Labor’s plan to take nearly two years to review transgender medicine for children and teens has been condemned as ‘just a device to avoid dealing with the issue’ as the new federal probe effectively halts any attempts by states to ban puberty blockers.
The Greens’ NSW branch has lashed the position of the German Greens on Israel, demanding the party’s sitting members more strongly condemn the Jewish state.
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has become the latest of a growing number of government ministers to quit politics, the 60-year-old making a shock announcement on Thursday.
A firm cap on government spending, scrapping of stamp duty to be scrapped and a minister dedicated to red tape reduction must all be considered by Labor, the ACCI says.
More than $30bn in taxpayer dollars would be pumped into public hospitals under a newly-unveiled Greens policy that plans to scrap the 6.5 per cent cap in funding growth
Jewish leaders have expressed hope that the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camps will encourage the Australian government to ‘recognise familiar evil’.
Labor’s goal of achieving a superannuation guarantee of 15 per cent was purely ‘aspirational’ and the party has ‘no plans’ to move on the policy enshrined in its national platform.
Peter Dutton has claimed Australia’s relationship with China would be ‘much stronger’ should the opposition win the next election.
The nation’s former home affairs chief is warning that a revitalised Islamic State is seeking to exploit Muslim communities, as fears grow the terror group is on the cusp of a second global wave of carnage.
Activist and businessman Simon Holmes a Court has compared Scott Morrison’s popularity to that of sex offender Rolf Harris, with the Coalition demanding the teal MPs backed by the Climate 200 founder explain their position.
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