Politics
Chalmers prepares for a $60 billion budget hit
The government’s revamped five-year hospital agreement to the states is set to cost the budget an additional $25 billion.
- by Shane Wright
Exclusive
Federal budget
Albanese to override sceptics and plough billions into Suburban Rail Loop
- by Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
Opinion & Perspectives
Australians have had it with mining companies. A gas exports tax is inevitable
When One Nation voters strongly support a policy backed by the Greens, Labor’s rank-and-file and the likely future leader of the Liberal Party, it might not happen overnight, but it will happen.
Waleed Aly
Columnist, author and academic
Can Albanese hold his nerve when the angry Boomers come for him?
Labor is expected to make some of its most ambitious tax changes in the federal budget. Baby Boomers will be among the big losers – and it’s a calculated gamble that most voters won’t care.
James Massola
Chief political commentator
The key questions Virginia Bell wants ASIO, police and the government to answer
Bell’s interim report leaves many questions unanswered but makes clear she believes more could have been done to respond to surging antisemitism.
Matthew Knott
National correspondent
Federal
Chalmers prepares for a $60 billion budget hit
The government’s revamped five-year hospital agreement to the states is set to cost the budget an additional $25 billion.
- by Shane Wright
Exclusive
Foreign ownership
Chinese firm steps up fight to retain control of Darwin Port, launches international legal battle
Both Labor and the Coalition went to the election promising to strip Landbridge Group of its 99-year lease of the port, but the company is fiercely resisting.
- by Matthew Knott
Victoria
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Victorian election
Taxpayers to foot bigger bill for political campaigns under Labor plan
- by Chip Le Grand
See the full school list: Hundreds of millions in state budget for crumbling public schools
- by Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
New South Wales
‘Incubated in hatred’: Warnings, risks laid bare as Bondi royal commission zeroes in on security flaws
- by Alexandra Smith, Matthew Knott and Michael McGowan
Queensland
Western Australia
