The Australian Electoral Commission has become one of the first federal government agencies to join TikTok, after initially refusing the urgings of the Chinese tech giant to join its platform in 2023.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has given the green light to three contentious wind farms, including one of the country’s most hotly contested projects south of Tamworth.
It has been the guiding star of the Chinese PLA since at least the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 when America replaced the USSR as the military threat that most worried Beijing.
Jacinta Allan backs Victoria Police tackling young first time offenders with kid gloves instead of ‘punitive’ charges.
Saturday is shaping up as a great day for Labor’s Roger Cook and a good day for Liberal Basil Zempilas.
The latest update shows emergency evacuation orders have been issued to Northern Rivers residents with just three hours’ notice; Queensland Premier David Crisafulli vows to reconnect power to areas already affected.
Misinformation comes in all shapes and sizes. Quite often it comes in the form of feel-good stories.
Elon Musk’s X is refusing to co-operate with the eSafety Commissioner on countering terror and violent extremism, prompting the online watchdog to claim the social media giant is engaging in ‘a lawfare pattern’.
Anthony Albanese will enter the federal campaign with an improved economic scorecard after Australia’s growth gathered momentum at the tail end of last year.
The world has reached ‘peak woke’ and the times now suit conservatives who put their views with pride, says Liberal senator Alex Antic.
Anthony Albanese’s top immigration official Emma Cassar, who ran Daniel Andrews’ quarantine system, has quietly departed the Home Affairs department weeks out from the election.
Liberal senator Dave Sharma has demanded Penny Wong enforce sanctions on a listed Iran-backed media organisation operating in Australia.
While Jacinta Allan is talking tough on youth crime, Victoria Police trials radical plan to cut the ‘punitive’ charging of teens.
The Coalition has dumped its threat to extend its proposed divestiture powers to Australia’s insurance industry.
Anthony Albanese is widely tipped to pull the election trigger as soon as Sunday. In Queensland, Labor is scrambling to find candidates for all 30 seats.
Anthony Albanese has committed to going head-to-head with Peter Dutton on the ABC during the election campaign.
Record-high government spending and a spurt in Australia’s exports propelled growth higher in the December quarter.
The proposed mandate could not occur until at least 2027 and then faces legal challenges.
Labor’s new food security plan must be ‘backed by action’ to urgently address critical infrastructure failings, farming groups and experts say.
The ABC has told teal candidate and former Triple J presenter Alex Dyson to remove Four Corners footage from his political ads.
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