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A Victorian parliamentary inquiry says the state's corruption watchdog should be required to set out its reasons for public hearings.

Tax cuts due to come into effect from mid-2024 have become a flashpoint for the upcoming budget as Australia faces economic headwinds.

Australia’s dire and shameful conservation record is well established. The world’s highest number of recent mammal extinctions – 39 since colonisation. Ecosystems collapsing from the north to the south, across our lands and waters. Even species that have survived so far are at risk, as the sad list of threatened…

Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones says government ‘not walking away’ from previous policy but framing budget in ‘difficult’ circumstances

Pressure is mounting to change or scrap costly tax cuts baked in by the former government as Labor prepares to hand down its budget in less than three weeks.

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Both Labor and the Coalition are promising to pour billions into the state's hospitals. A political analyst expects they'll keep on coming, as the public health sector urges politicians not to lose sight of other major health challenges.

The media pack is starting to bay as one over the suppurating wound that is Australia’s electronic gaming-machine addiction.

After being named overall winner at the 40 Under 40 Asian Australian Leadership Awards, Tu Le says the Kristina Keneally election setback led to more opportunities to help her community.