- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The calls for a federal royal commission in the wake of Bondi are now reaching a roar.
Under the scheme, exporters will have to reserve between 15% and 25% of gas production for the local market.
in the Albanese government’s latest responsle to the Bondi tragedy Ausrtralian law enforcement and intelligence agencies are to be reviewed.
Governments across Australia continue to respond to the Bondi terror attack.
In an extraordinary personal censure, Australia’s Jewish community effectively denied Anthony Albanese the role of being the nation’s chief public mourner in this week of national tragedy.
Increased penalties for hate speech promoting violence and making hate an aggravating factor in sentencing are among a raft of new laws following the Bondi attack.
The response to the massacre has become deeply partisan, with Frydenberg calling on Albanese to accept ‘personal responsibility’ for the deaths.
The treasurer says the government needs to do more on several fronts: from fighting antisemitism after Sunday’s deadly attack, to cracking down on illegal tobacco.
Wednesday’s budget update will project a better budget deficit then what was predicted.
For all the government’s rhetoric on antisemitism, something has often seemed missing. It has appeared behind where it needed to be.
Caps on how many firearms someone can own and only granting licences to Australian citizens are among the slated new laws.
As the expenses affairs continues to roll through the Albanese government with Attorney-General Michelle Rowland needing to repay some of the money she billed taxpayers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be starting to move towards some tightening of parliamentarians’ travel entitlements. After more than a week of controversy, Albanese on Friday said he had asked…
In a week when teenagers started trying to flout new online bans, politicians proved it’s not just the kids who are good at finding ways to get around things.
A new report shows 33 of the 113 deaths in custody in 2024–25 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. It’s the highest number in 40 years.
The embattled communications minister’s $95,000 flights to New York, among other travel perks and expenses, will be investigated.
Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians to find themselves falling foul not of the official entitlement rules, but the crucial pub test.
The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.
As widely expected, the former Nationals leader has joined a surging One Nation.
A new survey has shown that Australians see AI as a leading threat.
It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Are the Liberals now being rushed prematurely?
The industry minister denied Australia’s adopting a ‘light-touch’ approach on AI – and says he’s working to make sure data centres are ‘not a drain on resources’.
An independent inquiry has strongly condemned the politicisation of appointments to government boards despite the government rejecting much of the plan.
The ships are currently in the Philippine Sea and it’s too early to tell where they might be headed.
The prime minister’s quiet wedding gave an insight into who is in his inner circle.
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