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Next week the Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. It’s the first face-to-face conference in five years. These conferences don’t have anything like the bite they once did, but there’s still a chance for the party’s rank and file to have a shout about issues. More than…

Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh says Labor needs to be more accommodating to members who do not want to be aligned to well-entrenched factions.

The federal government has set up a new unit to check government programs are delivering as promised, that could save millions in private consultancy fees.

With an expected $4 billion budget surplus, the government comes under fire from Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie for withholding spending on Australia's most vulnerable.

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Sneaky web design tricks used by online providers to make it hard to cancel a subscription could be targeted to prevent a "race to the bottom in dodginess".

Netflix's 'sensitivity' revisions of the Roald Dahl books is a result of market concentration and Australia will need new rules to cope, a minister said.

The right to repair their equipment may soon be on the table for farmers, who say machinery breakdowns cost them dearly as they wait for company-specific technicians to arrive.

The assistant minister for competition says highly concentrated markets, especially in the regions, are contributing to sluggish real wage growth.