The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has said the Federal Government’s ambitious cash splash for 61 free mental health centres will fail without targeted investment into the workforce.
Hannah Cross
Premier Jacinta Allan has used a speech to Labor Party faithful to flag a legislative crackdown on abuse of retail, hospitality and transport workers.
Callum Godde
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken the stage to address party faithful at Victoria’s state conference, despite ugly scenes erupting between delegates and pro-Palestine protesters.
Emma Kirk
WA’s most senior Federal Liberal has backed Peter Dutton’s stance on production tax credits as the political row over how best to support the State’s miners intensifies.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
When he was opposition leader, Bill Shorten faced Coalition criticism for attacking ‘the top end of town’, a phrase he used in his 2019 budget reply.
Michelle Grattan
Jim Chalmers has had three set-piece opportunities to repair the national accounts — and he’s come up short every time.
Paul Murray
Taxpayers will foot a more than $40 million bill to remove flammable cladding from some of WA’s biggest hospitals, more than five years after the London tragedy which revealed the issue.
Dylan Caporn
WA’s Indian trade office spent almost $20,000 for slick photos and videos of a high-level delegation to attract nurses to Australia — without the knowledge of the lead minister on the trip.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's speech to the Victorian Labor faithful has been overshadowed by pro-Palestine protesters storming the event.
A former immigration detainee, who was freed from indefinite detention after a High Court ruling, has lodged a writ to sue the Commonwealth for false imprisonment.
The University of Queensland will involve police and take disciplinary action against pro-Palestine student protesters after their conduct on campus allegedly resulted in assault and property damage.
The private company, which issues e-Scripts, fell victim last week to a large-scale data breach.
Jake Dietsch
Property developers are dodging NSW political donation laws with methods that instead funnel money to federal accounts, the state's corruption watchdog says.
Sam McKeith
Roger Cook has dismissed criticism from the State’s Auditor General following a report into a number of taxpayer-funded advertising campaigns which ran during the pandemic.
Rebecca Parish
North Korea will be held accountable for supplying Russia with missiles in its war against Ukraine, the Foreign Minister says.
Eleanor Campbell
The WA Premier says Peter Dutton is a threat to the WA economy after the Opposition leader promised to slash migration.
One state that plans on suspending a casino licence because of “major failings” has deferred the 90-day ban for a second time.
Aisling Brennan
Labor says it is laying the groundwork for emerging low-carbon industries by sinking millions into a feasibility study for a water project in South Australia.
Poppy Johnston
Speakers at a pro-Israel march at Curtin University have claimed Jewish students have been afraid to attend lectures and blocked from exiting campus buildings.
Increases to the Commonwealth Rental Assistance scheme contributes only a pittance to housing costs, with the weekly boost enough to buy only two cups of coffee.
Kim Macdonald
A pledge to slash permanent migration has been rejected because those against the idea claim it fails to fix Australia’s housing woes.
The iron ore bonanza that has underwritten both the State and the nation since the start of COVID-19 may soon be over, according to stark warnings contained in both the WA and Commonwealth Budgets.
Josh Zimmerman
Australia is imposing targeted financial sanctions on entities associated with North Korea's illegal export of arms to Russia.
Kat Wong
Victoria's opposition leader has apologised after settling two high-profile defamation cases that were triggered by a 2023 rally in Melbourne.
Holly Hales