Federal Politics

‘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 ...

Coalition vows to cut public service like Donald Trump as Labor defends WFH and claims it saves Aussies $5000 a year
More than 36,000 public servants will be axed if the Opposition takes power while Labor vows to keep work-from-home entitlements, ...

WA Premier Roger Cook calls US Vice President JD Vance a ‘knob’
WA Premier Roger Cook insists he did not mean to cause offence when he branded US Vice-President JD Vance a ...

Universal bulk billing may be gone for good despite Medicare boost, AMA president Danielle McMullen says
A landmark bipartisan pledge to ensure nine in 10 visits to the doctor will be free within the decade is ...

Women get cabinet boost as coalition concerns swirl
Four female politicians have been elevated within the prime minister’s cabinet as the concerns over women’s representation in the coalition ...