EXCLUSIVEBusinessThe super lobby has criticised the federal Coalition’s plan for first-home buyers to dip into their retirement savings, saying the lack of supply in the market is the main issue.
newsNewsWireAnthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been warned crossbenchers will seek a major boost to social welfare payments in the likely event of a hung parliament.
Politics NowNationPeter Dutton has alleged in question time on Wednesday the Prime Minister didn’t receive a briefing on the caravan bomb plot ‘for at least seven days’ after NSW Premier Chris Minns had been briefed.
The Prime Minister’s defence is illogical, his argument unsustainable and his political attack on the opposition completely at odds with his call not to politicise national security.
Peter Dutton’s frontbench has much more real-world experience than the Labor ministry, but there has been a swath cut through the ranks of Liberals with treasury and financial experience.
Politics NowPoliticsFive current and former mayors have urged Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to permanently boost the police presence in Glen Eira, saying a long-term solution is needed to ensure the community’s safety after a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.
ELECTION 2025PoliticsBusiness chiefs will campaign for measures already endorsed by Peter Dutton and heap pressure on Anthony Albanese over spending, deregulation and tax.
Election 2025PoliticsPeter Dutton’s plan to revive taxpayer-funded business lunches would cost the budget $1.6bn a year and potentially far more, according to Treasury analysis commissioned and released Labor.
Politics NowPoliticsDeputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to the US this week to meet his new counterpart, Pete Hegseth, in a move to strengthen security ties with the second Trump administration.
Election 2025NationLabor will launch the start of federal parliament for 2025 with a multi-broadcast scare campaign against Peter Dutton, as the Opposition Leader signalled he would not accept a public service workforce above 200,000.
HEALTHPoliticsQueensland is set to defy the Albanese government’s request to pause its investigation into gender transition therapies to make way for a federal review.
newsNewsWireLabor has released its latest attack ad against Peter Dutton highlighting the Coalition’s opposition to its cost-of-living measures.
newsNewsWirePeter Dutton has said he would not launch an independent probe to target areas to reduce government spending, despite continued attacks on Labor’s expenditure.
PoliticsThree men allegedly set upon a number of women on Saturday night in Sydney’s east, throwing eggs at them, with police believing they were targeted because of the clothes they were wearing.
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livePoliticsPeter Dutton says Anthony Albanese leaks blah blah.
newsNewsWirePeter Dutton has made the extraordinary claim that NSW Police chose to keep the PM in the dark over the foiled caravan terror plot due to concerns of “leaking”.
InquiryPoliticsPeter Dutton has called for an independent assessment of a communications breakdown involving the Prime Minister over an alleged Sydney terror plot.
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NewsBreaking NewsOpposition leader Peter Dutton has called for an independent assessment of a communications breakdown involving the PM over a failed Sydney terror plot.
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AnalysisHis muscular, nationalistic mission to ‘make America great again’ will excite and horrify many Australians and throw an unpredictable factor into our electoral equation.
EXCLUSIVENationJacinta Nampijinpa Price says she will follow the principles of Margaret Thatcher in helping the Coalition give ‘power back to the people by implementing small government’.
newsNewsWireThe Opposition Leader has vowed to responsibly “scale back the Canberra public service”, taking aim at diversity and inclusion advisers, and change managers.
POLITICSBreaking NewsAnthony Albanese has shut down reporters asking questions about an alleged anti-Semitic terror plot, as Peter Dutton said it was significant if the PM wasn’t told.
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Politics LatestNationAustralian Electoral Commissioner Jeff Pope has confirmed his agency is in discussions with police about the possibility of security measures at the next election as it is ‘very closely monitoring’ the environment when it comes to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia since October 7.
Politics NowPoliticsAnthony Albanese has condemned a spate of anti-Semitic hate crimes which has culminated in the discovery of a caravan packed with explosives outside Sydney, declaring the perpetrators ‘would not succeed’ creating hate and division.
Alice SpringsPoliticsMajor 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.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsPeter 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.
tradePoliticsNew 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.
NEWSNewsWireOpposition Leader Peter Dutton has offered a major pledge to voters, promising to establish a royal commission into a key rural issue within his first “100 days” if elected.
EditorialNew Coalition foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman was stating the bleeding obvious when he declared the UN has ‘immense room for improvement’.
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Foreign affairsPoliticsPeter Dutton has claimed Australia’s relationship with China would be ‘much stronger’ should the opposition win the next election.