Politics

The Prime Minister has stumbled over agency names as he tried to assure Australians that our national security is not under threat.

On the eve of President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’, his office has released a report that highlighted various trade barriers imposed by Australia on American goods like beef, pork, chicken, apples and pears.

‘The season of hate and conflict must come to an end as soon as possible.’

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has spoken out after a court barred her from running in the 2027 presidential election after she was convicted of embezzlement.

Federal and state Coalitions are pledging $1.5 billion each for a major airport rail link, that would effectively kill off a second keystone project.

KATINA CURTIS: Three big ‘known unknowns’ could knock Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton off their planned courses in this crucial first week of the election campaign.

A White House aide has revealed the amount that Donald Trump’s new tariffs are expected to raise, a figure experts say will almost certainly represent the largest peacetime tax hike in modern US history.

Peter Dutton is determined to make this election a choice between alternative energy policies, telling voters they will be better off under the Coalition despite not yet releasing analysis to prove his claim.

CAMERON MILNER: The Labor Party deserves a second term and shouldn’t be judged by their leader alone.

Anthony Albanese has insisted he doesn’t negotiate with the Greens, immediately after appearing to rule in the option of a coalition while being asked to rule it out. 

JACKSON HEWETT: When Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Federal Budget, he presented a rosy picture: a growing economy, rising wages, stable inflation, and unemployment holding steady. But does it add up?

On Tuesday night, Angus Taylor and Peter Dutton had a very limited window to make one of the most important Coalition decisions of the election.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Last election the Coalition attacked with: ‘It won’t be easy under Albanese’. But voters could be forgiven for thinking Mr Dutton is making things easy for Albo this time.

NICOLA SMITH: Dressed in a sharp navy suit and a pink tie, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese strode into his fifth press conference of the Election campaign with a confident bounce on Monday.