Australian politics
Crossbenchers have long warned that the electoral reforms, set to become law this week, are designed to curb the rise of independents.
The "verbal agreement" at the centre of Trump's latest trade controversy does not appear to have been documented and was not widely reported at the time it was secured.
Previous efforts to establish crypto laws stalled under the Albanese government. Now, the Coalition is betting that reviving them will be a winning strategy.
The Greens have unveiled a 10% net wealth tax for billionaires. As the prospect of a hung parliament grows, should we take them seriously but not literally?
A new report from the Centre for Independent Studies urges Australia to look across the ditch if it wants to solve housing affordability.
Australia secured an exemption from similar tariffs in 2018. Can its current ambassador to the US do the same — or will businesses face a costly “slap in the face”?
The Reserve Bank’s highly anticipated rate-cutting cycle could be on ice as soon as it really begins. That’s the best guess of some of the country’s top forecasters following Trump’s tariffs.
Australia's ban of the Chinese AI platform on government devices shows the challenge of regulating models which can be freely downloaded, modified and deployed.
COSBOA says the Albanese government is pitting the public against each other through its framing of the opposition’s fringe benefits tax policy, and its move to get Treasury to cost the plan.
Nick Warner spent years as Australia's most senior intelligence official. His appointment comes after Peter Dutton called out PsiQuantum on the campaign trail.
Donald Trump's rapid-fire announcement of one extraordinary policy after another in the first days of his second presidency has caught the media, the markets and allies like Australia off guard.
Anthony Albanese was peppered with questions about Donald Trump’s announced plan to annex Gaza, proving that the new president can cause chaos with just a few words.
The former Treasury secretary has weighed in after Labor's use of Treasury to cost a version of the Coalition’s small business pitch rekindled debate about politicising the public service.
After losing his wife and raising his daughter while serving as a cabinet minister, the outgoing MP says there is more the government could do to support sole parents.
Parliament returned today as the election looms. If it results in a hung parliament, as many now expect, Anthony Albanese's negotiation skills may give him an edge.
The government's electoral reform package was effectively sunk last year, but talks to end the impasse continued on Monday.
Paramount's Network Ten and Seven West Media have been persistent patrons of the major parties, even as other media companies have pulled back, amid major changes to Australia's media regulations.
The former prime minister conceded that US tariffs on China, Australia's biggest trading partner, are understandable. But he was less eager about those targeting Canada.
Documents obtained by Capital Brief provide key insights into one of the biggest and most complex government funding deals for Australian professional sport.
New data due this week will shed more light on household spending and home values.
The alternative prime minister has borrowed speaking points from Howard and Trump, promising to cut “wasteful spending”, curb the power of political adversaries and support households and business.
Jim Chalmers didn’t quite declare “mission accomplished” on inflation this week. But if the Reserve Bank cuts rates in February, he’d be justified in making that claim ahead of an election.
The ABC, absent from debates for two elections, has made an early pitch to the major parties, as Nine, Seven and Sky News Australia open talks.
While Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones wasn’t a major government figure, his role in shaping the big tech levy adds an interesting wrinkle to his departure.
A student who was accused, but eventually cleared, of mimicking a Hitler moustache during a student meeting received high-level diplomatic backing.
We’ve all been suffering from economic whiplash about when rates are going to ease. But this time, forecasters are feeling more certain that a cut is coming in a matter of weeks.
Australian officials were eager to brief the incoming Trump administration on the government's new tech levy, which will be imposed on social media platforms unless they strike deals with media companies.
