Veteran Labor senator John Faulkner wants Senate candidates chosen by the party rank and file – but the NSW party has ensured his successor will be selected by the present, faction-dominated system. Faulkner…
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Tony Abbott has reluctantly lowered the cap on his signature paid parental leave scheme from $150,000 income level to $100,000 - declaring he would have preferred to stick with the original policy. The…
Prime Minister Tony Abbott today struggled to reconcile a mooted “deficit reduction levy” with his promise not to raise taxes, while also fending off attacks from within the Coalition on his expensive…
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser has made a radical call for Australia to break its alliance with the United States and become a “strategically independent” country. In his new book Dangerous Allies…
The recruitment of three former Country Liberal Party indigenous MPs in the Northern Territory to Clive Palmer’s party has comes as a fresh blow to the conservative side of politics and provoked an extraordinary…
Environment Minister Greg Hunt has put out feelers to Clive Palmer to try to soften his opposition to the government’s direct action plan to reduce carbon emissions. Releasing the government’s white paper…
Treasurer Joe Hockey has moved to reassure older people fearful of being hit by budget changes, saying the main target of his push to contain aged pension costs will be his generation and those that follow…
Repairing the budget will require more use of means testing and co-payments, Treasurer Joe Hockey has warned, in a speech also renewing his criticism of “corporate welfare”. Hockey appealed to people not…
Treasurer Joe Hockey will today reveal the release date for the much anticipated Commission of Audit report, as he does more softening up for a tough budget. The government has promised the report will…
Patients could be up for a co-payment of around $5 when they visit the doctor under a plan being prepared for next month’s budget. The co-payment would save the budget billions of dollars over the medium…
Mike Baird is the new premier of New South Wales with Gladys Berejiklian as deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, after being elected unopposed at a party meeting this afternoon. The result was all but…
New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell has rocked the Liberal Party by quitting over evidence contradicting his earlier denial to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that he was given a $3000…
The likely consolidation of traditional TV and radio ownership would lead to even less diversity of news and information sources in commercial mass media and more pooling of journalistic resources, the…
Prime minister Tony Abbott has said pensioners will be better off because they will lose the carbon tax while keeping the compensation for it, as expectations rise of budget changes to put the pension…
The government’s review of the efficiency of the ABC is believed to be finished, as speculation mounts about budget cuts to the national broadcaster. The review, which also covers SBS, was established…
Prime minister Tony Abbott has cast his visit to China as not just aimed at doing a deal but being a friend – while simultaneously stressing he is anxious to advance negotiations for the free trade agreement…
A defiant Bob Carr says he is proud to have resisted the bullying influence of the pro-Israel lobby on the Gillard government, after critics have accused him of bigotry and making claims just to sell his…
Australia and Japan have concluded a free trade agreement that will bring better access for local beef exporters and cheaper imported cars. The deal, finalised during Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s visit…
Opposition leader Bill Shorten will formally call on the Labor party to drop its rule making it compulsory for prospective members to join a union. He sees the change, though symbolic, as important in…
Clive Palmer has secured a seat in a West Australian senate result that saw large swings against both Coalition and Labor and the Greens dramatically increase their vote. On latest counting, the Liberals…
Australia faces medium-term challenges of paying for the things it wants to do as a society and finding enough workers as the population ages, Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens says. Stevens strongly…
News Corporation could increase its share of newspapers purchased in Australia’s capital cities to about 80% and have a weekday monopoly in all except Perth, ABC managing director Mark Scott has said…
Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane will suggest today that the government’s proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act could harm Australia’s ability to most effectively engage…
The government has given the green light for Medibank Private to be put up for public sale next financial year. Although Finance Minister Mathias Cormann would not put any value on the company, it has…
Federal Attorney-General George Brandis has unveiled the government’s proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, scrapping section 18C prohibiting actions that “offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate…