Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy
Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our ...
Royal commission into Victorian construction sector could boost Labor’s chances at state election, expert says
Commission promised by new premier would be an ‘important signal’ for voters that the government was acting on alleged corruptionGet our breaking news...
Israel criticises Labor’s draft Palestine policy in rare foreign intervention ahead of party conference
Statement by Israeli embassy in Canberra challenges proposed positions on settler violence and annexation of Palestinian territoryGet our breaking new...
Labor’s draft policy platform waters down rather than scraps its longheld opposition to mandatory jail sentences
Updated document also commits party to cracking down on inducements for online gambling, putting pressure on Albanese government to toughen reformsFol...
Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste
Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news em...
Labor’s gambling ad legislation a ‘capitulation’ to industry lobby, Liberal MP says
Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers all say the planned reforms are too weak and the proposals are ‘half-arsed’Get our breaking news email, free app o...
Labor’s tax deal with the Greens is a crucial win – but its NDIS changes could pay the price
The victory may have dinged Labor’s chances of easily passing its significant cost-cutting reforms to the NDIS through the Senate in AugustGet our bre...
Australia politics live: Labor’s big reforms face test as parliament returns; national cabinet to debate fuel security
MPs return to Canberra for two weeks of haggling over tax and NDIS reforms before the winter break. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news emai...
Tech companies invoke possibility of Trump’s wrath in fight against Labor’s media laws
Tech giants claim Australia’s free trade agreement with the United States will be violated, as they try to kill a proposal to force them to pay news c...
Labor’s NDIS overhaul faces delay as Coalition and Greens consider teaming up to slow bill’s passage
Government hopes to rush NDIS and tax changes through parliament but opposition and crossbench push for more scrutinyGet our breaking news email, free...
‘Not the deal promised’: Labor’s Ed Husic questions Aukus pact that will deliver secondhand subs
Former frontbencher launches most significant internal criticism of $368bn Aukus deal since ALP national conference in 2023Follow our Australia news l...
Modelling shows 90% of young Australians will be better off under Labor’s tax reforms
The $1,000 tax deduction, $250 ‘working Australians tax offset’, and CGT and negative gearing changes will most benefit young people, Treasury secreta...
Anthony Albanese visibly emotional after defending Labor’s capital gains tax and negative gearing changes
Prime minister launches impassioned argument in favour of much-maligned reforms announced in last week’s federal budget A visibly emotional Anthony Al...
MPs urged to ignore fearmongering and pass Labor’s ‘long overdue’ negative gearing and CGT changes
Exclusive: Any attempt to use the budget measures as an excuse to raise rent is opportunistic profiteering, housing advocates sayGet our breaking news...
Labor’s budget will benefit the young – but does little to woo voters drawn to One Nation
Jim Chalmers’ budget tips the scales in favour of younger and less well-off households – but it’s middle-class gen X that are turning to the rightwing...
Has Labor’s tax reform killed ‘rent-vesting’ for young Australians seeking a foothold in the housing market?
Changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing will make the strategy of renting in a preferred area while buying a cheaper property elsewhere less...
Coalition vows to repeal Labor’s ‘toxic’ negative gearing and capital gains tax budget reforms
Opposition leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Tim Wilson say future Coalition government would reinstate generous rules for property investorsTh...
