‘Trap’: Coalition warned on Chinese ship
Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned the Coalition against falling into a ‘trap’ when it comes to a Chinese vessel seen ...
Election 2025: How a sausage can swing it for you in the polls
Politics is all about perception. So can how you’re photographed demolishing a democracy sausage really swing it for a pollie ...
Introducing: Geelong’s federal election Cash Splash Tracker
The Corio electorate takes in the Geelong CBD, the inner south suburbs and the entire north up to Staughton Vale and Balliang ...
Anam Cara House to get $2.7m bedroom boost if Liberals form government
General Sam Mostyn on Friday morning to get the formal go-ahead for the federal election to be held on Saturday May 3.
MPs muzzled on both sides in centralised campaign strategy
Labor and Coalition MPs have been banned from speaking to the media during the election campaign unless they receive specific ...
Westpac gets pride of place at Jim Chalmers’ post-budget address
The treasurer’s National Press Club speech was a final chance for a bit of lobbying action before the election campaign kicks ...
Marles’ meme mishap references sexually graphic TV scene
The deputy prime minister’s social post featuring an exchange from The White Lotus raises the question: what on Earth was he ...
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Chalmers puts shine on decade-long deficits
“In less than three years, we’ve turned two big Liberal deficits into two Labor surpluses, shrunk this year’s deficit, and ...
Mining’s promising future could come under union siege
At the heart of any Labor government lies the obligation to serve the interests of their parent company, the union movement, ...
Integrity watchdog boss steps aside from six defence investigations
The head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission continues to hold senior roles in the Army Reserves six months after a ...
As it happened: Dutton proposes another new citizenship policy; Unions and business sector lock horns over workplace reforms
Migrants applying for Australian passports under a Coalition government will be quizzed about their attitudes towards Jewish ...
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles shoots down Malcom Turnbull’s criticism of AUKUS, calls it ‘a good deal’
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has shot down suggestions that AUKUS is a ‘really bad deal’ that is in trouble after the reemergence of Donald Trump in the White House.