Expert seeks Magnitsky sanctions on research
A security expert has called for the nation’s sanctions regime to be reformed to protect against threats to un research from overseas actors, labelling the government’s current approach ‘lamentable’.
Politics
Ghosts of elections past prove rate cuts are not always a polling panacea
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers – both students of modern political history – should not tie their electoral fortunes to a likely pre-election rate cut.
‘Enough is enough’: Dutton pledges to crack down on crime
Major changes to Centrelink access recommended by the Territory government will be at the forefront of the Coalition’s policy for cutting crime in Alice Springs.
Paterson outlines Coalition’s security overhaul
Peter Dutton will immediately move to deport high-risk offenders, return security agencies and staff to Home Affairs, restore TPVs and bolster Operation Sovereign Borders if he wins the election.
Jobs plan ‘a bid to recover from failure of voice’
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has described Labor’s remote jobs policy as ‘a last-ditch attempt to be remembered by something other than the failed voice referendum’.
ACTU demands employer lockout ban
ACTU secretary Sally McManus is pressing the Albanese government to change the federal workplace laws to ban employers from locking out workers.
Independents a threat to federal cabinet minister
A Labor minister and stalwart could face two prominent independents this federal election. But could her safe seat really be in doubt?
Exports to China slumped 9 per cent despite warmer ties
New data shows China and Australia’s trade slumped in 2024, even as Beijing, the Albanese government and Peter Dutton’s opposition talked up the future of the economic relationship.
Chalmers launches economic poll fight as inflation falls
As the odds overwhelmingly firm for an interest-rate cut in February, Jim Chalmers declares the government had handled the cost-of-living crisis better than other countries.
‘Give us proof PoW is alive’: Ukraine
Ukraine has demanded Moscow produce video evidence that Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins is alive after Russia’s ambassador told the Albanese government he was in custody, not dead as previously feared.
The inflation beast has been conquered but consumers have paid a high price
The inflation rate is good news for the government, but it does not guarantee either an interest-rate cut or Labor’s re-election.
‘Woke’ banks feel Trump heat on exiting UN climate pact
Australia’s big banks will not immediately follow US lenders in quitting the UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance but believe climate targets must be more realistic, amid a trans-Tasman push by Coalition MPs and NZ ministers to abandon the pact.
Worst of inflation ‘well and truly behind us’: Treasurer
After inflation fell to its lowest level in four years, Jim Chalmers hailed ‘remarkable progress’ and said a soft landing for the economy now looked likely but he would refrain from giving the RBA any advice.
Trump’s war on DEI puts the wind up our diversity divas
There is no evidentiary foundation to DEI. From the get-go, it was built on sand. But just watch the advocates in Australia hold on to a flawed policy.
Inflation on the right track but interest rate cuts in doubt
The Reserve Bank may resist cutting rates because its outlook is complicated by a strong jobs market, high government spending and a falling dollar, a new Deloitte Access Economics report says, despite underlying inflation moving towards the 2-3 per cent target band.
Cough up trainee sweeteners: bosses
Australia’s biggest employers want the government to provide cash incentives of up to $14,000 an apprentice for businesses to train and retain workers and fix the skills crisis.
Minister commits to post-voice race to create ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’
The failed work-for-the-dole scheme that supports 40,000 Indigenous Australians with no requirement to work will be replaced by a real jobs scheme that encourages and supports private enterprise, Malarndirri McCarthy says.
Deep end: Chinese AI chatbot disrupts global big tech
Labor has signalled potential national security issues with Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek amid fears the US’s AI dominance could be under threat.
Labor urged to recognise ‘familiar evil’ of Holocaust
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’.
ALP racing clock to fulfil agriculture promises ahead
Of the 22 agriculture-related pledges made by Labor ahead of the 2022 election, seven were completed by November, government briefing notes reveal.
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