Struggling households slammed by eye-watering fuel prices, punishing interest rate hikes, and tumbling property values have been told not to expect any fresh cost-of-living relief from Canberra.
Charlton Hart
PAUL MURRAY: How many tinpot nations is Anthony Albanese prepared to bribe to realise his ambition of a piddling temporary place on the United Nations Security Council?
Paul Murray
Federal Labor MPs are concerned about the kind of public spending that could worsen inflation, with official data showing domestic and not overseas factors are the biggest driver despite the Middle East war.
Stephen Johnson
Gaming platforms wanting to operate in Australia have been urged to ramp up their safety measures after an investigation into their methods revealed ‘significant gaps’ in how they prevent harm.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The Prime Minister’s claim a card surcharge ban could lower the price of a cup of coffee is a lie, Liberal leader Angus Taylor says.
Aaron Patrick
A Labor assistant minister has delivered a blunt sledge at One Nation and the Coalition over the migration debate while delivering an update.
Jack Nivison
‘Small businesses have been in the firing line of this government from day one.’
Aimee Edwards
About $30,000 to $100,000 could be slashed from Perth dwelling prices within nine months, in one of the sharpest corrections on record, according to analysts.
Kim Macdonald and Stephen Johnson
Home buyers are focused on their finances stretching over the short game, pay packet to pay packet.
A Labor frontbencher has been named as part of Time magazine’s list of ‘the world’s most influential rising stars’ for her role in Australia’s digital agenda.
Anthony Albanese has conceded Australia must play the long game on housing supply issues as Budget changes to limit negative gearing and CGT discounts to new builds will not solve the problem overnight.
We need a leader to stand in front of the country and reassure us through words and actions.
AARON PATRICK: David Shoebridge’s interest in the prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith is an example of the unusual convergence between the far left and populist right known as the horseshoe phenomenon.
The Greens have elected David Shoebridge as new party leader after Larissa Waters stepped down on Monday evening citing health issues.
Angus Taylor has blamed the Albanese Government’s spending for persistent inflationary pressures after the Reserve Bank raised the cash rate to a 15-year-high on Tuesday.
Chloe Maher
Fortescue’s executive chairman called for a digital ‘off’ switch during an American media blitz last week after OpenAI’s Services Australia hack was revealed.
As the RBA slams homeowners yet again with another cash rate rise, the pressure must be on political leaders to deliver immediate relief by slashing utility charges and making life easier for once.
AARON PATRICK: The RBA are meant to be the adults in the room when it comes to running the economy, which is why Tuesday’s interest-rate-rise press conference by governor Michele Bullock was deeply worrying.
OpenAI has apologised to Australia after an AI agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia portal — and admitted it should have handled the response better.
The Treasurer in part blames ongoing conflict for inflation, but Richard Holden isn’t buying it.
Emily Williams
Jim Chalmers has started to prepare the ground for another rate rise by claiming Australia was not alone in facing an inflation problem.
The leader of the Australian Greens has made a shock announcement about her future as party leader.
Blake Antrobus
ANDREW GREENE: Donald Trump’s casual arms offer to Xi Jinping shows how international diplomacy, an essential part of any PM’s job description, is getting harder all the time for Anthony Albanese.
Andrew Greene
AARON PATRICK: If the government had chosen to balance the Budget rather than spend on favoured interest groups, the tax increase would be unnecessary.
