Australians are being warned to prepare for trade-offs in areas such as housing if the nation’s productivity push is to be successful. Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood is calling on ...

Australia’s move to lift restrictions on US beef is unlikely to shift the dial on tariff negotiations, as the nation’s products face the possibility of even steeper duties. The Albanese government ...

A longstanding inner-city support hub for Aboriginal women will get a big cash injection to protect them from financial abuse. The Mudgin-gal centre in Sydney’s Redfern has operated for more than ...

The speed of Australia’s decision to lift restrictions on US beef has raised eyebrows in the cattle industry, breeding calls for an independent, scientific review. The federal government has revealed ...

Thousands of jobs might be in jeopardy as a major mining company seeks urgent financial support amid calls for a Senate inquiry into battling metals manufacturers. Multinational mining company ...

About one in seven Australian workers will have their penalty rates increased and their employers will not be able to reduce them, under changes proposed by the Albanese government. One of those ...

A historic international court ruling could open the door to Australia being sued by its Pacific neighbours over inaction on climate change. The International Court of Justice at The Hague in the ...

What’s the scam with the WA government ousting the mayor of Nedlands City Council Fiona Argyle, twice popularly elected? The scam became even more evident this week when Local Government Minister ...

A push to raise the GST as part of the government’s economic roundtable is being met with resistance, with the community services sector warning it would increase the burden on low-income earners. A ...

A powder keg has been dropped within the coalition over climate policy as dissenters push for a net zero emissions target to be dropped. Opponents of the 2050 target are ramping up pressure on their ...

Closing a copper smelter that employs hundreds of people would be a “national disgrace”, a state government claims. Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki has told miner Glencore and the federal ...

Through church services, smoking ceremonies and ceremonial dragging of MPs, the 48th federal parliament has been opened in a flurry of pomp and ceremony. Veteran MPs and fresh-faced senators gathered ...