The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Transparency advocates argue for lower threshold for public hearings as four-day inquiry into Nacc bill begins

Foreign Minister Penny Wong insists there has been "no change" to Australia's decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, despite the policy disappearing from her department's website.

The federal Labor government made delivering on its promises a core platform of the 2022 election campaign. On Monday, one key national policy was delivered – with the official launch of the next ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children (2022 to 2032).

MORNING BRIEFING: Residents from an Indigenous community on the NSW-Victorian border are being evacuated as the flood threat intensifies.

The big question prior to Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering the Albanese government’s first budget on October 26 has been whether it will seek to modify the “stage 3” tax cuts legislated by the Morrison government, with Labor’s support.

Clive Hamilton personifies the Australian progressive “public intellectual”. He’s a prolific author of opinion articles and books, concerned “to make a difference in the world” by persuading people to engage with “powerful ideas”.

If the Labor government doesn’t start co-ordinating its immigration and housing policies, the mixture will be explosive.

The devastating floods hitting large swathes of the country will put more pressure on the already-pressured federal budget and the cost of some essential items.

Motorists are seeing a mixed bag of petrol prices, with some retailers even charging less than the wholesale price, as global economic warnings abound.