Apprentices will benefit from a lift in their allowances as the prime minister attempts to court voters and outline his government's vision for a second term.
Kat Wong
Families of aged-care residents caught up in a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 at Newmarch House are seeking recognition that mistakes were made, costing lives.
Duncan Murray
Well-paid university heads could be dragged into the public eye and grilled over the sector's scandals as the government tries to establish an investigation.
Powerful university vice-chancellors are expected to be hauled in front of a proposed probe into staff wage theft, governance issues and pay rates.
Jessica Wang
Plumbers, sparkies, brickies and carpenters could be paid $10,000 for finishing their apprenticeship in a new promise to woo votes and build more homes.
Tradies will receive a cash boost during their apprenticeships, as part of a bid by the Federal Government to draw more young people into building new homes. SEE THE ELIGIBLE TRADES.
Dylan Caporn
EDITORIAL: Donald Trump’s war on wokeness has ignited a moment of reckoning for diversity efforts which, unless advocates urgently correct course, could spell doom for the movement in Australia too.
President Vladimir Putin recognises the strain the Ukraine war is putting on the Russian economy, source say, citing "really big problems".
Darya Korsunskaya and Guy Faulconbridge and Gleb Stolyarov
The mining lobby group most sceptical of the Albanese Government’s $7.1 billion of tax credits for critical mineral miners has now publicly said it is on board with the policy.
Adrian Rauso
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has hit back at the Premier’s claims her party’s Central Wheatbelt candidate is an ‘anti-Semite’, saying Roger Cook’s comments were a ‘disgrace’.
Jake Dietsch
Donald Trump has expanded immigration officers' power to deport migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US for longer than two years.
Sarah N. Lynch, Andrew Goudsward and Gabriella Borter
A controversial supporter of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is linked to a club which has been promised cash by the Liberal party if it wins the upcoming State election, it can be revealed.
Jessica Page
US President Donald Trump has urged Russia's Vladimir Putin to make a deal to end the "ridiculous" Ukraine war or face new tariffs and sanctions.
David Lawder and Daphne Psaledakis
Bandyup Women’s Prison has seen ‘very positive’ improvements in its care of inmates but is still struggling in key areas, the independent watchdog has found.
A bid to buy back WA’s regional rail network has been labelled ‘hollow’ by the Nationals, as the Liberal party predicted taxpayers could be forced to fork out a staggering amount.
South Korean investigators have asked prosecutors to indict detained President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Ju-min Park and Hyonhee Shin
A new push is underway to scrap “unfair” rules forcing renters to fork out up to $250 just to park near the beach in an affluent Aussie area.
Nathan Schmidt
More specialist doctors have walked out from one state’s troubled public health sector in an industrial relations war. And more look set to quit.
Duncan Evans
The Opposition Leader issued a call-to-arms from disgruntled patrons, urging them to contact the business directly over their Australia Day snub.
The staff — represented by the Transport Workers Union — are responsible for the security of WA courts, and getting prisoners to hearings and appointments.
Foreign investors will be wooed by New Zealand to help lift the nation's economy out of the lurch as the government seeks to put the woes of 2024 behind it.
Ben McKay
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has revealed he has a different view from US President Donald Trump on a key global issue.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Millions of Aussies are confronting a stark budget black hole, with an economic update exposing a serious $217bn breakdown in one state’s finances.
The Albanese government will become the embattled regional airline’s largest creditor after acquiring $50m of its debt.
