Federal government seeks advice on Darwin port lease to China

Security advice is being sought on whether the controversial lease of the Darwin Port to a Chinese-owned company should be scrapped. The...

May 3, 2021 | Tom Lowrey

National

Budget will remove cap on child-care subsidies for middle and upper-income parents

Caps on childcare subsidies for higher-income earners would be removed and costs slashed for families with two or more children under a...

May 2, 2021 | Tom Lowrey

National

Broader, faster vaccine delivery on agenda as national cabinet meets

For the second time this week, national cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss Australia’s troubled vaccine rollout – with an eye...

April 22, 2021 | Tom Lowrey

Your Super

‘Right to repair’ laws for fixable electronics pushed forward

Australia’s consumer affairs ministers have agreed to consider laws boosting people’s ability to repair their phones and other electronic goods, rather than...

September 1, 2019 | Tom Lowrey

National

‘Hockey owes me’: Former Helloworld executive burns ambassador

A former Helloworld executive who met Australia’s ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey to discuss embassy travel arrangements said the meeting...

February 21, 2019 | Tom Lowrey

Weather

Bureau of Meteorology hits out at ‘inaccurate’ reports of local forecasting changes

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) provides arguably Australia’s most popular government service, so perhaps it is unsurprising suggestions of major changes to...

October 22, 2018 | Tom Lowrey

NSW News

NSW scraps plan for massive cull of Kosciuszko brumbies

A proposed cull of wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park is being scrapped and any future culling will be outlawed under...

May 20, 2018 | Tom Lowrey

News

New senator Jim Molan has ‘no regrets’ about posting far-right videos on Facebook

Newly-elected Liberal senator and retired senior Army officer Jim Molan is defending his decision to share anti-Muslim videos posted by far-right UK...

February 5, 2018 | Tom Lowrey