14+ hour, 12+ min ago   (467+ words) New crisis accommodation announced by the government is just one step to fixing the housing system, but independent MPs want more to be done for essential workers languishing without homes they can afford. The Albanese government on Monday announced $300 million…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (449+ words) All coal-fired power stations should close and new petrol and diesel car sales end within a decade if Australia is to meet its climate commitments, a report has found. Renewable energy investments would also need to accelerate, industrial emissions would…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (434+ words) Labor has left the door open to negotiating its planned digital duty-of-care laws with the coalition as the parties find rare unity in condemning Pauline Hanson. Government MPs will return to parliament on Monday hoping to garner bipartisan support for…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (494+ words) The prime minister has mounted an emotional defence of his late mother after "nasty" comments from Pauline Hanson resurfaced, in which the One Nation leader criticised her long social housing tenure. Senator Hanson has been slammed as unfit to govern…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (632+ words) Cheap cigarettes could soon be used as proof to prosecute business owners selling illegal tobacco. An overhaul of customs rules introduced to federal parliament on Thursday will make it easier for law enforcement agencies to seize illegal tobacco. Under previous…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (381+ words) An image shows a recent cover of The Economist magazine. False. The magazine cover is AI generated and The Economist has not published its "World Ahead" edition for 2027 yet. AAP FACTCHECK - A widely shared image purporting to show the cover…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (505+ words) Plans to stop hate speech and dangerous content running rampant on social media will be opposed by the opposition, which says they amount to censorship. The coalition held a party room meeting on Thursday after it was divided on the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (269+ words) An outspoken MP will run for Family First at an upcoming state election after she was disendorsed by the Liberals. Moira Deeming was unveiled on Thursday as Family First’s lead candidate for the Western Metropolitan region at the November poll....

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (505+ words) Herbie Farnworth has four key orders of business to attend to over the next two months. One, get his traditional elite preparation with six training poles nutted out with a couple of "new moves" in the pipeline. Two, lead the…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (388+ words) The prime minister is leaving the door open to cutting Australia's tobacco excise, as his government faces increasing pressure to curb the sale of illegal cigarettes. Just last week, the government slammed the coalition's pledge to slice the excise by…...