Politics and policy

Greg Moriarty is set to take over as US ambassador at a complex time for both geopolitics and Australia’s most important alliance.

Candidates in the Farrer by-election are calling for cuts to migration. But local employers say they need more foreign workers to help grow the economy.

Federal government gambling reforms announced last week fell short of recommendations from the landmark Murphy inquiry.

We’ve seen this before and learned nothing. Australia remains dangerously exposed on fuel and fertiliser, with no change in the playbook.

Australian politicians welcomed the US-Iran ceasefire, but Donald Trump’s wild bluster and threats made it tough for allies to keep pretending all was normal.

The country can govern technologies like AI without suppressing its transformational benefits, but only if it dodges the costly mistakes made elsewhere.

Electric vehicles sales have been steadily growing in Australia but figures for March suggest the Middle East War is convincing more Australians to make the switch.

Why did Ruth Higgins SC agree to appear at a press conference with Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to announce her appointment?

Anthony Albanese wants a long Labor government that changes the country. But his refusal to consider expanding parliament says a lot about the limits of that ambition.

A string of ASX critical minerals plays now have considerable financial backing from the US government. With that, the lure of a listing on Wall Street has followed.

What was meant to be a pre-budget scene-setter for Anthony Albanese became a live response as Trump’s Iran remarks reignited oil fears and market nerves.

Dario Amodei warned Australian politicians that AI’s risks are real and the timeline is short — and that democracies must win the race to build it.

The prime minister is signalling growing frustration with Washington as the conflict in Iran pushes up fuel prices and complicates the government’s inflation fight.

Andrew Hastie’s questioning of core Liberal Party beliefs hints at a looming rift as the Opposition faces a critical by-election 300km from Canberra.