September
Albo keeps it in the family at the AFL commissioner’s lunch
You can’t buy a ticket to Aussie rules’ most exclusive grand final function, so there are few better tests of relevance than trying to score an invitation.
- Myriam Robin
BlueScope sounded out as Whyalla steelworks rescuer
Sanjeev Gupta’s empire is showing further signs of distress as creditor defaults tick up against his other businesses in Australia, InfraBuild and Tahmoor coal.
- Simon Evans and Elouise Fowler
PM to seek nationwide social media ban for teens
Inspired by SA, the Albanese government will seek to impose a nationwide ban on teenagers using social media.
- Phillip Coorey and Gus McCubbing
August
Santos gala a gassy second chance for Albo
We regret to inform the federal Labor Party that Woodside is not the only gas major with a milestone birthday this year.
- Myriam Robin
Foreign student cuts risk recession, business and tourism warn
They say that by slashing international student numbers the federal government is risking an industry that contributes $48 billion to Australia’s GDP.
- Phillip Coorey
New SA Liberal leader reckons he can beat Malinauskas
Vincent Tarzia denied taking part in party infighting that his predecessor David Speirs says caused him to quit.
- Simon Evans
‘I’ve had a gutful’ of factional squabbles: SA Liberal leader quits
The leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia, David Speirs, has angrily criticised internal factional squabbles as he resigned
- Simon Evans
July
SA’s new mega university starts recruiting overseas students
The new Adelaide University is due to launch with 70,000 students in early 2026, even as migration reforms bite hard on the education sector.
- Julie Hare
Vic premier to pocket $500,000 as MPs handed 3.5pc pay bump
Jacinta Allan has cemented her spot as the nation’s second highest-paid politician after Victorian MPs were awarded a 3.5 per cent pay rise.
- Callum Godde
June
- Opinion
- Australian economy
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SA donation ban will cut off grassroots democracy
By pushing debate into third-party organisations, South Australian Premier Malinauskas’ proposed election laws would force politics to move to the extremes.
- Adam Stoker
Social media ban on kids faces big technical hurdles: experts
Australia has bipartisan support for a 16-year-old limit for using social media, as Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton argued about who was first to demand it.
- Paul Smith
SA Labor says budget cash handout won’t hurt RBA inflation fight
SA Treasurer Stephen Mullighan is adamant a $52 million one-off bonus payment to 25pc of households in June won’t fuel inflation.
- Simon Evans
Winners and losers in South Australia’s budget
About one in four households will share in a $51.5 million one-off cash payment over the next three weeks, with low-income households getting the $243.90 bonus.
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- Universities in crisis
Let’s wait before we make rash decisions on foreign students
Universities are being asked to fix a housing problem they did not create, and the government’s haste will massively disrupt thousands of students’ lives.
- Mark Scott
May
- Exclusive
- International students
SA premier slams migration cuts, raises alarm on innovation
Peter Malinauskas has slammed the ramped-up rhetoric around migration, and said cuts would not solve the housing crisis but would decimate research.
- Julie Hare
Harsh migration cuts will stifle new mega-uni’s ambitions
Adelaide University got its official tick of approval on Tuesday, but its plan to recruit 13,000 new students over eight years could suffer from migration cuts.
- Julie Hare
April
Bail rules and offender tracking to lead national cabinet talks
High-risk violent offenders face closer tracking in the community, part of a push by state premiers for tough and immediate new responses to domestic violence.
- Tom McIlroy
Adelaide LIV goes off with Liveris, Fox and Saudi critic Anika Wells
The federal sports minister once called for a boycott of Saudi Arabia’s sporting endeavours. Now even she’s a guest at the Saudi-funded tournament.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
March
SA uncorks support to bolster wine exports to China
South Australian winemakers are being urged to re-engage with China after the country lifted tariffs on Australian wine that inflicted pain on the local industry.
- Jack Gramenz
- Opinion
- Hobart
State polls position Albanese for a second term
Polling booths around the country show Labor’s support base is growing enough for another narrow federal win.
- John Black