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Australia news LIVE: Albanese sells stage 3 tax cut changes; Employers push for lower minimum wage rise
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will continue to pitch the federal government’s changes to stage 3 tax cuts to voters as Labor tries to justify its broken election promise.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Josefine Ganko
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As it happened: Government wary of US Red Sea warship request; New Queensland premier sworn in
The Australian government is wary of a US request to send a warship to the Red Sea, Queensland is set to swear in a new premier and coal exits grid faster than forecast.
- by Caroline Schelle and Sarah Keoghan
Australia news LIVE: Australia becomes first country to ban engineered stone; Cyclone Jasper weakens to tropical low
Australia becomes first country to ban engineered stone, child vaccination rates fall for second year and Cyclone Jasper has been downgraded to a tropical low.
- by Caroline Schelle and Laura Banks
As it happened: Cyclone Jasper set to impact Queensland’s coast; PM joins Luxon, Trudeau in call for ‘sustainable’ Gaza ceasefire
Minister weighs up nationwide engineered stone ban, Anthony Albanese and Canada, New Zealand prime ministers call for ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza and Cyclone Jasper is due to make landfall.
- by Caroline Schelle and Josefine Ganko
Australia news as it happened: Steven Miles to become Queensland premier; Labor to unveil $10 billion in cuts, changes to fight inflation
Mid-year budget update to contain $10 billion in cuts to fight inflation, schools need funding boost to overhaul ‘entrenched’ disadvantage and fallout from Voice continues.
- by Caroline Schelle and Angus Thomson
As it happened: Australia’s net migration will be halved; Borrowing costs are the fastest-growing area of government spending
Australia’s net migration will be halved within two years, higher interest rates will cost the federal government an extra $80 billion and insurers warn of unaffordable premiums.
- by Caroline Schelle and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
As it happened: Breakthrough for AUKUS submarine deal; Calls for tougher checks before more detainees released
Australia is confident the US Congress will authorise sale of nuclear-submarines, calls for tougher checks before immigration detainees are released and same job, same pay laws pass.
- by Caroline Schelle and Sarah Keoghan
Australia news LIVE: Alan Jones accused of indecent assaults; Re-detention laws passed in parliament
Re-detention laws for the ‘worst of the worst’ detainees pass parliament, a new scheme aims to divert children from the NDIS and a delegation of Australian politicians will visit Israel.
- by Caroline Schelle
As it happened: Senate accepts lock-up laws after child sex ringleader charged; Attorney-general to probe undercover police safety
Senate waves through lock-up laws after child sex ringleader charged, Australia’s attorney-general will probe undercover police safety and gap between rich and poor student has grown.
- by Josefine Ganko and Caroline Schelle
As it happened: RBA holds interest rates; King Charles plans Australian tour
King Charles plans official trip to Australia, the Reserve Bank will meet for the last time this year and a Westpac outage leaves customers unable to access online banking.
- by Caroline Schelle and Megan Gorrey
Australia news as it happened: AFP mishandled its most endangered officers; Gold Coast scraps bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games
The Albanese government wants to pass new laws that will allow people to be re-detained, the Gold Coast scraps plans to host Commonwealth Games and report finds undercover police were let down.
- by Caroline Schelle and Caitlin Fitzsimmons