Chalmers warned on state-style handouts
Economists are warning Jim Chalmers could wreck the government’s chances of a pre-election interest rate cut if he replicates Queensland Labor’s populist cost-of-living spending promises.
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Australia has hit its lowest fertility rate on record, with cost-of-living pressures and house prices being blamed.
Behind but not out: just ‘focus’
Since 2001, when Newspoll began calculating two-party-preferred results for all polls, every government has fallen behind the opposition on that measure at some point during the parliamentary term.
Jewish leaders: put Greens last on ballot
Two of the nation’s leading Jewish groups have sought public commitments from Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton for the major parties to preference each other over the Greens at the next election.
Bushfire caused by controlled burn gone wrong downgraded to ‘watch and act’
A bushfire on Sydney’s northern beaches has been downgraded as firefighters gained control of the large blaze with no property losses reported. But residents are on alert for possible flare-ups.
Post-Covid arrivals higher than SA’s entire population
Almost two million international migrants have arrived in Australia since the end of Covid restrictions in late 2021.
Election 2025: battleground locked in
With the AEC’s announcement on Thursday that the NSW electorate of North Sydney will be abolished, as proposed, the geographic starting grid is set for the next election.
Trew to her word, Arisa lands a duck
Arisa Trew has completed the trifecta: go to the Olympics at age 14, win a gold medal, get a duck.
Plan to ban Gaza refugees unlikely to hit marginal seats
There are far more marginal electorates with voters who have both parents born in Australia compared to those with above average Muslim populations.
Fourth overall, but Aussie women finish in top three
The Aussie women finished third on a medal tally for all female competitors and, on a per-capita basis, Australia also came in top three.
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