Guardrails for Labor’s landmark industry policy will be announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday — a day after the investment vehicle provided fresh equity to a Silicon Valley-based tech start-up. In April, the Albanese government launched its Future Made in Australia plan, joining the roster of countries that hadContinue Reading
A violent attack on a Perth grandmother allegedly at the hands of a released immigration detainee has raised concerns about assurances from the government that the community would be safe. Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, was among 149 detainees released after the High Court ruled last year that indefinite immigration detentionContinue Reading
Almost $1bn in taxpayer funds will be poured into a US tech start-up to keep Australia competitive in the fast-moving field to develop quantum computing, an emerging technology that promises to supercharge scientific research. Silicon Valley-based advanced technology firm PsiQuantum, which is attempting to build the world’s first “fault tolerant”Continue Reading
Anthony Albanese has been urged to offset emissions from his controversial jet use after it was revealed that he and two ministers chartered two private planes to attend the same clean energy event in the NSW Hunter Valley. Mr Albanese, Climate Change and Energy Minister and Industry and Science MinisterContinue Reading
A photo of two air force jets at a regional airport has sparked controversy, after it was revealed the Prime Minister and his Energy minister chartered one jet each to attend the same event promoting renewables. On Monday, the image of two RAAF jets at the Scone Memorial Airport inContinue Reading
Penny Wong has made one of her strongest statements yet on the ongoing war in Gaza, declaring a planned Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would be “unjustifiable” and urged the Jewish state to “not go down this path”. “The world is watching,” the Foreign Minister warned Israel in a statementContinue Reading
Penny Wong has used an emotional meeting with the family members of people taken hostage by Hamas to express solidarity with victims and to affirm Australia’s support for the release of all remaining captives in Gaza. The foreign minister arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where she held diplomatic talks withContinue Reading
The Albanese government is still defending its contentious gas price caps, refuting accusations the unprecedented market intervention is backfiring. Meanwhile, gas producers are downplaying claims a supply shortage is to blame, saying they are still “getting their heads around” the price cap. Energy Minister Chris Bowen is standing firm onContinue Reading
Thousands of jobs will be created over the next 15 years, as Australia moves to its renewable energy future, with the announcement of Australia’s first offshore wind zone. The Bass Strait off Gippsland has been chosen as the first zone, with the potential to support more than 10GW of year-roundContinue Reading
The former government shouldn’t have resisted climate change action so strongly, Liberal senator Simon Birmingham has conceded. The opposition’s foreign affairs spokesman has returned from a week-long bipartisan trip with Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong to Pacific Island nations, where climate change was on the top of the agenda. WhileContinue Reading