Peter Dutton and home affairs department cleared of wrongdoing in case involving Melbourne terrorist
No potential breaches found by independent inquiry into former Coalition government’s handling of Abdul Nacer Benbrika case Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Peter Dutton and the home affairs department have been cleared of wrongdoing over what a judge described as […]
Climate 200 backer tops list of Australia’s biggest political donors
Robert Keldoulis and his investment firm Keldoulis Investments poured $1.1m into the fundraising vehicle last year A major Climate 200 backer has again topped the latest list of political donors, new figures reveal, as the Albanese government attempts to pass sweeping laws to curb big money in politics. Share trader Robert Keldoulis and his investment […]
How Australia plans to connect 600,000 skilled foreign workers and the industries desperate for them
Over half a million professionals stand ready to plug staff shortages. Unions and employers want to get them working in their fields Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A workforce of more than 600,000 professionals stand ready to help plug the staffing shortages across the economy. But there’s a problem. […]
Labor imposes counter-terrorism sanctions on online neo-Nazi network Terrorgram
Group calling for violent acts to destabilise society one of five listed as federal government steps up response to antisemitic attacks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An online network for neo-Nazis that openly advocates for acts of violence has been […]
Albanese ‘spooked’ into ditching national environment watchdog – for a second time, critics say
Labor’s own environment action network laments delay of EPA legislation, stating ‘terrible loss’ would allow illegal logging to continue Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Plans for a federal environment protection agency have been shelved indefinitely after Anthony Albanese intervened to quell a pre-election backlash in Western Australia. The prime […]
Two more cases of antisemitic vandalism in Sydney’s east – as it happened
This blog is now closed Coalition cuts to public service and ‘wasteful spending’ won’t be announced until after election, Dutton suggests Dutton promises Coalition would cut powers prices by almost half Dutton is asked how much cheaper power prices will be under a future Coalition government, and the opposition leader appears to cite the Frontier […]
Australia news live: Daily Telegraph says NSW police’s criticism ‘unfair’ after claims its report compromised caravan investigation
Albanese says national security committee met this morning over explosive-laden caravan Anthony Albanese would not be drawn on when he was first made aware of the Dural caravan discovery. Speaking with media in Melbourne, the prime minister said: I get briefed regularly by the national security agencies. We don’t talk about operational matters obviously, for […]
Labor under growing pressure on dental cover, the ‘missing element of Medicare’
The federal government has hosed down suggestions from within its own ranks that Medicare should be expanded to include dental, as new data shows almost two-thirds of Australians delayed treatment in the last 12 months, largely due to the cost. Some Labor backbenchers have been agitating on the subject recently on the back of a […]