Anika Wells has met with representatives from Australia’s largest telco but seems unmoved by their concerns.
Australian politics
Long-running Liberal leadership tensions are set to come to a head this week.
Telecommunications companies are on high alert about unexpectedly high costs being proposed for spectrum. They're warning Jim Chalmers that productivity gains and cost of living pressures are on the line.
As police prepare for protests over Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia, the Maritime Union is calling its members to action.
Going after the CGT discount sounds easy, but it could backfire by choking construction, locking up stock and pushing more Australians into renting.
Anthony Albanese has often favoured cautious pragmatism over bold action. But if he won’t take a leap with 94 seats behind him, when will he?
An EU trade deal appears within reach, but talks are still stuck on agriculture, with farmers urging the government to hold firm on market access.
Reports from Europe claim the EU's chief is jetting to Australia to ink a free trade deal, but Canberra insists the deal is not done.
Despite running hard on claims migrants are driving up housing prices, rising political force One Nation concedes Australia needs more skilled migrants to address housing shortages.
Today's RBA rate rise should have been an easy slam dunk for the Liberals. But the Coalition’s chaos meant Labor spent Question Time hammering their disunity instead.
Even if the Coalition reunifies, who will believe it has truly settled its differences and can hold together for the long haul?
A challenge to Victoria’s political donation laws opens the High Court’s year — with more battles over political speech on the way.
With Coalition tensions rising, the scuttlebutt turns to who might follow Barnaby Joyce in defecting to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
As the Albanese government delayed reform on television gambling ads, two big gaming companies helped fund its election 2025 campaign.
The big four banks are all expecting the RBA to lift interest rates on Tuesday at its first meeting for the year. But the stronger Australian dollar and markets moves could complicate its next move after that.
Liberal MPs speaking to Capital Brief said they wanted the leadership issue off the table before Tuesday’s anticipated interest rate rise.
As Donald Trump upends global alliances, the EU’s renewed push for a trade deal hints at fresh opportunities for Australia’s middle power diplomacy.
Polling pain, factional feuds and Nationals unrest are pushing Sussan Ley and the Liberals toward another round of leadership turmoil.
Government schemes are getting more first home buyers into the market. But by fuelling demand faster than supply, they may be pushing prices even higher.
Brussels has approached Canberra to revive trade talks, in the latest sign of how Donald Trump’s erratic international approach is forcing middle-powers to hedge their bets.
A surprise jump in inflation has markets bracing for another rate rise, putting Treasurer Jim Chalmers under renewed pressure over the budget.
Liberal MPs view a leadership challenge as inevitable. Finding the right time is another matter.
New polling has Pauline Hanson ahead of Sussan Ley as preferred prime minister, as One Nation surges and the Liberal leader works the phones to lock down support.
An exclusive Capital Brief/DemosAU poll highlighting One Nation's ongoing surge in popularity has sparked a bitter clash over whether the minor party can translate those numbers into seats in Parliament
A new Capital Brief/DemosAU poll delivers fresh, dire news for Sussan Ley — and a stark illustration of the fracturing of Australia's conservative vote.
Discontent over immigration and leadership is propelling One Nation’s rise as older, regional and working-class Australians turn away from the major parties.
The latest Capital Brief/Demos AU poll finds Pauline Hanson leading Sussan Ley as preferred prime minister, cementing One Nation’s rise past the fractured Coalition.
After a week of Coalition chaos, Labor is sharpening its attack lines as a resurgent One Nation recasts itself as the adult in the room.
Leadership pressure, ideological ruptures and a second Nationals exit have plunged the Coalition into its deepest crisis in decades.
The Coalition’s dramatic split has devolved into finger pointing on a national day of mourning for the Bondi terror attack.
Nationals leader David Littleproud has launched a full-frontal assault on Sussan Ley, in a move that could have consequences for both their leaderships.
