The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Government says nuclear waste cannot continue to build up and it will work with traditional custodians of proposed Kimba site

The federal Labor government has promised to craft a national housing and homelessness plan and to fund new social housing, returning Canberra to a field it all but abandoned for a decade. A new Productivity Commission report is scathing about current arrangements and calls for far-reaching change.

Labor says the NSW goverment was warned twice about serious defects in a Sydney light rail line two years before cracked trams forced a shutdown.

High ownership of multiple residences among state MPs has prompted accusations they are ‘blind’ to the escalating rental crisis

Senate committee will consider laws to reform sector, including a cap on the proportion of household income lenders can take in repayments

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley attacked new teal MPs for opposing the stage-three tax cuts for high-income earners.

Peak body says assurances given and must be upheld or trust with rural Australia ‘will be broken’

Kaushaliya Vaghela quit Labor alleging systemic bullying in the party, accusing the office of Premier Daniel Andrews of turning a blind eye to the issue.

The move is in contrast to the former Coalition government, which refused to sign up to the target, which is already supported by the United States and the European Union.

Paul Keating says America takes its allies for granted and called for a complete rethink of Australia's strategic policy and its pillars including the

Laws that allow for fines and prison terms for non-violent protesters undermine fundamental rights, Environmental Defenders Office says