Calls for options in budget to ease pressure on parents
Parents are calling for more childcare options as the federal government signals a universal system is unlikely to be on the cards any time soon. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand…
Treasurer to unveil $45b upgrade to budget bottom line
The federal bottom line is forecast to be $44.9 billion better off over coming years, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal in what promises to be one of the most consequential…
Nationals MPs defiant in face of One Nation threat
Some Nationals MPs fear their seats may be at risk from an ascendant One Nation after the populist party’s thumping win in the Farrer by-election. Pauline Hanson’s newest MP won’t…
We are Getting Sued by BHP | The West Report
Michael West Media is being sued by BHP, The Big Australian, for our reporting on the case of injured coal miner Simon Turner. At the centre of the fight are…
Budget boost to tackle growing ranks of homeless youth
Thousands of young Australians will be offered a new payment to help access community housing as part of the federal budget. Under the change, the federal government will provide a…
Rail project axing pulls ‘economic rug’ from regions
Nationals MPs have launched a bid to stop a multibillion-dollar rail project through regional communities from being cut in the federal budget. The federal government has announced it will scrap…
Aussie shares drop as ceasefire frays, CSL plunges
The local share market has slipped after the US rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal to end the Middle East war, and as a huge plunge by a prominent biotech name…
‘No apology’: quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship
Australians returning from a cruise afflicted by a rare and deadly virus will be required to quarantine for at least three weeks. A government-supported charter flight will carry four Australian…
Labor the ‘party of government’. Except in Farrer
Pauline Hanson’s protest movement won its first ever lower house seat in the Farrer by-election on Saturday. Labor didn’t contest it. What’s the scam? The scam is how the self-declared…
Gas project model pours cold water on emissions goal
Australia’s third-highest greenhouse gas-emitting state is not on track to achieve its net zero by 2050 target, according to economic modelling of a $30 billion-plus gas project. A Deloitte report…