Politics
Labor adds billions to state deals on housing
Albanese struck a deal with state and territory leaders on Friday to inject more cash into construction, including a five-year agreement on social housing.
- by David Crowe
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Courts
Detainee released by Coalition one of trio accused of attack on grandmother
- by David Crowe, Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill
Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews
- by Olivia Ireland and Angus Thompson
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Australia set to back watered-down United Nations resolution on Palestine
- by James Massola and Matthew Knott
Opinion & Perspectives
Chalmers has navigated a steady course. But can he nail a tricky landing?
Like a pilot negotiating fierce crosswinds, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ dexterity will be judged on whether the economic landing is soft or hard.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Women should decide on having children, not the treasurer
Wouldn’t you be a bit worried about the sort of world your baby is being born into these days?
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
Federal
‘We did not reward Hamas’: Penny Wong defends United Nations vote backing Palestinian statehood
In a rare public display of disunity on foreign affairs, Labor MP Josh Burns said Jewish Australians would feel more isolated as a result of the vote.
- by Matthew Knott and Rachel Clun
What we know about the budget so far
The government has already made plenty of budget announcements worth billions, covering everything from income tax cuts to manufacturing, housing and defence.
- by Rachel Clun
Opinion
Federal budget
Chalmers has navigated a steady course. But can he nail a tricky landing?
- by Peter Hartcher
Exclusive
Courts
Detainee released by Coalition one of trio accused of attack on grandmother
- by David Crowe, Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill
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
Victoria
Opinion
Victorian budget
Pallas says Labor’s promises have been delayed. Many would say they’ve been broken
- by Annika Smethurst
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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