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Coalition Weighs Super Mortgage Offset and Collateral Options as Housing Review Widens

The Coalition is examining whether Australians should be given new ways to use their superannuation to secure home ownership, including potentially using retirement savings as a mortgage…

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Veterans Lay Down Medals and Demand Labor Scrap $5,000 Allied-Health Threshold

Decorated Australian veterans have laid down their service medals outside Parliament House and demanded the Albanese government abandon its controversial $5,000 annual allied-health threshold, escalating a dispute…

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Labor’s $100m Digital Duty of Care Sparks Censorship Fight Over Social Media Algorithms

Labor’s plan to impose a new legal duty on social media and other online platforms is heading towards a major free-speech fight, with critics warning that powers…

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Gerard Rennick Calls for ASIO Chief Mike Burgess to Resign Over Bondi Attack

People First Party founder Gerard Rennick has called for Australia’s spy chief Mike Burgess to resign over the Bondi terrorist attack, accusing the ASIO director-general of shifting…

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Daniel Hussein Shot Dead as Melbourne Police Probe Machete Attack and Separate Gunfire

A 22-year-old plumber preparing to get married has been shot dead, two teenagers have suffered serious machete wounds and police are investigating separate reports of gunfire across…

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Anika Wells Links Falling Political Trust to Algorithms as Labor Readies Big Tech Duty of Care

Communications Minister Anika Wells has warned that powerful social media algorithms are increasingly eroding Australians’ trust in politicians and public institutions as the Albanese government prepares a…

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Labor Defends $20m Pacific Climate Meetings Despite Limited World Leader Turnout

The Albanese government has defended spending about $20 million on upcoming Pacific climate meetings despite only five leaders from outside the region being publicly confirmed to attend,…

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Coalition Backs Up to 10 Years’ Jail for Vandals Who Target War Memorials and Historic Monuments

People who deliberately destroy or desecrate Australian war memorials and significant historic monuments could face up to 10 years in prison under a new federal crackdown proposed…

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Labor Commits Up to $2m to National First Nations Racism Register

The Albanese government will provide up to $2 million in taxpayer funding to an Indigenous-led national register that collects reports of racism and discrimination against Aboriginal and…

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High Court to Test Australia’s New Hate-Group Laws in White Australia Party Challenge

Australia’s controversial new prohibited hate-group laws will face their most important legal test yet this week, when the High Court hears a constitutional challenge brought by the…