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More than 60,000 families would access three days of subsidised childcare while an access test branded punitive will be scrapped under a Labor policy.

Growth has slowed but employment is up – could the new year bring mortgage repayment relief?

While plenty of voters feel worse off than in 2022, they aren’t convinced the Coalition will do any better

An investigation has been launched after a laboratory lost hundreds of infectious virus samples, but a state government has played down the public health risk.

Josh Burns says he has been standing up for his Melbourne community ‘every day’ as Chris Bowen calls for national unity

A national Newspoll, conducted December 2–6 from a sample of 1,258, had a 50–50 tie, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll in early November. Primary votes were 39% Coalition (down one), 33% Labor (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation (up two) and 10% for all Others…

‘Potentially historic’ moment looms at the ACTU meeting, as aggrieved unions threaten to direct support elsewhere

Many believe ‘adult time’ for children is a remarkably retrograde step, but it comes towards the bottom of a long, slippery slope

In the reactions to incidents of antisemitism, many people observe a contrast between New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.