The prime minister has refused to rule out changes to negative gearing and other property taxes while facing a barrage of questions at a press conference in Tasmania. Anthony Albanese did not say if he would change the system which allows Australians who own multiple investment properties to minimise their tax. The Sydney Morning Herald … Read more
The prime minister is promising to introduce laws to enforce age limits on social media and other digital platforms before the next election, after the premiers of South Australia and Victoria moved to introduce their own bans. Social media use by young people has become a national crisis and discussion after numerous instances of suicide, … Read more
Small business owners say they’re being left out in the cold while behemoth companies are propped up by taxpayer dollars. Queensland’s small businesses lashed Premier Steven Miles for comments made about the government stepping in to save Star Entertainment’s Star Brisbane Casino in The Queen’s Wharf precinct. Star pushed back the release of its annual … Read more
Two senior ministers have announced their retirement from politics at the upcoming federal election, giving the prime minister clean air to announce a cabinet reshuffle. Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney and Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor will step down at the next federal election, due by May 2025. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked the ministers for … Read more
Fatima Payman has quit the Labor Party over her stance on Palestine. The West Australian senator announced her resignation on Thursday after previously claiming she had been isolated and exiled by her caucus colleagues after siding with the Greens on a pro-Palestinian motion. “The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions,” she … Read more
Two groups of protesters are staging action at Parliament House in Canberra, with one group currently sitting atop the building and another glued to pillars in the foyer. At least four pro-Palestine activists from the group Renegade Activists have scaled the marble pillars out the front of the building, unfurling three banners over the side … Read more
Live sheep exports will be banned from May 2028, raising the ire of farmers who say their businesses will be ruined and regional towns will die. Last-minute lobbying by West Australian farmers and exporters was not enough to have the legislation blocked, with the bill passing the Senate late on Monday night. It will mean … Read more
Fatima Payman claims she has been “exiled” and believes Labor members are working to “intimidate me into resigning” from the Senate following her suspension from caucus at the weekend. The West Australian was suspended indefinitely after vowing to continue crossing the floor in support of Palestinian statehood. On Monday, the rogue senator said she had … Read more
Labor senator Fatima Payman maintains she voted in line with her convictions and followed her conscience by supporting Palestinian statehood as her colleagues voted against it. Senator Payman has become the first Labor senator to cross the floor in almost two decades and faces possible expulsion under party rules. Her vote on Tuesday’s Senate motion … Read more
A Victorian government MP has been forced out of the Labor Party room over mounting allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women — but police will not be asked to investigate. Premier Jacinta Allan dumped South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman from the parliamentary Labor Party late on Monday, after first axing him as the parliamentary secretary … Read more
