The government will not match the Coalition promise to pay the Better Schools funding to states which have not signed up to the plan, but would be willing to continue negotiating with them if re-elected…
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UPDATE: Fairfax has responded to a column published on The Conversation – and an earlier version of this story – that linked the introduction of the publisher’s pay wall to an apparent slump in the number…
Finance Minister Penny Wong has pointedly refused to endorse Kevin Rudd’s declaration that he would like to see company tax drop by one third in the Northern Territory. Asked repeatedly on Sky about the…
Labor’s vote has dropped to its lowest level since Kevin Rudd regained the leadership in today’s Newspoll, as the ALP desperately fights back with a ferocious “spotlight” scare campaign about an Abbott…
A poll of eight marginal seats in NSW, Queensland and Victoria has found Labor facing the prospect of a rout, including the failure of former Queensland premier Peter Beattie’s attempt to enter federal…
The University of Melbourne has once again improved its position and remains Australia’s best university according to new university rankings released today. The Academic Ranking of World Universities…
Kevin Rudd has promised to establish a Northern Special Economic Zone and held out the prospect of cutting company tax by about one third for Northern Territory-based businesses. Announcing Labor’s policy…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has ruled out concluding any minority government agreements with the Greens or independents but said whether Labor denies the Greens preferences is a matter for the ALP organisation…
Asia knowledge should be included in all initial teacher education, according to a new report released today that also called for more opportunities for teachers and principals to experience Asia through…
There would be no change in the GST under an Abbott government, opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne said tonight. This was despite the GST being included in a Coalition government’s proposed taxation…
Today’s Nielsen poll has the Coalition in front, leading Labor 52-48% on a two-party vote. As Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott prepare to go head to head in an hour-long debate at the National Press Club tomorrow…
Kim Williams has resigned as chief executive of News Corp Australia, in a move that has shocked the media industry. Williams, who has held the post only since December 2011, gave no reason publicly. But…
Opposition leader Tony Abbott will promise business a 1.5% company tax cut from July 1 2015, at a cost of $5 billion over the budget period. Abbott will say the measure will further help Australian businesses…
The higher education sector’s main regulatory body should have its functions reduced, according to a new government report that has called for a reduction in red tape for universities. The Tertiary Education…
The government has handed out $200 million to help the embattled car industry, in its first major campaign commitment, as well as mandating a 100% Australian-made target for the purchase of Commonwealth…
Kevin Rudd has called an election for September 7, with Labor and the Coalition entering the campaign close in two party terms and the next five weeks likely to be decisive for the outcome. Rudd went to…
Tony Abbott has moved to neutralise school funding as an election issue by promising to match “dollar for dollar” the money that Labor has promised over the next four years. Making his dramatic announcement…
The government will introduce a scheme to insure deposits in Australian banks, which will raise $733 million over four years to help the embattled budget bottom line. If passed on in full to deposit customers…
The history of Australian asylum seeker policy is studded with iconic if often distressing imagery. In the most recent addition, officials at Christmas Island filmed and photographed a young Iranian woman…
Prime minister Kevin Rudd and Education Minister Bill Shorten will meet Victorian Premier Denis Napthine today, in a push to get the state to sign up soon to the Better Schools Program. This follows the…
The government’s proposed cap on work-related education expense deductions will decrease long run GDP by between A$2.8 and $6 billion per year and cut national productivity growth by between 0.2 to 0.4…
The empirical test of the Australian government’s refugee resettlement agreement with Papua New Guinea will be whether there is a decline in the numbers of small fishing boats overloaded with desperate…
Kevin Rudd has unveiled a dramatic new hard line policy to stop any asylum seekers arriving by boat ever being settled in Australia. Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed an agreement for people arriving…
The government has more than financed the $3.8 billion cost of moving early to an Emissions Trading Scheme, with savings including a crackdown on fringe benefits for cars, cuts to the number of senior…
High stress among Indigenous children in urban areas is linked to poorer physical health and more parental concern about behavioural issues, a new study has found. Of 344 participating children, 51% had…