The radical opposition blueprint – framed against the background of One Nation – would cut temporary visa holders by about 650,000 over four years.
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A ‘pre-COP’ meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu is one of those initiatives that seemed a good idea at the time, but for Albanese it will feel more chore than opportunity.
Will the Coalition take a robust agenda on industrial relations to the 2028 election? Jane Hume’s speech did not provide an answer.
NDIS eligibility criteria isn’t tightening until January 2028, and no one is being moved off the scheme yet. So what’s actually changing?
The shadow treasurer also blames government spending for inflation and says the Coalition would not ‘spend willy-nilly’ if elected.
Inspired by his UK counterpart, the new Greens leader will likely lean into left-wing populism over the pragmatism of his predecessor.
Shoebridge at a post-ballot news conference focused on the Greens going after Labor, arguing it had left a vacuum by ‘rushing to the right’.
All government departments and agencies must conduct an immediate stocktake of their legacy systems, under the government order.
With the Victorian state election two months away, the Labor government has improved in the polls, but remain behind the Coalition.
The party will decide on a new leader this week.
The treasurer says there is near-universal expectation by economists that rates are going up around the world.
The timing of the disclosure (and the incident itself) is fortuitous in a political sense, vindicating the government’s recent AI warnings.
Wednesday’s opening hearing was short and technical. But the commission signalled it is willing to act fast and extend its inquiry to the very top.
Incoming electoral reforms will cap the amount parties can spend on election campaigning, but it’s still far too high. Here’s what the rules should be instead.
Unfortunately, it is apparent federal and state governments are too often responding to men’s violence after the fact.
There is a ‘deep disquiet’ within liberal democracies: a feeling, manifested on both sides of politics, that the conventional order has failed and is beyond reform.
The federal Senate inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system should have mandated a minimum age of criminal responsibility.
The Intergenerational Report projects population growth slowing from an average of 1.4% a year over the last 40 years to 0.9% a year over the coming four decades.
The government’s migration policy announcement was long-awaited, but the contents ultimately fell short of expectations.
While they wouldn’t normally be caught dead together, Pauline Hanson, Fatima Payman and Dai Le have held a joint press conference to take aim at the prime minister.
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