Major step towards cutting maximum medicine cost to $25
Australians will pay no more than $25 for selected medicines for the first time in more than 20 years under a proposal to be brought before parliament. It will be…
Australia-UK treaty unlikely to sink subs deal with US
Cold water has been poured on suggestions a long-term Australian-British pact could put American noses out of joint as it revisits a major submarine deal. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles…
‘Heartbroken’ PM says Israel breached international law
Israel has “quite clearly” breached international law by limiting food deliveries to starving civilians in Gaza, Anthony Albanese has declared in a notable escalation of his criticism of the Jewish…
The piece of data that could decide next rate decision
Traders, economists and mortgage holders will be locked into the Australian Bureau of Statistics website this week for a piece of data that could determine whether the Reserve Bank cuts…
Israel ‘broke international law’ by starving Gazans: PM
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Israel has “quite clearly” breached international law by limiting food deliveries to starving civilians in Gaza as he escalates his criticism of the Jewish state.…
Bilateral pact won’t ‘annoy’ US amid AUKUS review
A separate pact between Australia and Britain doesn’t risk angering the US as it weighs up torpedoing AUKUS, Trade Minister Don Farrell insists. The US was conspicuously absent as Deputy…
Scomo, standards and core values | Scam of the Week
Scott Morrison is back, how good is that? He’s not just a controversial former PM but a fully-fledged weapons lobbyist flogging war with China to a US congressional committee Meanwhile…
Tourist mecca fighting to turn tide on Mother Nature
It’s feared the planned replenishment of Australia’s famous Gold Coast beaches could be pushing sand uphill, as the city fights to turn the tide on Mother Nature. The wildly popular…
Antisemitism: trinity of envoys clouds contest for social cohesion
Controversy over Special Envoy Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism begs the question: Should the government fold the special envoys into one Social Cohesion role? Ali Reza Junespour writes. The…
EU chief heads to Scotland for trade talks with Trump
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has headed to Scotland ahead of a meeting with US President Donald Trump, as speculation mounts of a trade agreement. Trump, in Scotland…