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Australia news live: Greens call for 25% gas export tax; house price surge wipes out benefits of three interest rate cuts

5h ago

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle

22h ago

New behaviour standards are in place for parliament but crossbenchers say question time still rife with bullying

Sat

Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, marries partner Jodie Haydon

Sat

Exclusive gun club linked to Andrew Hastie awarded almost $20,000 in government grants

Fri

Australia news live: more wild weather on the way for Queensland; Iran denounces terror designation

Thu

Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban

Thu

Nationals colleagues make last-ditch appeals as Barnaby Joyce expected to announce defection to One Nation

Thu

Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws

Wed

Australia politics live: speculation grows over Barnaby Joyce defection to One Nation; AI ‘nudify’ service blocks Australians

Wed

Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded

Wed

Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%

Wed

Labor’s nature laws risk collapse with deal yet to be struck on eve of parliament’s final sitting day

Wed

Inflation up to 3.8% as price pressures rise and hopes for Reserve Bank interest rate cuts fall

Wed

Public sector told to find significant savings but Jim Chalmers denies ‘big job cuts’

Wed

Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding

Tue

Australia politics live: Labor optimistic of nature laws deal with Greens; catastrophic fire warning for NSW’s central west

Tue

Labor better on economy and Dutton least popular major party leader since 1987, ANU poll finds

Tue

Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented

Tue

Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’

Tue

Nauru president floats returning NZYQ refugees to home countries, in interview Australia tried to suppress

Mon

Australia politics live: boost for national domestic violence helpline after huge increase in calls for help

Mon

Not-for-profit disability services are closing due to untenably low price caps, NDIS architect warns

Mon

‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters

Mon

Australian federal MPs warned to turn off phones when Chinese delegation visits Parliament House

Mon

Australia politics live: Labor woos Greens and Coalition on nature laws in final week of 2025 parliament

Sun

Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions

Sun

Labor has brushed aside concerns over the social media ban. But what if it doesn’t work as promised?

Sun

Labor advances universal childcare plan with new laws to allow collection of data from private operators

Sun

‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge

Sun

News live: Darwin hospital roof collapses as Tropical Cyclone Fina brings heavy rains; Australia signs G20 statement backing Paris Agreement

Nov 22

Academics who say they are ‘pro-white’ and have ‘ethnic conception’ of Australia turn spotlight on Sydney’s Campion College

Nov 22

A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade – but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new

Nov 21

Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws

Nov 21

As Labor seeks to pass end-of-year environmental law reform, Ley and the Greens will be vying to seal the deal

Nov 21

Neo-Nazi member refused bail after allegedly sending ‘menacing message’ about federal MP Allegra Spender

Nov 21

Kellie Sloane elected NSW Liberal leader unopposed, replacing Mark Speakman

Nov 20

Australia news live: Mark Dreyfus calls for republic referendum; Albanese heads to G20 in South Africa

Nov 20

Leaked Coalition talking points direct MPs to argue dumping net zero does not conflict with Paris agreement

Nov 20

Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped

Nov 20

Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him

Nov 20

Labor urged not to ‘go soft’ on gambling ads after reports the government may resist a total ban

Nov 20

Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide

Nov 19

Australia news live: volcano erupts in Java; Sussan Ley to outline defence priorities

Nov 19

Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’

Nov 19

Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’

Nov 19

Bonn nuit: nailbiter for German city as Albanese and Bowen offer mixed messages on hosting Cop31

Nov 19

Labor MP Ed Husic urges own party to ‘pry open the jaws of Treasury’ after CSIRO announces job cuts

Nov 19

Hugh Marks decries ‘opportunistic’ attacks on the ABC – but concedes broadcaster blew it with Bluey

Nov 19

Australia news live: Optus fined $800k over phone scam; NSW targets ‘dehumanising’ work systems such as Amazon’s

Nov 18

Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply

Nov 18

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

Nov 18

Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration

Nov 18

Who is Jess Wilson and should the Victorian Labor government be worried?

Nov 18

‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO

Nov 18

Australia news live: Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin faces spill; Penny Wong warns of permanent contest in Asia Pacific

Nov 17

Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail

Nov 17

Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life

Nov 17

Dugald Saunders steps down as NSW Nationals leader with speculation the Liberals’ Mark Speakman could follow

Nov 17

Australia news live: ACT closes 71 schools over play sand health scare; NSW police charge 752 people in DV blitz

Nov 16

Former MP from Katter’s Australian party claims victory in Townsville mayoral race after swing against former leader

Nov 16