Albanese Government talks tough on reducing grocery bills.

Concerns are emerging over complications and possible delays to a Japanese warship construction program at Henderson after a South Korean company was given permission to double its stake in Austal.

A White House spokesperson has accused Democrats of ‘selectively releasing cherry-picked photos with random redactions to try and create a false narrative’.

A federal government minister says he is very comfortable that two of his colleagues referred themselves to be audited over their family travel expenses.

Government backing for home batteries will be dialled back for larger systems in a move intended to make the scheme sustainable and open to more households.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: New images from the estate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein highlight his ties to celebrities, financiers and other powerful men, including Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton.

BEN HARVEY: The travel payment system is generous for one avoidable reason. If we addressed it, the Anika Wells saga would be a thing of the past.

A decision by Treasurer Jim Chalmers to allow South Korean company Hanwha to increase its ownership of Austal from 9.9 percent to 19.9 percent has caused shockwaves in Japan.

EDITORIAL: Australians would really like their MPs to stop pissing their hard-earned taxpayer dollars away on idling Comcars and flash dinners.

Mortgage lending has hit new record highs, driven by investors. This was occurring before Labor’s 5 per cent deposit scheme for first-homebuyers was fast-tracked to October 1.

Teal MP Allegra Spender says taxpayers are spending too much on ministerial flights because their staff are failing to shop around for a better deal. But Flight Centre CEO Graham Turner questioned that claim.

State health ministers have blasted the Commonwealth for failing to come to the table with adequate hospital funding after talks to strike a five-year deal fell apart today.