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
Former UN ambassador urges no vote on Palestinian recognition
- by Matthew Knott and James Massola
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
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
Biden’s curb on bomb delivery could be a catalyst to end Rafah standoff
The strength of the relationship between Biden’s administration and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to be tested to the utmost.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Federal
Former UN ambassador urges no vote on Palestinian recognition
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong refused to say how Australia would vote, but there are divisions within Labor over the emotive issue.
- by Matthew Knott and James Massola
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
NSW
Exclusive
State Parliament
Liberal MP considers defying party to support Greens bill on no-grounds evictions
- by Michael McGowan
Exclusive
State Parliament
Paradise lost: Homeless spike in tourism hotspots prompts Airbnb crackdown warning
- by Michael McGowan
Editorial
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden’s curb on bomb delivery could be a catalyst to end Rafah standoff
- The Herald's View
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
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 West Australians think of the state budget
- by Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Holly Thompson, Jesinta Burton and Peter Milne