Australian politics
After a long campaign fought largely out of the headlines, judges are celebrating the demise of the proposed tax on their pensions.
Australian Signals Directorate director-general Abigail Bradshaw has sounded the alarm to business after the Qantas data leak.
The Albanese government plans to fast-track approvals for data centres with their own renewable energy as Australia races to build AI infrastructure.
Labor's backdown on super tax — despite its thumping majority — has sparked questions about just how serious it is about long-term reform.
Fund manager Geoff Wilson, who has led a campaign against the taxation of unrealised gains on high-value super accounts, told Capital Brief the changes are "very pleasing".
ABC boss Hugh Marks walked away from his first Senate Estimates appearance largely unscathed. But criticism arrived when his partner was appointed to the board of a betting firm.
Joblessness is tipped to hit 4.3%, and the Reserve Bank's top officials will have a chance to send fresh signals to rate watchers.
Labor has long avoided dealing with the issue of the remaining 'ISIS brides'. But the return of six Australian citizens from Syria is forcing its hand.
The launch of OpenAI's updated video model Sora 2 has fuelled mounting concerns over copyright violations amid an escalating battle over the prospect of Australian copyright reform.
As the fallout over the Optus triple-zero outage spreads, Communications Minister Anika Wells has become the opposition's new target in Question Time.
News Corp Australia chief Michael Miller is ramping up pressure on Labor to rule out copyright reform for the benefit of AI platforms.
Optus admitted it emailed the wrong government address about its triple-zero outage, sparking Coalition outrage and more heat on CEO Stephen Rue.
Andrew Hastie's departure adds to a growing group of conservatives sitting restlessly on Sussan Ley's backbench.
The central bank will be centre stage as a host of regulators appear at Senate Estimates at a time when rising property prices are again in focus.
Nuclear energy is back as a topic of debate in the Liberal Party, and a former strategist is urging the opposition to seize the moment.
Anthony Albanese's decision to address a partisan political rally in the UK has been criticised as unusual and self-indulgent. But there could be a more pragmatic angle.
In her first months as communications minister, Anika Wells has acted decisively on Labor’s world-first social media ban. But industry figures remain wary of her approach.
From pharma tariffs to sudden foreign policy reversals, Donald Trump has kept both allies and foes guessing this week. Uncertainty is the only reliable constant.
Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs threaten a $2 billion export industry and test Australia’s resolve to defend its Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Andrew Hastie is coyly denying short-term Liberal leadership ambitions. But he is edging out Angus Taylor as the conservative wing’s alternative to Sussan Ley.
Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino this morning unveiled a draft of Labor's long-awaited digital assets legislation, which he says is "about legitimising the good actors and shutting out the bad."
Anthony Albanese has finally locked in a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House next month. In an Oval Office built for spectacle, putting on the charm might be his best bet.
Economist Saul Eslake, a key critic of the GST carve-up, says he supports the scope of the review, arguing it should be enough to justify overturning the WA deal.
Just as Anthony Albanese failed to land a meeting with Donald Trump, the Murdochs seemed to be weaselling their way back in with the president via the TikTok deal.
The Foreign Investment Review Board's new portal is under fire from M&A lawyers, who say it adds time and complexity to deals.
Anthony Albanese won't sit down with Donald Trump in New York after all. He now faces questions on trade, AUKUS and just how healthy the US alliance is.
