The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Push to knock off the Victorian gains traction amid speculation first-term senator Kimberley Kitching could also face a contest

South Australia's electoral commissioner knocks back a Labor bid to shut down Liberal Party advertising attacking the closure of a hospital in a key marginal seat.

Just $150 million from a $5 billion fund has been set aside for disaster-mitigation projects, and much less than that has actually been spent. It's prompted the question: With a big slice of eastern Australia either underwater or recently underwater, could that money be doing a lot more?

Scott Morrison said the government has spent $17 billion on disaster relief in three years, but Labor said the number has been “fudged”.

Australian billionaire and United Australia Party founder Clive Palmer reportedly buys one of Adolf Hitler's cars at auction from a Russian billionaire.

The state government has promised to cut school fees for parents, as the South Australian Labor Party announces its site for the proposed hydrogen power station.

The South Australian mid-north centre of Whyalla will be the location for a major hydrogen plant development if Labor wins the state election this month.

Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles says there are now 70,000 fewer apprentices and trainees than there were when the Coalition came to office in 2013. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

Wednesday: City and surrounding areas brace for severe weather and flood warnings. Plus: PM to continue working after testing positive for Covid

The John Curtin Hotel in Carlton, another of Melbourne’s cultural landmarks, is set to close. Nearly 150 years old, the pub has long been a haunt of the union movement, Labor leaders, detectives, journalists and the live music scene.

Online charity appeals require state government authorisation which aims to prevent scams and misuse of funds