The Albanese goverment will pay superannuation on paid parental leave, in a $1.1bn budget Mother’s Day announcement . Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Sunday undertook a breakfast television blitz to spruik his Tuesday’s federal budget. Mr Chalmers said the initial outlay for the super announcement will be $1.1bn in thisContinue Reading
Labor will funnel $227m into opening 29 more urgent care clinics across the country, as part of a broader multi-billion dollar health package in Tuesday’s budget. Despite a slow start to the rollout and ongoing concerns about opening hours, there have been almost 400,000 visits to the 58 bulk-billed clinicsContinue Reading
The NSW parliament will apologise to people discriminated against by laws which criminalised homosexuality. Just 40 years ago the NSW parliament amended the Crimes Act 1900 to decriminalise homosexuality. One of the many law changes removed reference to anal sex between people from the bestiality section of the Crimes Act.Continue Reading
Lawyers for social media giant X and its billionaire owner Elon Musk have warned the new power push from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner to demand the global removal of a violent video depicting the stabbing of a Sydney bishop could chill speech worldwide and prevent consumers from accessing “newsworthy” material. LawyersContinue Reading
The Albanese government will unveil an $11.3bn housing package, predominantly designed to boost the supply of social and affordable homes, as a centrepiece of its May 14 budget. In a tacit admission that its effort to alleviate Australia’s acute housing crisis had not been enough, Labor will inject billions ofContinue Reading
The largest shopping centre in Perth has been locked down after a knife incident that left one young man with a wound to his face. Police confirmed two males were involved in a physical altercation, with one of them armed with a knife. A 20-year-old man suffered a slash woundContinue Reading
The Greens have called on the government to urgently expel the Israeli ambassador until the country cooperates with the International Court of Justice’s orders to prevent genocide, amid growing fears of a devastating invasion in southern Gaza. Anthony Albanese has directly written to Israel to convey Australia’s grave humanitarian concernsContinue Reading
Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice by the federal government, which is setting up a large-scale and wide ranging probe into its harm to Australians. The federal government will establish a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee into the impact and influence of social media,Continue Reading
The Prime Minister has weighed in on Melbourne’s long-promised, never-delivered train line from Tullamarine airport to the city the airport telling the terminal owners to be better corporate citizens. And Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has used a business lunch in front of hundreds of corporates to double down on threatsContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected Beijing’s claim that an Australian military helicopter was spying after a Chinese jet detonated flares in front of it in an incident that has reignited tensions between the two countries. A Chinese fighter jet dropped flares in front of a Seahawk helicopter operating offContinue Reading