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Beams Road upgrade passes critical milestone

Congestion on one of Brisbane’s busiest corridors is expected to ease by the end of this year with the expected completion of major upgrades to Beams Road in the

51,000 homes promised in new housing pact

More than 51,000 homes are targeted to be built under a new federal-state agreement announced today. This includes 20,000 exclusively for first home buyers, the first of

No relief in sight for long aged care wait times

By Sabrina Lenzen Imagine your elderly mother needs help to get out of bed, shower and manage her medications – and then waiting more than a year for that support to

Government ignores recommendation to ban gambling ads

The Federal Government has chosen to ignore most of the 31 recommendations in a public health inquiry into online gambling harm – including a ban on gambling

Albanese uses big majority to ignore missing mandate

By Michelle Grattan The tilt of this budget was, when you think about it, predictable. The Albanese government has used the first budget of its second term to do what

Federal Budget addresses world ‘throwing a lot at us’

The Federal Government has released its 2026-27 budget, complete with changes to Capital Gains Tax and Negative Gearing and cuts to the NDIS. Below is a summary of the

One Nation surge is now being taken seriously

By Josh Sunman One Nation’s surge can no longer be seen as a blip or an aberration. As the results in the Farrer byelection showed, the right-wing populist party –

Farrer result takes heat off broken Labor promises

By Michelle Gratten No wonder Jim Chalmers was anxious to use every opportunity on Sunday to weigh in on the Liberals’ “bloodbath” in Farrer. It was extremely good

$10 billion fuel and fertiliser security plan unveiled

By Michelle Grattan With the fuel crisis showing no sign of abating, the Albanese government has unveiled a package worth more than $10 billion to protect the

Federal Budget to cut electric vehicle concessions

By Michelle Grattan Next week’s budget will contain cutbacks to the concessional treatment of electric vehicles (EVs) that will save the government $1.7 billion over

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