‘Too many loopholes’ in gambling register
The effectiveness of BetStop, the national gambling self-exclusion register frequently vaunted by Labor, has been brought into question.
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This sick new crime is affecting one in 10 Aussie teens
AI is fuelling the ‘sadistic sextortion of minors’ yet few are game to talk about it.
Deadline to pay: Deeming moves to bankrupt Pesutto
Lawyers for Moira Deeming have launched bankruptcy proceedings against former Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto over his failure to pay court-ordered costs.
Rush to sign petition against ALP gains tax
A petition against Labor’s unrealised capital gains tax has achieved more support in its first few days than the petition he launched to successfully take down Labor’s franking credits policy in 2019.
PM sees for himself as drought bites
Anthony Albanese has finally heeded pleads to visit drought-stricken areas. Farmers say ‘action’ is what is needed next from the PM.
Albanese blinks on defence and is caught out by Trump
After being called out by the Trump administration over its go-slow increase in defence spending, the Albanese government faces a dilemma of its own making about how to respond.
Climate of chaos as Libs dump net zero
The climate wars have exploded within the South Australian Liberals after the factionally divided party formally rejected net-zero climate targets.
Aged-care reforms tweaked after criticism
The government has quietly changed controversial liquidity rules for aged-care providers after outcry over reforms that peak bodies warned would risk the financial viability of organisations that would have to put aside millions of dollars in cash reserves.
Ukraine offers Australia aid in asymmetric warfare
Ukraine’s stunning military strike on Russia, in which it wiped out 30 per cent of the country’s bomber fleet, shows it has valuable military technology to share with Australia, Kyiv’s envoy says.
TikTok fires first shot in social media war, putting heat on Albo
TikTok has paid tens of thousands of dollars for four-and-a-half pages of newspaper advertising to extol the supposed educational and social virtues of the platform for children.
Greens leader blasts Dorinda Cox’s bombshell Labor defection
Larissa Waters questions how the senator’s values will align with Labor, while revealing she had been given just one hour’s notice of the move.
‘A lot of older men’: Next-gen quotas set for arts boards
State-run cultural institutions in NSW are set to have quotas imposed on their boards to guarantee a spot for young people.
ALP told: tread lightly on AI laws
The calls for a light regulatory touch come as Labor mulls new mandatory guardrails for the “high risk” AI usage.
Coalition open to a deal over super tax: O’Brien
The Coalition has left the door open to striking a deal with Labor on increasing taxes on high-end superannuation balances to help address the structural budget deficit.
Taiwan war games get real as US warns of invasion
Australia and the US have elevated military exercises to a war footing amid China’s unprecedented armed forces build-up and fears Xi Jinping could imminently invade Taiwan.
Cheng Lei on the great thrall of China … and its dark side
Cheng Lei’s story is both chilling and an uncomfortable truth in Australia’s relationship with its largest trading partner.
‘Avoid youth bomb’: PM urged to back Asia-Pacific HECS program
Anthony Albanese has been urged to back a global HECS-style system across the Asia-Pacific to avoid a ticking youth unemployment bomb.
Indigenous rift with Premier stifles progress
Closing the Gap is in trouble in NSW because of tensions between Premier Chris Minns’s department and a statewide coalition of Aboriginal organisations with which it is supposed to work closely.
FWC tipped to rule $32 pay rise
The Fair Work Commission is expected to issue an inflationbeating pay increase of around 3.5 per cent in its annual wage decision on Tuesday.
Coalition ‘still supports cutting back migrant intake’
Newly appointed opposition immigration spokesman Paul Scarr has backed the Coalition’s election policy to cut the migration intake as ‘considered and measured’.
‘Appalling, dishonest’: Critics round on Labor over super tax deferral
Labor’s admission that politicians including the Prime Minister will be treated differently to others who won’t escape the proposed new super tax has critics fired up.
Albanese rejects US call to raise defence spending to 3pc of GDP
Anthony Albanese has stuck to the ‘status quo’ script on whether Australia would join the US in defending Taiwan, while rejecting a call from US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP.
Tim Wilson officially crowned new member for Goldstein
The AEC finished the partial recount of 85,000 votes on Saturday confirming the Liberal moderate had beaten independent candidate Zoe Daniel.
Chinese invasion of Taiwan could be ‘imminent’, Pentagon chief warns
Pete Hegseth made the remarks at an annual security forum in Singapore as the Trump administration spars with China on trade, technology and strategic global influence.
‘Not the act of a friend’: Australia fumes over Trump’s steel tariff call
Don Farrell flags meeting, brokered by ambassador Kevin Rudd, with US trade representative in Paris to ‘coolly and calmly argue for the removal of these tariffs’.
Time and training could be the making of Ley’s new team
The future for the Coalition looks bleak but, as George W. Bush famously said, you’d be wise to ‘misunderestimate’ it.
Who will bring the ACT watchdog to heel?
The ACT Integrity Commission attempted to slander me, and the journalism of this newspaper, when writing its Operation Juno report. Ultimately it failed. This is the untold story.
Senior Lib quizzed on chauffeur
A senior Victorian Liberal MP has demanded the party’s deputy leader Sam Groth explain himself after it was revealed the former tennis star used her taxpayer-funded chauffeur to drive him and his wife home following a day out at the Australian Open.
Call to arm: US in direct defence spending plea
US Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has issued a direct call for Australia to lift defence spending in face-to-face talks with Richard Marles.
Turnout down as informal vote rises
The voter turnout in the 2025 federal election at 90.67 per cent is the second lowest in 100 years with 1.6 million eligible voters opting not to vote.
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