The Virgin-Qatar deal is welcome but it’s not the magic bullet Australian aviation needs

At a time when money can clearly be made domestically and passengers are paying more, this tie-up won’t fix competition woes Follow our Australia news...

Third-party groups join election fray with accusations Greens and teals threaten Australia’s ‘stability’

One initiative, Better Australia, claims in a draft flyer to have helped reduce Greens support in NSW local and Queensland state campaigns that focused on...

Multimillion-dollar settlement for passengers on trip described by lawyer as ‘cruise from hell’ – as...

This blog is now closed Penny Wong accuses Coalition of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in Senate estimates as Chinese warships sail into Great Australian Bight Get our...

Antisemitism now Asio’s ‘number one priority’, Burgess says – as it happened

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Peter Dutton denies having access to sensitive information as Labor questions personal investments

Liberals decry government ‘dirt unit’ as Labor scrutiny leads to fiery clash during Senate estimates Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get...

Linda Reynolds asks Katy Gallagher to apologise for ‘the damage’ done during Lehrmann saga

Former defence minister Linda Reynolds has used her final Senate estimates to ask finance minister Katy Gallagher to apologise to her, her staff and her family ‘for all...

What’s the secret to Dutton’s polling success? | Fiona Katauskas

Hint: it’s not his policy platform See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…

Albanese ‘confident’ US would come to Australia’s defence in event of attack

PM tells Q&A that US relationship is ‘rock solid’ as he fields questions on cost of living, housing and antisemitism Get our breaking news email,...

It would take 100 years to resolve claims of 7,000 asylum seekers stuck on bridging...

Labor promised prior to 2022 election to allow the cohort to apply for permanent Resolution of Status visas Follow our Australia news live blog for...