Federal Politics
Federal election leaders’ debate: No contingency plan needed for AUKUS, says Albanese
Australia does not need a contingency plan for its nuclear-powered submarine deal in case the US decides to pull out, ...
Federal Election 2025 debate: Anthony Albanese bests Peter Dutton in fireworks-free leaders’ debate
OPINION It was Anthony Albanese’s debate to lose. But in front of 100 undecided voters on Tuesday night, the prime ...
Women’s health a focus of Labor’s budget alongside bulk-billing, cheaper medicine and health workforce
Strengthening Australia’s health system has been positioned as the centrepiece of this year’s federal budget, with women’s health a focus ...
Tax cuts, energy rebates, cash incentives, slashed HECS debts: How the 2025 federal budget will fill Aussie wallets
Modest tax cuts have been announced in the 2025 federal budget which claims to keep the cost of living as ...
‘An election bribe by a weak Prime Minister’: Coalition’s shadow treasurer Angus Taylor slams Labor’s 2025 budget
The Liberal-National coalition has slammed Labor’s 2025 budget as a “budget for the next five weeks, not the next five ...
Peter Dutton’s big gas plan slammed as distraction: ‘Fart in an elevator’
Australians won’t be offered any more tax relief under a coalition government, with opposition leader Peter Dutton instead pitching cheaper ...
Liberal-National Coalition and Labor to target Brisbane’s ‘Green Machine’ during federal election
The Greens’ three federal seats in Brisbane are firmly in the sights of Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition, with Peter ...
Peter Dutton hits back at Labor’s tax cuts with cheaper fuel offer as election nears
Australians struggling with rising bills call for more help than a meagre tax cut as the opposition leader prepares to ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese explains why he didn’t means test budget tax cuts amid public criticism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shrugged off criticism over not means testing tax cuts which were unveiled by Treasurer Jim ...
Federal budget 2025: Australia to hit record $940 billion debt as budget returns to deficit
Australia will hit a record level of debt when the government unveils a federal budget that shows a structural worsening ...
