Off-farm income no longer barrier to disaster relief
More regional Queensland business will be able to access disaster relief funding with the definition of primary producer changed to include agricultural support
Read more29 May 2025Federal
Coalition back, but drama lurks in the shadows
By Michelle Grattan
Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow
Read more29 May 2025
UNESCO rates Great Barrier Reef health as ‘very poor’
The Great Barrier Reef is on track to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage “in danger” list as early as next year.
A draft report, which will be considered at a
Read more29 May 2025
Finance industry urged to act as risks increase
Financial services businesses need to improve cross-departmental communications to avoid digital disruption and ensure compliance with a new regulatory standard which
Read more29 May 2025
PFAS detected in 85 percent of Aussie population
More than 85 percent of all Australians have at least three types of PFAS in their system, with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releasing statistics for the first
Read more28 May 2025
Modern warfare on show in US ‘experimental event’
Australian soldiers were given a glimpse of the battlefield of the future, joining an exercise in the United States, where drones and uncrewed vehicles
Read more27 May 2025
29,000 accounts linked to fake job ads removed
A federal crackdown on employment scams has closed down more than 29,000 fake social media accounts in a seven-month blitz.
Australian Competition and Consumer
Read more26 May 2025
Misleading energy bills cost consumers $65 million
Consumer group CHOICE has lodged it first “super complaint” to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), targeting energy retailers.
In July
Read more21 May 2025
Federal Nationals split from Liberals
By Michelle Grattan
The Nationals have broken the Coalition, for the first time in nearly four decades, because new Liberal leader Sussan Ley would not agree to their
Read more20 May 2025
Focus on community sport infrastructure
A first-of-it-type national plan is being developed to make grassroots sporting facilities more inclusive.
Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Executive General Manager
Read more20 May 2025