Politics

Australians suffered the biggest increase in tax burden in the developed world last year as bracket creep and the end of a tax offset combined.

Inflation

Australians flattened by biggest tax increase in world

Bracket creep and the end of the low- and middle-income offset delivered the biggest tax hike in the developed world as inflation surged, OECD data shows.

by Shane Wright

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School funding

‘Shortchanging kids’: States demand extra $12b in united front over schools

by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos

Nationals leader David Littleproud says the path to net zero will not be “linear”.

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Paris Agreement

Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt

by James Massola and Mike Foley

Fire ant colony has been found on Defence land west of Toowoomba, Queensland.

Environmental threats

‘Massive surveillance failure’: Fire ant infestation sparks fear of undetected spread

by Mike Foley

Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape Isurava memorial site during Dawn Services on ANZAC Day in Papua New Guinea on April 25, 2024.

Anzac Day

PM pays tribute on the Kokoda Track, ‘this great artery of mud and suffering and perseverance’

by Matthew Knott

Opinion & Perspectives

Why Jim Chalmers may be the government’s David Campese

As he prepares to hand down his third budget, the treasurer explains why the economy’s soft, and why he’s not craving the prime ministership.

Peter FitzSimons

Columnist and author

Musk puts seat belts in cybertrucks. Now he must put them in cyberspace

What Elon Musk is doing is rogue even in an industry of rogues. He needs to be strapped in, or it will be maximum drama and maximum Musk.

Peter Hartcher

Political and international editor

The charts that prove social media has bigger dangers than Elon Musk’s ego

The argument about the violent terror attack video is urgent and important. But what if the greater danger is slow and insidious?

David Crowe

Chief political correspondent

Federal

Women rally in Sydney’s CBD on Saturday.

Domestic violence

MPs downplay need for domestic violence inquiry, saying action can happen now

The NSW police commissioner also hosed down calls for a royal commission into violence against women, saying there were solutions that could be implemented much more quickly.