LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Albanese has hit back at reports highlighting Hamas praising him for his decision to recognise Palestinian statehood, arguing it was 'propaganda’.
Matt Shrivell and Kimberley Braddish
The Productivity Commission says a national screening clearance for workers in aged care and child care sectors would help protect vulnerable care users from harm and cut unnecessary complexity and costs.
Bethany Hiatt
The alarming figures came to light in a new report, despite more people feeling they were confident at using technology than the previous year.
Oliver Lane
A union-led call for Australia to adopt a four-day work week has been shot down by both the Prime Minister and Treasurer before it could even be discussed at next week’s productivity roundtable.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Hamas has hailed the Albanese Government’s ‘political courage’ in recognising a Palestinian statehood, a move the Opposition says proves the PM is ‘out of his depth’.
Murray Watt says he’s ‘going flat out’ to land an overhaul of environmental laws and has a pledge from Premier Roger Cook to do whatever he can to help.
Katina Curtis
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has outlined her desire for more investment in economic infrastructure and less red tape for projects to a table of industry leaders at a State productivity roundtable.
Anthony Albanese says Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘in denial’ about the consequences of the war in Gaza on innocent civilians as he defended his government’s call to recognise Palestinian statehood.
LIVE UPDATES: Sussan Ley has announced the Coalition would revoke the Albanese government’s recognition of the state of Palestine if it won the next election, and that they ‘would have never made this call’.
A hundred days on from the Federal election, the second term of the Albanese Government is already notable for how much international events are influencing Australian politics.
The Productivity Commission says Australia must focus on addressing stagnation in school students’ achievements to make sure they leave with the skills they need to take on further education and find jobs.
A Bunbury woman is behind bars after allegedly using social media to harass two Federal parliamentarians.
Jessica Evensen
As petrol and diesel cars disappear from the roads, senior Labor ministers admit it’s ‘no secret’ EV drivers may soon face new fees to help pay for Australia’s crumbling infrastructure.
WA will lead a national overhaul of e-rideables that could lead to high-powered vehicles being banned, with Transport Minister Rita Saffioti saying all States had agreed that tougher rules were needed.
Jessica Page
Australia will recognise the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September after Anthony Albanese said he had secured guarantees from the Palestinian Authority.
Anthony Albanese and Christopher Luxon renewed the long bonds between Australia and New Zealand with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at a small gold mining town’s war memorial on Sunday.
Unions and environmental groups have united to call for urgent action and get sods turned on a new WA decommissioning hub within the next two years.
Andrew Hastie is openly still harbouring leadership ambitions and says he’s gaining the experience needed to run a party from Western Australia.
The Albanese Government claims Israel’s plans to occupy Gaza would breach international law, with the PM labelling the humanitarian crisis there ‘unacceptable’.
Tougher rules on the importation of e-bikes and e-scooters are at the top of the agenda of a meeting of State and Federal transport ministers on Monday.
Caleb Runciman and Joe Spagnolo
The PM needs to be very clear with the Australian public, because a lot of those people who marched over the Sydney Harbour Bridge last weekend think Palestine includes Israel.
Paul Murray
The push for Australia officially recognising Palestine as a state remains in Labor limbo.
Michelle Grattan
Porn and ‘AI-powered manipulation’ will still be able to reach children’s inboxes in Australia’s under 16s social media ban, as experts warn parents still need to teach digital literacy.
The 1.2 million new homes target is ‘aspirational’ for the nation, but experts cast doubt on whether building that many homes is achievable in the time-frame.
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