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Greens promise to push government to spend 1% of budget on environment if they hold balance of power

3h ago

Jacinta Allan denies Victoria police force is in chaos as another top cop quits

4h ago

Australia election 2025 live: Labor argues for real wage increase at annual review; Greens propose to double nature spend

10h ago

Candidates using influencers to bypass ‘shadow ban’ on campaigning by Chinese social media app Rednote

16h ago

Gas producers question whether Coalition’s energy plan will cut consumer prices

22h ago

Labor accuses Dutton of copying Trump with suggestion children being ‘indoctrinated’ at school

Tue

Albanese tells Trump that Australia is ‘not negotiating’ on biosecurity, medicines and news

Tue

Australia election 2025 live: Albanese to announce Adelaide healthcare centre funding; Dutton pledges Melbourne airport rail cash

Mon

Guardian Essential poll: Albanese’s approval rating takes a hit but Labor inches ahead of Coalition

Mon

Albanese says federal EPA will not be ‘same model’ as earlier one he promised but didn’t deliver

Mon

Australia should persist with Aukus despite risk of US relationship ‘becoming unstuck’, former defence chief says

Mon

Albanese ‘would prefer’ Chinese research vessel was not off the coast of Australia

Mon

Peter Dutton’s plan to move to Sydney instead of Canberra if elected ‘arrogant’, Labor says

Mon

Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election

Sun

Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail

Sun

‘Bile of racism’ and anti-migrant rhetoric spilling into political debate, race discrimination commissioner warns

Sat

Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries due to loss of green space

Sat

Labor promises price gouging crack down on supermarkets

Sat

Albanese’s bold opening salvo sends message to Dutton: we’re coming for you

Sat

MP Andrew Gee praises himself as ‘the good guy’ in Facebook fail

Sat

Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

Fri

Election 2025 live updates: PM in Queensland as Dutton campaign plane takes off for destination unknown

Fri

Safety concerns force Tony Burke to abandon plan to address western Sydney prayer event

Fri

Winning the election outright looks tough for Labor and the Coalition – their first goal is not to lose it

Thu

Australian prime minister calls election amid shadow of Trump and cost-of-living crisis

Thu

Australian federal election date: Anthony Albanese calls poll for 3 May

Thu

Australia news live updates: Anthony Albanese expected to call 2025 federal election and name poll date; industry warning on Dutton’s gas plan

Thu

Federal election ‘will be won or lost in the suburbs’, Chalmers says

Thu

Labor’s grassroots environmental group dismayed by rushed bill protecting salmon industry

Thu

Richest households will benefit most from Dutton’s fuel tax excise, analysis shows

Thu

Dutton unveils gas reservation scheme and vows to sack 41,000 public service workers in budget reply

Thu

Coalition cuts to public service jobs could push out social service payment wait times by months, Labor says

Thu

Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work

Thu

PM expected to call Australian election on Friday morning with poll likely to be held in early May

Thu

Linda Reynolds tells parliament in leaving speech she had no choice but to sue Brittany Higgins for defamation

Thu

Coalition vows to undo Labor’s budget tax cut if it wins the election and temporarily halve the fuel excise

Wed

Israeli politicians sign letter urging Australian MPs to dump two-state policy

Wed

Peter Dutton keeps blaming migration for the housing crisis. But can it really be that simple?

Wed

Australia politics live: Dutton to promise to halve fuel excise for a year; controversial salmon bill passes despite concerns

Wed

Gen Z social media creators say ‘not here to replace journalists’ after criticism Labor invited them to budget lockup

Wed

Dutton’s budget reply expected to one-up Albanese on cost-of-living relief, insiders say

Wed

Albanese thinks the Coalition is ‘delulu with no solulu’ – but what does it mean?

