Michele Bullock is speaking out after the Reserve Bank shocked economists and homeowners by keeping interest rates on hold. Follow it live here.
David Johns
Sussan Ley has called for Anthony Albanese to adopt an action plan put forward by the country’s peak Jewish body to combat the ‘rising tide of anti-Semitism’ in Australia.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed his visit to China from Saturday, when he is heading to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.
Katina Curtis
LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to defend his decision not to call a national cabinet meeting to address anti-Semitic hate, saying people want action, not meetings.
Kimberley Braddish
Children aren’t ‘for profit’ or ‘stable investments’ but that’s how they are viewed by an increasing majority of childcare providers.
Public concern about antisemitism is highest in WA, where residents are more likely to be aware of negative perceptions toward Jewish people, according to a new Combat Antisemitism survey.
The assessment in the Productivity Commission’s review of trade and industry assistance comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to head to China for talks expected to include President Xi Jinping.
Anthony Albanese is expected to receive a red carpet reception when he travels to China this weekend to meet President Xi Jinping.
BREN CARLILL: Pro-Palestine activists believe that anyone who doesn’t wholly agree with them is complicit in genocide.
Bren Carlill
Albanese’s address created more distance between Australia and the United States, critics say.
Caleb Taylor
Former Labor assistant treasurer Stephen Jones has been appointed Australia’s next ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has furiously demanded the Albanese Government take stronger action against antisemitism after a series of ‘vile’ attacks in Melbourne.
Opposition leader Sussan Ley says she will work with the government to overhaul Australia’s child care system after allegations of horrific sex abuse across Melbourne.
Mark Riley
Anthony Albanese focused on diplomacy at home on Sunday, hosting Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Newcastle for a Wallabies Test match against Fiji.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has condemned an arson attack at a synagogue in inner Melbourne on Friday night as ‘an attack on Australia’ and warned people not to ‘import hatred’.
Shadow Trade Minister Kevin Hogan has accused Anthony Albanese of ‘waving a white flag’ on the possibility of securing exemptions to Donald Trump’s looming tariffs by the July 9 deadline.
Some 20 people were inside a synagogue in Melbourne when flammable liquid was poured on the front door and set alight on Friday night.
John Flint
Hundreds of West Australian childcare centres either don’t meet minimum quality standards or are yet to be rated as politicians across the country focus on child safety.
Anthony Albanese is expected to use a speech in Sydney to draw parallels between Australia’s foreign policy under his government with that of war-time PM John Curtin.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says America’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will have little impact on Australia and has taken aim at US President Donald Trump’s favourite word.
There are calls for a shift in government spending, but analysts say Canberra is not listening.
Chris Maher and Bryce Luff
Education Minister Jason Clare has pledged to make new laws that would allow on-the-spot compliance checks at childcare centres, after Joshua Brown was charged with dozens of child sex offences.
Ellen Ransley
Anthony Albanese has unveiled his economic vision for his second term as Prime Minister, revealing the Government’s focus is its ‘future made in Australia’ agenda.
Penny Wong has showcased WA as a key benefit in the AUKUS pact, which she described as a ‘win, win, win’ during discussions with US counterparts in Washington.
