Federal Budget targeted at family hip pockets
Treasurer Jim Chalmers last night delivered the 2025-26 Federal Budget, focussing on the cost of living, shoring up Medicare, dealing with the housing crisis and lifting
Read more26 March 2025Federal
New campaign warns of overseas drinking risks
The Federal Government has launched a campaign to warn young Australians about the dangers of consuming alcohol overseas.
This follows the deaths last year of Bianca
Read more24 March 2025
PBS price reduction supported by both major parties
Australians will pay less for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines after Labor and the Coalition both pledged to reduce the co-payment to $25.
Prime Minister Anthony
Read more20 March 2025
Scope of North Queensland flood relief extended
The Federal Government has extended the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) to all of Queensland’s Cassowary Coast and Townsville local government
Read more19 March 2025
Work kicks off on major Bruce Highway upgrades
Early works and planning have begun to deliver on the promised $9 billion upgrade of the Bruce Highway.
Queensland Transport and Main Roads Minister Brent Mickelberg
Read more19 March 2025
Focus on gender equality in male-dominated industries
Many of Australia’s peak business bodies and unions have been funded to deliver programs to support gender equality in the workplace.
Federal Minister for Women Katy
Read more14 March 2025
Aussie laser weapon closer after Adelaide test
Australia is a step closer to a home-grown laser weapon after a successful test in South Australia.
In a national first, the Adelaide laboratories of QinetiQ
Read more14 March 2025
Tips to prepare students for delayed NAPLAN testing
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) schools have delayed the start of annual NAPLAN testing due to the impact of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Many of its 146 schools across
Read more14 March 2025
Brisbane hub for $200m Navy communications upgrade
Brisbane will be the base for a $200m program to upgrade communication systems on Royal Australian Navy ships.
Federal Minister for Defence Industry and Capability
Read more14 March 2025
First US tariff hit minor, but beware of ripple effects
By Lisa Toohey
“Unjustified” and “not the way that friends and allies should be treated”. That’s how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny
Read more13 March 2025