Fatima Payman’s chief of staff has encouraged speculation the Western Australian senator will create a political party to run Senate candidates including in other states. Responding to a report suggesting Payman’s party could be launched in weeks, Glenn Druery quibbled […]
Lawyers of the victims of the robodebt scandal will appeal against the $1.8bn settlement with the commonwealth on the basis of “damning new evidence” and claims senior public servants who administered the scheme engaged in “misfeasance in public office”. Gordon
Anthony Albanese has indicated universal childcare will be an element of Labor’s re-election pitch and refused to rule out changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. The prime minister made the comments in a wide-ranging and at times prickly
Victorian building unions are threatening a strike of up to three days if employers don’t stop a “sustained attack” on pay and conditions following the construction union being placed into administration. The Electrical Trade Union state secretary, Troy Gray, issued
Anthony Albanese has been rebuked by the Senate crossbench for all but ruling out a climate trigger in environment legislation, with his take-it-or-leave-it stance compared to Scott Morrison’s description of himself as a “bulldozer”. On Monday the independent senator David
The Victorian branch of the construction union is “caught up in a cycle of lawlessness” and has been “infiltrated” by bikie and organised crime figures, according to an independent probe launched by the union before it was put into administration.
Australia’s gambling losses have surged from $25.6bn annually pre-Covid to $32bn in 2022-23, according to new data from the Queensland government. The data, released on Tuesday, revealed Australians are now losing $1,555 per capita, up from $1,395 in 2021-22. The
Peter Dutton’s opposition has withdrawn from negotiations with the Albanese government over proposed changes to the Reserve Bank and thrown up new roadblocks to a potential deal on raising aged care fees. On Tuesday the Australian Financial Review reported the
