Former prime minister Tony Abbott is set to re-enter the political front lines after putting in his unopposed nomination for the federal president of the Liberal Party.
Blake Antrobus
It’s no shock that this generation of Labor MPs stumbled into this Budget mess. They go straight from university into the office of a union or a Labor MP. And they then get a factional ride into the parliament.
Paul Murray
More so-called ‘ISIS brides’ could fly back to Australia within days, as tensions grow between the Albanese government and the country’s domestic spy agency over counter-terrorism funding levels.
Andrew Greene
A scathing report into planned upgrades for Australia’s Collins-class submarines reveals Defence has spent nearly $700m on keeping them operational, without conducting proper planning or risk assessments.
It comes after waves of small business owners used AI-generated images of Anthony Albanese to criticise CGT changes.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Seven women affiliated with ISIS and their 14 children have left the Al Roj detainee camp in north-east Syria to make their way to Australia.
Emily Williams
The Albanese Government’s fourth intervention to purge Northern Minerals’ share register of mysterious Chinese entities has been defended by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Rebecca Le May
Budgets usually disappear from the public consciousness and the news cycle after a few days. Not this one.
Mark Riley
The Treasurer has again been forced to defend contentious, promise-breaking Budget as he hits out at ‘scare campaign’.
Wilson Asset Management founder Geoff Wilson fears Labor’s proposed minimum 30 per cent capital gains
Stephen Johnson
The Treasurer has given a firm commitment to maintaining WA’s current GST share, on his post-Budget trip to Perth.
SGH boss Ryan Stokes says the Albanese Government’s recent tax overhaul will ‘punish aspiration’ and adds to a broader policy environment making Australia lose its investment attractiveness.
Adrian Rauso
RECAP: As Labor faces growing online backlash from small business owners and AI-generated protest memes, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Government expected criticism over tax changes.
Kimberley Braddish and Max Corstorphan
Market strategists tip house prices to stay under pressure as a top of the interest rate cycle may signal a rotation back into out of favour growth stocks.
Tom Richardson
Arafura Rare Earths’ mine will move into construction after becoming the first project to be backed by the Federal Government’s critical minerals strategic reserve.
Katina Curtis
Anthony Albanese has called on the NT Government to work ‘respectfully’ with Aboriginal communities in major child protection reforms following the alleged murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.
Kristin Shorten
It is already clear that Dr Chalmers’ document is deeply flawed. And perhaps unsalvageable.
As the PM promotes Budget spending, Tim Wilson is promising to back entrepreneurs, small business people and ‘self starters’.
Aaron Patrick
Australia is spending $11 billion to keep the old submarines afloat, but defence insiders fear they may not be able to perform key missions before AUKUS boats arrive.
WA startups fear Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ capital gains tax overhaul could dampen investor appetite in what they say is already a dire funding landscape, warning of ‘devastating’ impacts on the ecosystem.
Cheyanne Enciso
Post-Budget Labor tensions are spilling into the open, with Chris Minns challenging Anthony Albanese over broken promises and rising tax burdens.
Australia is years behind in dealing with the cybersecurity risks from Chinese-made cars as they become some of the country’s most popular vehicles, an MP has warned.
Foreign investors will be further scared off Australian mining and energy — pushing up power prices and crippling the nascent critical minerals industry — by a retrospective change to capital gains tax rules.
The lobby group for small business owners is hoping enough nervous Labor MPs raise concerns about tax changes that could cause unemployment to rise.
