Australian Politics News

Pocock, who is campaigning for a full gambling ad ban, says the government has left out crucial data around reforms.

Australia’s resources department was unable to say how much gas would remain under Labor’s proposed 20 percent reservation scheme.

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Andrew McKellar said the capital gains measures should only apply to housing, not businesses.

More than 900,000 Australians are currently on the Jobseeker unemployment payment.

‘We now have a commission in which staff are terrified of making any mistake of fact or law,’ Paul Brereton told the Committee.

Taxpayers footed a bill of more than $179 million over three years for consultants investigating the cost and economics of the project.

Liberal and One Nation senators have scrutinised human rights commissioners over their interpretation of discrimination law at recent parliamentary hearings.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission will examine how media were tipped off to Roberts-Smith’s arrest.

The Victorian government has rejected a recommendation to cap legally owned firearms at four per licence holder.

Simon Gordon, group manager for strategy at the NIAA, said he needed to confirm if Price’s claim of $22 billion was accurate.

Nationals MP Alison Penfold has introduced legislation to amend the Sex Discrimination Act that would define “man” and “woman” in law based on biological sex.

Chris Bowen is due to spend more than $150 million (US$107 million) on the United Nations’ 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) meeting.

A Yazidi-Australian says his village trekked through mountain terrain under the cover of darkness to escape ISIS.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed seven women and 12 children have made plans to travel from Syria to Australia.

Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash pressed officials on what they knew about the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.

‘We think [the United States has] a China problem here, they got a real China problem there,’ said the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Planned to align the 1980s vintage Collins-class submarines with their French replacements, the project failed to change strategy when the order was cancelled.

‘There are conversations, that’s about all I can say at this point. There’s a lot of speculation in the media, not all of it correct,’ said Zali Steggall.

Polling from RedBridge Group and Accent Research shows Pauline Hanson’s One Nation could win up to 59 lower house seats if a federal election were held today.

Albanese defended federal Labor’s proposed negative gearing changes.