Wed

Hong Kong activist in Australia targeted with letter offering reward for information about his family

Wed

Labor to push budget tax cuts through parliament in apparent attempt to wedge Coalition

Wed

Australia to redirect $100m in foreign aid to Indo-Pacific region after Trump pulls funding

Tue

Australia politics live: budget growth ‘bullish’ given Trump uncertainty, economist says

Tue

Coalition’s potential rethink on EV rules could make fuel-guzzling utes and SUVs an election issue

Tue

Coalition will not support Labor’s budget tax cuts, Angus Taylor says

Tue

Jim Chalmers’ 2025 budget speech abridged and annotated – the economy is OK and we’re heading into an election

Tue

Budget 2025: who are the winners and losers?

Tue

Australia’s tax take is higher – but so are debt and deficit in this year’s budget

Tue

Labor defies criticism to add 3,400 public service roles

Tue

Non-compete clauses to be banned for workers including hairdressers and those in childcare in 2025 federal budget

Tue

Federal budget 2025: Labor bets big with $17.1bn in tax cuts to win over middle Australia

Tue

Dutton warns party room leaks to media could cost Coalition the election

Mar 25

‘Alarming’ bill to protect Tasmanian salmon farming could stop communities challenging other projects

Mar 25

Chalmers upbeat on eve of budget despite grim debt outlook and jitters over Australia’s ‘fiscal firepower’

Mar 24

Monique Ryan apologises after video shows husband removing Liberal challenger’s campaign sign

Mar 24

Coalition denies plans to slash NDIS, but says cost is ‘out of control’

Mar 24

ALP under fire for ‘repurposing racist meme’ with ‘we love Medicare’ T-shirt

Mar 24

Nationals guarantee that Coalition can lower power prices ‘in the short term’ met with scepticism

Mar 24

Australia politics live: survey shows strong support for total ban on gambling ads; budget faces decade of deficits

Mar 23

‘Apoplectic’ environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species’ ‘death warrant’

Mar 23

Finance minister reveals a further $2bn in savings before Labor’s next federal budget

Mar 23

What a $5,000 ticket will and won’t get you at one of Canberra’s budget night fundraising soirees

Mar 23

Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients

Mar 23

News live: Coalition ‘won’t stand in the way’ of Labor’s $150 energy rebates; US cuts research funding from Australian universities

Mar 22

Peter Dutton’s taxpayer-funded flight to ‘long lunch’ on Noosa River was investigated by expenses watchdog

Mar 22

Changes in Help to Buy housing scheme will make ‘most first home buyers’ eligible, Labor says

Mar 22

Bob Brown urges Greens to punish Labor at election if Albanese amends law to protect salmon farming

Mar 21

Coalition and Greens urge Labor to introduce powers to break up Coles and Woolworths duopoly

Mar 21

Major-power conflict ‘no longer unimaginable’, Australian intelligence review finds

Mar 21

Australia news live: ACCC plan to tackle supermarket gouging; Greens call for workplace racial equality agency

Mar 20

Dutton calling Albanese ‘limp-wristed’ over Chinese ships ‘unsurprising’, Wong says

Mar 20

Australia in discussions to avoid ‘devastating consequences’ of US aid cuts for Pacific nations

Mar 20

Albanese says PBS ‘not up for negotiation’ after US pharma complains to Trump about scheme

Mar 20

Coalition accused of ‘exploiting racial issues’ after proposing antisemitism questions on citizenship test

Mar 20

Australia news live: Greens pledge to ‘end homelessness’; Good Life festival the latest to skip 2025

Mar 19

Dutton under pressure to give MPs ‘anything to sell’ to voters as cost-of-living budget looms

Mar 19

Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control

Mar 19

PBS-listed medicine to cost no more than $25 a script if Labor re-elected

Mar 19

Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal threat

Mar 19

Pocock says politicians using encrypted messaging apps damages ‘health of our democracy’

Mar 19

Bringing back ‘golden ticket’ visas ‘a big mistake’, Magnitsky sanctions architect warns Dutton

Mar 19

Australia news live: Meta to keep factcheckers for election; Greens offer help for home electrification

Mar 18

‘Disgusting’ antisemitic tactics used to threaten exiled Hong Kong man in Adelaide, Jewish group says

Mar 18

Victorian man charged for allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to federal MP

Mar 18

Jim Chalmers confirms federal budget will include deficit close to $29.6bn predicted in December

Mar 18