New Victorian laws will target criminals living the high life using money they cannot prove was pocketed through legal means.
Callum Godde
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is calling on the Commonwealth Grants Commission to tell each state how much GST they can expect for the next four years.
Samantha Lock
Federal parliamentary crossbenchers want to strengthen the rules governing political donations ahead of the next national election.
Tess Ikonomou
Labor is under increasing pressure as a further 150 asylum seekers could be released from immigration detention if a High Court challenge is successful.
There are calls for an immediate pause on strip-searching of children by NSW Police as the minister weighs community expectations and safety concerns.
Jack Gramenz
Social media giants will be forced to explain how they are protecting users following a surge in the spread of violent and extremist content online.
Eleanor Campbell
As Vladimir Putin prepares to lead Russia for another six years, his latest election win has been called into question by several nations.
Matthias Williams and John Irish
Australians struggling with food insecurity may get some relief as part of a new state government initiative to tackle food waste.
Clareese Packer
If the former US president cannot come up with the money, he may have his properties seized as part of his civil fraud proceedings.
You don’t have to have been in last Friday’s national treasurers’ meeting to know it was heated.
Dylan Caporn
The Albanese Government has been on the back foot ever since the High Court ruled it unlawful to keep foreign criminals locked up in immigration detention indefinitely.
Kimberley Caines
Laws that created a plum million-dollar job for a WA fat cat to live in luxury in London as our ‘agent-general’ are so old they don’t even reference WA as part of Australia.
The Queensland government has been urged to make swift progress now it finally has a 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games infrastructure plan.
Keira Jenkins and Laine Clark
Cape Byron and Julian Rocks in Byron Bay will be officially known by their Indigenous names Walgan and Nguthungulli after community calls for recognition.
Maeve Bannister
Wine, beef and lobster producers are cautiously optimistic a diplomatic visit to Australia by China's foreign minister could ease two-way trade barriers.
Dominic Giannini
Supermarkets caught price-gouging customers or ripping off producers could be stripped of their assets or market share under proposed laws.
The first C-series train will enter service next month in a major milestone for Labor’s 2017 election pledge to revive Perth’s railcar manufacturing industry as part of its broader Metronet commitment.
Josh Zimmerman
The Greens are the latest to try to force changes to the big supermarkets if they fail consumers.
Ellen Ransley
Australia’s consumer watchdog would have the power to ask the courts to split up supermarket giants and crack down on duopolies if Parliament votes in favour of a new Bill.
A new government initiative plans to make it easier for women in rural and regional areas of the state to access health care during pregnancy.
Western nations have decried the outcome of Russia's presidential election after a landslide win for Vladimir Putin, but China has welcomed them.
Staff Writers
Fake news and digital disinformation have loomed large at the Summit for Democracy, with the president of host South Korea warning of their dangers to freedom.
Ju-min Park and Jack Kim
Mahathir Mohamad has gone home three months after the former Malaysian PM was admitted to hospital with an infection.
Danial Azhar
WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has accused the Cook Government of being ‘lazy’ because it is not means testing a support package for parents of school students.
Jake Dietsch
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