Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised for his ‘unkind and hurtful’ remarks in parliament on Tuesday, when he asked if shadow treasurer Angus Taylor had Tourette syndrome.
Mark Riley & Claire Sadler
All smart devices including watches, fridges and televisions would have to meet minimum cybersecurity standards under new laws the Government hopes will better protect Australians and businesses.
Katina Curtis
A State Government anti-ageism campaign is calling for a ban on generational terms such as ‘boomer’ and ‘millennial’ to avoid sowing division and fuelling stereotypes against older West Australians.
Dylan Caporn
Autonomous technology and virtual reality are gearing up to take over when Collie’s coal-fired power stations power down, with stage two of the WesTrac Technology Training Centre expansion almost complete.
Jessica Page
The Prime Minister has apologised after being slammed for using Tourette syndrome to mock shadow treasurer Angus Taylor during question time.
Jessica Wang
Premier Roger Cook has vowed the South West town of Collie will remain the ‘heart’ of WA’s energy grid, marking a milestone at the site of Synergy’s ‘big battery’.
Australia’s top doctor who guided the country through the Covid pandemic has announced he will be leaving his post as chief medical officer.
Children being killed and maimed in Gaza under a health system that's all but collapsed has spurred doctors to plead for Australia to take stronger action.
Dominic Giannini
Peter Dutton has accused Anthony Albanese of trying to ‘speak out of both sides of his mouth’ on the Israel-Gaza conflict as the Coalition rejected his motion condemning Hamas’ October 7 attack.
Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy
Women over 65 flying solo and families travelling together are leading a global tourism boom, which has seen international economic growth in the sector surpass pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
A lack of government support is partly to blame for delays and cost blowouts for two new passenger ferries set to sail the route between Victoria and Tasmania.
Ethan James
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi is accusing Labor of seeing ‘white people as victims and brown people as villains’ as tensions over Israel rise.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Jessica Wang
A damning corruption report has found WA Ombudsman Chris Field engaged in ‘serious misconduct’ and set up a ‘sham’ process to approve more than $170,000 in international travel on the taxpayer’s dime.
Jake Dietsch and Dylan Caporn
Peter Dutton says Anthony Albanese should “stand condemned” in a dramatic bipartisan breakdown over Israel.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Deadlocked legislation to help first-home buyers with low deposits has returned to federal parliament as government urges opponents to put differences aside.
Jacob Shteyman and Andrew Brown
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned Australians in Lebanon to take up repatriation flights before it’s too late.
Jessica Wang and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
"If the enemy attempts to use force against our country" North Korea's military will use all aggression, leader Kim Jong-un says.
Joyce Lee and Jack Kim
A Nationals senator has warned the Holocaust started with protests and the normalisation of anti-Semitism as she labelled pro-Palestinian rallies on October 7 sickening.
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil is accusing the Greens of having an “abstract political debate” over housing when 40,000 lives could be “transformed”.
Police have charged a second man with displaying a Nazi symbol at a controversial demonstration in Sydney at the weekend.
Blair Jackson
"How about allowing people to come to an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers," Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says of immigrants.
Gram Slattery
After a campaign that saw some of his opponents jailed, Tunisia's President Kais Saied has won re-election with more than 90 per cent of the vote.
Staff Writers
As the government looks to resolve a deadlock on housing and push wage increases through parliament, conflict in the Middle East is set to overshadow debate.
Andrew Brown
Australia can take advantage of its geography and become energy independent as the risk of conflict over resources spikes, an ex-military general says.
