Politics and policy

The royals received a warm welcome in Canberra, but the plight of Indigenous Australians and the future of the Australian republican movement hung over the event.

Anthony Albanese's $4.3 million property purchase has derailed the government's messaging and raised questions about what prime ministers should do with their assets.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese scrapped an assistant ministry on the republic in July, but advocates say he still backs the idea.

The Albanese government will send a fleet of retired M1A1 tanks to Ukraine as its war with Russia drags on.

With the US election nearing, Aussie investors are bracing for market volatility. But the biggest concern remains unaddressed by either candidate, says Citi's global macro strategist.

The former NSW Liberal treasurer was also critical of the federal opposition's nuclear energy plan.

There is increasing pressure to adjust the prudential regulator’s 3% interest rate buffer and mortgage risk-weighting to provide a leg-up for first home buyers.

Charlton argues Australia should help forge a global cybersecurity agreement, similar to how the G20 was created in response to the Global Financial Crisis.

The emerging threat of generative AI and deepfakes to democratic processes has the attention of election officials and cybersecurity analysts around the world.

For months, Labor MPs have dismissed mediocre poll results on the basis they didn't come from Newspoll. But now their favourite poll has them behind on the two-party-preferred count.

A report by the Privacy Commissioner has found data breaches are on the rise in Australia, and government agencies aren't disclosing them in the proper time frame.

Japan’s new prime minister has spent the ASEAN summit playing down his signature security plan — an 'Asian NATO' — after finding few friends of the idea in Laos.

Anthony Albanese wraps up a two-day visit to the ASEAN summit in Laos today, as the bloc faces increasingly urgent questions over how to manage the rise of China.

Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore wants tech startups to look at the region for expansion, rather than traditional bases in the US and UK.

New figures reveal the vast majority of Australian children are using social media in some form, which may complicate the government's ability to impose a ban on it.

The prime minister has met Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, where there will be questions over Beijing’s stance in the South China Sea.

The Albanese government is giving itself a tight deadline to pass new cybersecurity laws before the end of the year, but the Coalition says rushing the legislation risks unintended consequences.

Nations that score higher on economic complexity typically prove more resilient to shocks. Improving Australia's woeful global ranking is a top priority for the Centre for Policy Development.

Labor clearly wants to make the potential privatisation of the NBN an election battleground. But do voters really care deeply about the issue?

Might the solution to productivity woes lay not with the government but with business leaders themselves?

A big question hanging over ASEAN this week is whether stalwart member Indonesia will pivot under the leadership of President-elect Probowo Subianto