Australia is going backwards on key closing the gap targets, with rates of Indigenous suicide, adult incarceration and children in out-of-home care getting worse. Sobering new data on eight of the targets released by the Productivity Commission on Thursday revealed that while there had been modest improvements in the lifeContinue Reading
Labor will spend the week fighting cost-of-living fires on multiple fronts when parliament resumes, as the government gears up to pass its new-look tax cuts against a backdrop of another housing battle. While the changes to the stage 3 tax cuts will be the focus of the senate this week,Continue Reading
Beijing has cautioned Canberra against making “reckless and impossible accusations against China”, and rejected accusations a Chinese warship injured Australian navy divers. Over the weekend, Australia accused China of “unsafe and unprofessional” conduct at sea when divers from the HMAS Toowoomba were injured by sonar pulses emitted from a ChineseContinue Reading
After months of bitter debate, Australians will cast their final votes in the Voice to Parliament referendum on Saturday October 14. Voters across the nation will be asked if they say Yes or No to altering the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal andContinue Reading
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, or so the children’s nursery rhyme goes. But it was Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who, during an interview with Sky News chief anchor Kieran Gilbert, appeared to ingest an airborne creature. Mr Albanese, who was appearing live from Uluru, quicklyContinue Reading
Daniel Andrews has won the Victorian leaders’ debate after an hour-long face-off with Matthew Guy. The Premier collected a total of 38 of the 100 votes while the Liberal leader followed closely behind with 34. A further 28 voters remained undecided after the debate. The result came after the pair’sContinue Reading