Australian Politics News

Professor Ruth Vine was once Victoria’s chief psychiatrist and the nation’s head of mental health.

The prime minister said his campaign would focus on ‘hope and optimism.’

Dutton delivered his budget reply, and part election pitch, on March 27.

May 3 and 10 are emerging as the most likely election dates.

Social services and welfare tops the list for government spending.

The new bill passed the Senate with the support of the Greens and crossbench.

He has pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying or administering a drug.

What Australian politicians can learn from the US election.

For taxpayers, benefits will translate to savings of $268 in the first year and $536 in the year after that.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he would cut the fuel excise by half as a cost-of-living measure should he win the 2025 election.

Measures include support for Palestine, refugees, the Australian-African community, and the Adass Israel Synagogue which was firebombed in late 2024.

The lion’s share of the funding will go toward reducing emissions in Australia’s energy system and the broader economy.

The central bank is set to review interest rates in April.

The funds will support Australia’s metal industry to transition to net zero.

The surprise tax cut lowers the 16 percent tax rate to 14 percent in two years.

Three years ago, tobacco excise was the government’s fourth-largest source of revenue. This year, it is the seventh.

A pro-democracy lawyer based in South Australia has been targeted with a $200,000 bounty less than a week after a fake brochure was sent to a mosque.

NDIS spending is projected to climb to $64 billion by 2029.

The government said the investment will provide job security for regional and remote communities that rely on agriculture.

While some money will be refocused on the Indo-Pacific, the budget has shrunk in real terms, and the actual changes are small.