Turnbull government to scrap $8 billion Medicare levy increase
The Turnbull government will scrap the $8 billion Medicare levy increase it announced in last year's budget to pay for the NDIS.
The Turnbull government will scrap the $8 billion Medicare levy increase it announced in last year's budget to pay for the NDIS.
Australia has a choice between the new protectionism of Donald Trump and the pursuit of trade agreements that promise growth but also carry real political risk.
The nation's energy ministers are meeting this Friday to discuss the response to China's recycling ban.
The former ambassador has urged Donald Trump to abandon his vendetta against mainstream Republican officials and appoint one as his envoy to Canberra.
Captain Robert Forsyth witnessed the sacrifice of young Australian men in the French village of Villers-Bretonneux 100 years ago.
European farmers will expect Australian producers to give ground on geographic identifiers, EU trade commissioner warns.
The government hopes for a political dividend from a decision to scrap its proposed Medicare levy to help fund the national disability insurance scheme.
Our national attitude to this issue says much about our nation’s moral compass, and will have an effect directly, and significantly, on our international standing.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop insists Australia is not offended by the abrupt withdrawal of Admiral Harry Harris as Donald Trump's pick for US Ambassador.
Would it have tried harder had it been less close to the organisations it regulated? It might have.”
Commonwealth funding to arrest declining water quality on the Great Barrier Reef has dropped by more than $11 million a year.
Michael Lyddiard was flat on his stomach uncovering a Taliban-made booby trap bomb when it partially detonated.
The banks have become a distraction to the Turnbull government's increasingly troubled $35.6 billion plan to cut company taxes.
Malcolm Turnbull has honoured the thousands of fallen Australians who served in the First World War.
It's easy to ignore the significance of the road leading up to the Australian War Memorial, but there is a lot of symbolism behind it.
The ship that sparked calls for a ban of live exports to the Middle East has been cleared to leave Fremantle port after completing ventilation improvements.
Malcolm Turnbull told a Berlin audience that using firm policies to stop people smugglers was important to maintaining community support for immigration.
The prospect of the Turnbull government's company tax cuts passing Parliament is becoming increasingly remote.
Germany’s support is crucial for Australia amid concerns that objections from farmers in nations like France could stymie negotiations.
The Turnbull government has extended its admission that it waited too long to call a banking royal commission.
Malcolm Turnbull has admitted making a political mistake in rejecting a royal commission into the banks for more than 18 months, taking responsibility for the call but insisting he was right to put a priority on new laws to protect customers.
The one thing worse than making a political mistake is prolonging it.
The former prime minister says current banking regulators should be replaced with "much more vigilant and much less complacent" people.
Centrelink customers are being promised shorter wait times, with the federal government to hire an extra 1000 private contractors to answer phones.
The publisher says it will be "a warts and all" account of the former deputy prime minister's "personal story".
The former deputy prime minister said allowing the partners of MPs to work in their office would help keep families together.
A new federal government policy will require aged-care homes to offer the flu vaccine to staff.
The Prime Minister is setting his sights on a big win for Australian agriculture.
Legalising marijuana for recreational use would boost the budget by up to $1.8 billion a year.
The minister said government would be wrong to "rush into these things as a stunt".