Politics and policy

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed parliament on Thursday and struck a deal with Australia on critical minerals and AI.

While Anthony Albanese can barely contain his enthusiasm for fast rail from Sydney to Newcastle, other political parties are less sure.

Mark Carney is the first Canadian leader to visit Australia in more than a decade, as US President Donald Trump upends the global order.

Critics say high-speed rail is an expensive distraction and the government should focus elsewhere. Anthony Albanese isn’t having a bar of it.

Investment bond providers like Generation Development Group and Australian Unity expect to benefit if the government slashes the CGT discount.

The government is putting the Sydney–Newcastle high-speed rail into development because the business case stacks up for jobs, housing and productivity.

The Coalition’s push to make the ‘ISIS brides’ a major issue now includes attacks on Australian children, once seen as innocent by both sides.

Angus Taylor’s first question time as opposition leader was initially focused on national security. But it didn’t take long for the economy to rear its head.

Australia is among the middle powers grappling with a new and dangerous world order after the Trump administration’s attack on Iran.

Last August, Treasurer Jim Chalmers emerged from his economic summit championing road-user charging as a key outcome of the talkfest. But it is difficult to find any evidence of progress.

The strikes on Iran over the weekend and fears of escalation could trigger a spike in oil prices, raising inflation fears and overshadowing an expected uptick in growth in Australia.

Sussan Ley’s retirement sets up a four-way conservative brawl in her former seat of Farrer, exposing Coalition fractures and testing One Nation’s surge.

Top economists back a reduction in the capital gains tax discount, but there is little consensus on whether it would help boost housing supply.