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Labor will also overhaul a much-criticised tax break scheme for gaming venues under deal with Greens

ACT senator says he is not ideologically opposed but Coalition’s nuclear proposal is ‘unrealistic’ while Lidia Thorpe says it doesn’t make economic sense

The NSW opposition says Labor's second state budget is sorely lacking in direct cost-of-living relief at a time people across the state are crying out for it.

After beating a first-term South Australian Liberal government in 2022, Labor premier Peter Malinauskas has gone on to be a reform advocate on issues including social media and politcal donations.

An inquiry into Victoria's pork industry has called for the state government to ban sow stalls and make security cameras mandatory at abattoirs and farms.

Tough new laws will bring NSW in to line with most of the country as industrial manslaughter is made a criminal offence with penalties of up to 25 years' jail.

Experts say there is ‘no credible reason’ Coalition policy will bring lower power prices

Just last year, data suggested plug-in hybrid cars were on the way out in Australia. But they’re back. New data shows plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrids combined have overtaken battery electric vehicle sales in the first quarter of 2024. The trend continued during April and May.

Cheaper electricity, less emissions and ready by 2035 are some of the Coalition’s core promises on nuclear energy, but are they backed by evidence?

Tony Wood of the Grattan Institute rejects Coalition’s claim electricity prices are high due to Labor’s renewables policy

Peter Dutton has revealed the Coalition would use existing power stations in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and WA for nuclear energy. But from there it gets tricky