Finn McHugh

While world-leading tobacco restrictions have reduced smoking rates in Australia, regulators are grappling with the rise of alternative nicotine products.

The Southeast Asian nation has joined BRICS, the China and Russia-led bloc seen as a counterweight to the West. But analysts doubt this will heighten concerns in Canberra or Washington.

Defence has finally taken action over a gaping hole in its security system that put sensitive data of thousands of current and former employees at risk.

There are some similarities between Peter Dutton and Pierre Poilievre — but also major differences.

Newly released cabinet documents shed light on the government's response to the deadly bombing attack on Australia's embassy in Indonesia in September 2004.

The National Tertiary Education Union warns a proposed no confidence vote in the leadership of ANU's vice chancellor may be expanded to include Bishop after further damaging revelations.

Australia's housing crisis has been more than two decades in the making, and newly-released cabinet papers shed new light on the issue.

The opposition's long awaited nuclear costings do not include financial incentives to win over state governments who oppose the plan.

The teal independent says indexation and stamp duty will be on the table if the major parties need to negotiate for a majority after the election.

The long-awaited review into Commonwealth-funded national security research divides think tanks into those receiving core operational funding and those receiving project grants.

The response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade comes just weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised Australia’s “extreme anti-Israel position”.

The unions are ramping up pressure on embattled ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell as the university struggles to cut costs after years of financial mismanagement.

The government is expected to quietly release the review of national security think tanks — conducted by former DFAT secretary Peter Varghese — next week.

Coalition frontbencher Paul Fletcher is bowing out at the next election, three years after teal independent Nicolette Boele slashed 15% from his lead in Bradfield.

The independent senator has accused the major parties of "bumbling along" on the issue of migration.

The university is making cuts as it faces a $250 million deficit in its operating budget.

The Albanese government's rush to cram through a huge amount of legislation on the last sitting day of the year has heightened speculation of an early election.

Labor is stranded on electoral reforms after talks with the Coalition stalled, with angry crossbenchers insisting the bill is too far gone to support.

For months, Labor has been seeking a deal with the opposition and cutting out the crossbench.

Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson has been seeking access to the review, but Labor claims public interest immunity.

Crossbenchers want the decision on how many staffers they can hire to be taken out of the prime minister's hands.

It's not the first time Elon Musk has attacked the Albanese government over social media regulation. But now he has the backing of the world's most powerful man.

There’s a big difference between campaigning in opposition and campaigning in government. How will Treasurer Jim Chalmers navigate this chasm?

Labor’s misinformation bill faces defeat in the Senate, with crossbenchers opposing it over concerns about exemptions, regulatory flaws and vague definitions.

Labor is attempting to ram through its electoral reform package, alarming crossbenchers who say they could seek to overturn the laws if there's a minority government after the election.

From her cousin's role as health secretary to Kevin Rudd's future as ambassador to the US, Caroline Kennedy answered multiple questions about Trump's return at the National Press Club today.