Welfare recipients could soon be required to report their actual fortnightly earnings to Centrelink, instead of providing a calculation based on their...

Australian firefighters are urging Scott Morrison not to call a royal commission into the unprecedented bushfires ravaging the country. The United Firefighters...

Future plans for Australia’s energy sector are being mapped out by the federal government, as pressure continues to mount for a more...

Australia must aim for zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible otherwise bushfire conditions will deteriorate significantly, economist Ross Garnaut says....

China’s ambassador to Australia has not ruled out Prime Minister Scott Morrison being invited to Beijing. Cheng Jingye has promised to “do...

People on Newstart are on such little money they see no point in having a budget, senators have been told. A Senate...

Legislation underpinning the Morrison government’s drug testing of Australians on welfare has passed the first parliamentary hurdle, with the Coalition hoping third...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg wants Australians to learn more about the Holocaust to stop the rise of anti-Semitism. Mr Frydenberg is deeply concerned...

Australians with disability are being exploited by Centrelink’s controversial robo-debt welfare recovery scheme, a parliamentary inquiry has been told. The Senate’s community...

Attorney-General Christian Porter has warned Canberrans he doesn’t expect federal police to turn a blind eye to cannabis possession when the drug...