Latest
- Live
- Need to Know
Trump picks former wrestling CEO as education secretary
Donald Trump says Linda McMahon will fight “tirelessly” to expand universal school choice; Anthony Albanese agrees to renewable energy partnership with India at G20. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
US leadership ‘indispensable’ even with Trump: Rudd
In his first comments since the former president’s comeback, the Australian ambassador in Washington says he is ready to work with the new White House.
- Andrew Tillett
G20 goes soft on Russia as Putin threatens to use nuclear weapons
The G20 has ended with a whimper with watered-down statements on Russia, climate change and the Middle East.
- Phillip Coorey
David Rowe cartoons for November 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
- Updated
- David Rowe
Michelle Levy backs big super, Labor in financial advice fee fight
The Quality of Advice Review chairwoman has backed big super funds and Labor’s bid to allow funds to share the cost of financial advice across their membership bases.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton
Hackers are targeting private schools for blackmail
Private schools emerge as a new battleground in the fight against cyberattacks, as the average cost to victims jumps to $30,000.
- Andrew Tillett
Opinion & Analysis
Foreign student cap plan’s collapse is a sign of the times
Migration is gaining momentum as a policy area voters want the government to deal with. And politicians are tapping into the zeitgeist.
Education editor
Labor’s plight is not unique but the solution remains elusive
As each month passes without noticeable improvement in the cost of living, it’s all starting to appear rather fraught for the government.
Political editor
Time running out as incumbents’ curse strikes Labor
According to today’s poll, 42 per cent of voters think our economy will be weaker with Trump restored to the White House. It’s a grim portent for Labor.
Editorial
Campaign finance laws could reduce not increase political competition
The community independents are right that this legislation is too important to be rushed through parliament in the final two sitting weeks.
Economics professor
Yesterday
- Exclusive
- International students
Chinese social media users slam foreign student chaos
Students and university leaders are digesting what the blocking of student caps legislation mean for them.
- Julie Hare
Dutton vows ‘deeper cuts’ to student enrolments, migration numbers
The opposition leader says Labor’s management of migration has been an “onshore disaster”, but he has declined to detail the Coalition’s policy.
- Tom McIlroy and Julie Hare
Cbus signs off on new CFMEU directors
The fund said all three directors had passed fit and proper person tests; James Packer backs “friend” Alan Jones amid fresh charges. How the day unfolded.
- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
G20 stumbles on billionaire tax, climate and war
The Group of 20 Leaders’ summit is on track to fall well short of its stated goals this year – again.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese lays out his red line after Xi demands more access for China
Xi Jinping has rekindled a key demand that Australia provide greater foreign investment access to Chinese interests in return for increased trade.
- Phillip Coorey
How the Aussie dream is making the housing crisis worse
Pakistani migrant turned property developer Khurram Saeed says the Victorian government cannot rely on apartment construction to meet its ambitious housing targets.
- Gus McCubbing
This Month
Labor’s $15b reconstruction fund makes landmark first investment
Donald Trump’s retreat from the renewable energy transition is good timing for plans to reboot domestic manufacturing, says the National Reconstruction Fund head.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign student cap plan’s collapse is a sign of the times
Migration is gaining momentum as a policy area voters want the government to deal with. And politicians are tapping into the zeitgeist.
- Julie Hare
Macquarie could pass on bank levy to home borrowers
Banking disrupter Macquarie would jack up interest rates on mortgages or even leave the retail market altogether under a rural service proposed levy, an analyst says.
- Lucas Baird, John Kehoe and Tom McIlroy
‘Dangerous’: Caroline Kennedy on her cousin RFK jnr
Outgoing US envoy to Australia Caroline Kennedy says her cousin Robert’s vaccine scepticism is “dangerous” as he prepares to become Donald Trump’s health tsar.
- Andrew Tillett
Unis, colleges brace for chaos after foreign student cap plan blocked
The $51 billion international education sector is bracing for a new wave of student visa rejections after the government’s signature migration plan was killed off.
- Julie Hare
Alan Jones charged with 24 offences against eight victims
NSW Police say media reports helped spur on Alan Jones investigation; Peter Dutton says foreign student caps are chaotic and confusing. How the day unfolded.
- Lucy Slade
Australia and allies lift pressure on G20 and Trump over Ukraine
Anthony Albanese says conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are key drivers of hunger, poverty, high inflation and rises in energy prices, and world leaders should acknowledge this.
- Phillip Coorey
PM to meet Xi, tell G2O to show a backbone on Ukraine, Middle East
At the G20, Anthony Albanese says conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are key drivers of hunger, poverty and high inflation and energy prices and world leaders should acknowledge this.
- Phillip Coorey
Net zero ambition to go backward under Trump: poll
A clear majority of respondents believe international efforts to stem climate change have been set back by Donald Trump’s restoration to the White House.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Federal election
Labor’s plight is not unique but the solution remains elusive
As each month passes without noticeable improvement in the cost of living, it’s all starting to appear rather fraught for the government.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton best suited to handle Trump, Labor still facing minority: poll
The Australian Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy polling shows the Albanese government remains behind the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Time running out as incumbents’ curse strikes Labor
According to today’s poll, 42 per cent of voters think our economy will be weaker with Trump restored to the White House. It’s a grim portent for Labor.
- The AFR View
Cash to stay king for essential products
The federal government will also call time on the use of cheques in the Australian economy, limiting their use from 2028.
- Tom McIlroy
Australia, US, Japan to strengthen military ties in face of China threat
Defence ministers agreed to a new “commitment to consult” over regional security issues and invited Japanese troops to train in Darwin.
- Andrew Tillett