Politics

Multinational gas companies have played Australian customers. It's hard not to conclude LNG producers are cheating the system.

The Coopers Brewery brouhaha, energy policy and the WA election dominated the week's news, but who ended up on top? Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas pick their winners and losers.

Cystic fibrosis advocates push for a reimbursement agreement to be adopted in Australia, where drug manufacturers are only paid for medicines if further trials prove they work.

Felicity Ward is a stand-up comic whose personal experience of mental illness is at the core of her comedy work. Though passionate about her career, she says persistent anxiety has dampened the joy of making people laugh.

A planned expansion to the Snowy Hydro scheme is grabbing headlines — but a new plan could build oceanfront hydro power in places without mountains, including South Australia.

Australians will face dramatically reduced social services, falling living standards and higher taxes without serious budget repair, a peak business lobby group warns.

Both sides of state politics join the Queensland Resources Council to dismiss the Chappell brothers' objections to Adani's planned Carmichael coal mine.

ACTU secretary Sally McManus defends her comments about breaking the law as Christopher Pyne and other Coalition frontbenchers respond with heavy criticism.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a $2 billion intervention in Australia's electricity supply debate, expanding the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in a bid to power up to 500,000 homes.

Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill have clashed during a bizarre press conference that descended into a slanging match over energy policy.

Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill have clashed during a bizarre press conference that descended into a slanging match over energy policy.

Mr Frydenberg said the Premier had tried to “crash tackle” his announcement with “petty politics”, claiming all it did was show how “desperate” he was.

Jay Weatherill admitted he crashed the press conference because he was “sick and tired of getting criticisms across the air waves from the eastern states about South Australia”.

Josh Frydenberg accused Jay Weatherill of gate-crashing the press conference. He said he had no idea he would be standing beside the Labor Premier, but that didn’t stop them throwing verbal punches.

Josh Frydenberg responds to a reporter's question: "Isn't this all a little bit awkward?"

We've gone through the footage to find the best moments of the unprecedented political slanging match between Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill.

A report from a coalition of health and human rights groups expresses frustration in the nation's inability to effectively tackle Indigenous disadvantage in Australia.

White spot virus is found in wild prawns in Moreton Bay off Brisbane and will have to die out naturally because it can no longer be stopped, the Queensland Government confirms.

In a fiery press conference, Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and SA Premier Jay Weatherill trade blows over SA's plans to "go it alone" in energy supply for the state.

In a fiery press conference, Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and SA Premier Jay Weatherill trade blows over SA's plans to "go it alone" in energy supply for the state.

An Indigenous organisation training kids to be health ambassadors in their communities says Australian governments have no appetite for innovation in efforts to close the gap.

In a fiery press conference, Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and SA Premier Jay Weatherill trade blows over SA's plans to "go it alone" in energy supply for the state.

The ACT Remuneration Tribunal announces a two per cent pay rise for the territory's representatives, with an extra bonus delivered to Deputy Opposition Leader Nicole Lawder.

Former Test cricketing greats Ian and Greg Chappell want Indian miner Adani to abandon its controversial Queensland coal mine plan, saying bitter opposition in Australia could even damage sporting ties.

Australian manufacturers who rely on gas say there is no guarantee that the Government's plan to shore up supply will make the fuel more affordable, and businesses could be forced to close their doors if prices do not budge soon.