Tenants are set to pay a lot more for rent as Labor’s Budget tax changes discourage future property investment.
Stephen Johnson
Every political decision is considered through three lenses: how many votes will it win; how many votes will it lose; and which part of the country will those votes be won or lost in.
Ben Harvey
LATIKA M BOURKE: Seven weeks, countless defences and one belated admission later, Anthony Albanese has left Labor with an uncomfortable mess to explain.
Latika M Bourke
RECAP: AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett has warned Australia will not become a ‘safe haven’ for foreign interference after a Russian-Australian man was charged following his arrest in Brisbane.
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove
The Treasurer is using some clever spin to downplay Australia’s debt climbing above $1 trillion for the first time.
There’s a saying in Canberra, get the policy right and the politics will sort themselves out. Anthony Albanese seems on a mission to prove that wisdom wrong.
Mark Riley
Communications Minister Anika Wells has hit out at gaming giant Roblox saying it’s ‘talked a big game’ on complying with Australia’s under 16s ban but now ‘must deliver’.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia’s gross Federal debt is set to cross the $1 trillion mark for the first time as the Government grapples with ongoing pressure from the May Budget.
Chloe Maher
LIVE UPDATES: The Foreign Minister has faced calls to take stronger action against Israel as Australia demands answers over Zomi Frankcom’s death.
Amy Cavender, Emily Williams, Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove
It is rare to find clarity in the policy proposals of Pauline Hanson but when Canberra’s reckless spending and incompetence manages to turn our suburbs into gangland warzones, strange things happen.
Charlton Hart
The government closes deal on long-awaited gambling reforms, with the changes now moving to the Senate after deal is hammered out with Opposition.
The Treasurer insists mid-point rents will only increase by $2 a week despite NAB warning of a 30 per cent increase over two years.
RECAP: Pat Conaghan and Andrew Wallace have crossed the floor to vote against the federal government’s gambling reforms.
Amy Cavender, Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove
Packets of legal cigarettes would cost around $20 less according to a new One Nation plan to stamp out Australia’s illicit tobacco trade by slashing the current high rates of excise by 75 per cent.
Andrew Greene
A visiting British defence minister said the UK is ‘all in’ on AUKUS, declaring the partnership is delivering an immediate economic windfall to WA.
Caitlin Vinci
Armed with handmade signs, a group of Albany Senior High School students took a short break from lessons on Thursday to join thousands protesting policies promoted by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson.
Melissa Sheil
Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller has warned Australia’s future prosperity relies on skilled migration continuing but has acknowledged community concerns over ‘unfettered’ and ‘unrestrained’ arrivals.
Labor will be hoping to strike a deal on reforms to the NDIS, gambling legislation, and news media bargaining when parliament returns on Monday.
This week will see the arrival of Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Canberra for high-stakes talks with his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles.
Roger Cook has warned changes to the GST deal would threaten the delivery of housing and infrastructure in a strongly-worded letter to Anthony Albanese.
Oliver Lane
Pauline Hanson says she supports compulsory superannuation and has accused critics of taking her call for a greater flexibility of the pension scheme ‘out of context’.
The fallout over Anthony Albanese’s crass comments about the Japanese Prime Minister’s ‘melons’ continues.
Pauline Hanson said the superannuation system was ‘broken’.
Emily Williams
The One Nation leader has accused the Albanese government of lying about skilled migrant figures.
