Politics
Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews
The government has successfully fended off a major legal challenge that would have seen up to 200 more immigration detainees released into the community.
- by Olivia Ireland and Angus Thompson
Exclusive
Federal budget
Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers
- by Shane Wright and David Crowe
Opinion & Perspectives
Chalmers wakes the baby debate the country needs
Jim Chalmers is not planning a fertility police squad in next week’s budget. But his comments on the birth rate go to an issue the world needs to debate.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Pallas says Labor’s promises have been delayed. Many would say they’ve been broken
Parents whose children will never attend promised childcare or see promised school upgrades are unlikely to be satisfied by the treasurer’s postponement of election pledges.
Annika Smethurst
State Political Editor
If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government
For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Federal
Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews
The government has successfully fended off a major legal challenge that would have seen up to 200 more immigration detainees released into the community.
- by Olivia Ireland and Angus Thompson
‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback
Six Labor MPs in at-risk seats have spoken out against the future gas strategy spearheaded by Resources Minister Madeleine King.
- by Mike Foley
Victoria
Opinion
Victorian budget
Pallas says Labor’s promises have been delayed. Many would say they’ve been broken
- by Annika Smethurst
Exclusive
Education
Police warn unis to break up protests as staffer threatens to burn camp
- by Sherryn Groch and Chris Vedelago
‘Bleakest budget’ for mental health didn’t fund promised new agency
- by Rachel Eddie and Broede Carmody
Editorial
Editorial
Victoria is driving towards a debt cliff. Here’s one way to hit the brakes
- The Age's View
New South Wales
Exclusive
State Parliament
Paradise lost: Homeless spike in tourism hotspots prompts Airbnb crackdown warning
- by Michael McGowan
Queensland
Perspective
Government
The fork in Queensland’s path to treaty gets wider all the way to election day
- by Matt Dennien
Western Australia
What average West Australians think of the state budget
- by Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Holly Thompson, Jesinta Burton and Peter Milne