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Government advisors extend their outlook on when 1.2 million homes will be built, as developers, builders and investors wait to see whether the housing market will settle or fall further.
A government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended, after ongoing uncertainty about its future.
This week Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie shared her health struggles while the government and Coalition were busy making deals and One Nation launched a debate about cigarettes.
Israel's ambassador Hillel Newman defends the IDF investigation clearing its soldiers of criminal wrongdoing in the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, saying the findings should not be attacked if they "are…
Penny Wong says the government will haul in Israel's ambassador to Australia after the IDF cleared soldiers involved a strike that killed Zomi Frankcom. Follow live.
Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But this was a week for cooperation.
Some public servants were required to repay thousands of dollars in inadvertent charges on their work credit cards, including food delivery orders, in the past financial year.
Labor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints.
Women with breast cancer who were left languishing in PBS drug uncertainty have been offered a lifeline.
A plan to create a red flag system that tags customers showing signs of problem gambling is labelled weak by advocates.
The federal government "quietly" pauses the working holiday-maker visa applications from 24 countries. Here is what we know about the pause and countries affected.
The government is moving to make opting out of gambling ads online as easy as paying a bill. Here is what we know about how it might work.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is prepared to fast-track a fix to the unintended "widow tax" created by its changes to negative gearing if it will win the Coalition's support to save $37 billion in NDIS…
One Nation says high taxes on tobacco have pushed Australians into the black market, and the only way to undo that is by cutting the price of cigarettes in half.
Angus Taylor has issued an ultimatum to the prime minister, declaring the opposition's support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme hinges on the government scrapping the so-called widows' tax. Follow live.
The federal MP considers himself a "normal Australian" but since the events of October 7 and the Bondi terror attack he's been forced to navigate what he says is a difficult time.
Three years after calling out WA's "huge benefit" from the GST carve-up, the One Nation leader shifts her position.
Labor and the Coalition have agreed to establish a single register, allowing Australians to opt out of wagering ads across online platforms as part of a tentative deal to pass gambling reforms.
If the prime minister is right and there's no time to waste, how much more of it can we spend just waiting for the teen social media ban to work?
If One Nation genuinely wants to replace the Liberals and Nationals as the dominant force on the right, it needs a broader voter base. That is where the gay vote comes in.
Business and mining leaders are warning it is critical for Australia to remain a destination of choice for skilled migrants, resisting a push from across the political spectrum to cut the immigration intake.
The NDIS minister will not say if the government will delay participants' exit from the scheme if foundational supports are not ready, but has insisted the government will not leave people in freefall.
The electoral map that made surrendering to Western Australia irresistible to the prime minister has changed, but taking something back is always hard.
Witnesses laid bare the impact of racism on their lives in hearings held around the nation. But the repeated absence of key decision makers raises questions about who was listening and what the impact will be.
In the wake of the KPMG audit leak scandal, executives from Macquarie, Westpac, Optus and Dexus cast doubt on their faith in the auditor. KPMG current and former executives have also been quizzed about a whistleblower's…
Anthony Albanese has spoken with US President Donald Trump in a phone call overnight. Follow live.
A parliamentary inquiry, proposed by the Tasmanian government, will examine aspects of the sale of the state's largest farm to a UK investment firm that has plans for a large pine plantation on the site.
The causes of migration are murky and it is harder for politicians to control than they would like to admit.
Two levels of government are in a deadlock over what to do about the Northern Territory Remote Housing agreement, which Senator Lidia Thorpe says is falling "behind schedule" and failing those it is designed to help.
The opposition leader and prime minister both had tense press conferences this week.
The country's peak Jewish body has called on the home affairs minister to grant permanent residency to an international student who helped multiple Bondi Beach terror attack victims.
The federal and NSW governments are set to unveil a $2.5 billion bailout of the Tomago aluminium smelter in the state's Hunter region. Follow live.
In a wideranging speech to the National Press Club, Andrew Bragg accuses the Morrison government of "madness" and says the major political parties have "buggered it up".
For a month the Japanese government has studiously remained quiet on Anthony Albanese's melons "joke". But the media frenzy in Australia could be a response it didn't want to make.
Federal police are being asked to investigate how a confidential Japanese memo about the prime minister's "melons" gesture made it into Australian newspapers, as Labor ministers express annoyance over repeated…
Opposition housing spokesperson Andrew Bragg has promised to slash the National Construction Code from over 2,000 pages to 80 if elected.
A vaccine will be rolled out to protect Australia's native species from the deadly H5N1 bird flu, with a focus on birds in captivity.
Abdullah Ashraf, a law student from Pakistan, had his student visa lapse while on compassionate leave from his studies in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
The Australian prime minister has landed in hot water over a gesture involving two melons, which his office insists was not referring to his Japanese counterpart's body.
The federal government says the number of Australians seeing a GP for free is on the rise. Follow live.
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