Keyword "Australian politics" - List of latest news (282 results)

22/04 ‘Moral panic’ about new media’s influence on young voters underplays their interest in politics, creators say

Young Australians want to change the world – they just aren’t relying on traditional media to help them do it

22/04 Australians cast ballots in early voting ahead of May general election

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton cancelled campaign events out of respect for Pope Francis who died on Monday.

19/04 ‘Bordering on incredible’: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies and offering none of its own

With Peter Dutton’s views on climate change in the spotlight, the focus has turned onto whether there will be any policies to reduce emissions in the next decade

19/04 Coke and Bali: Liberal’s drug chaos revealed

The former leader of the South Australian Liberal Party snorted cocaine through rolled up banknotes and held a Qantas card with ‘white powdery residue on it’, court documents reveal.

17/04 Australian Labor party sent team to UK to learn from Keir Starmer’s successful election campaign

Overseas lessons on the power of podcasts informed the party’s ‘new media’ strategy to reach disengaged voters

16/04 Dutton looks shaky as he fights Albanese to a draw at best – and he’s fast running out of chances to get ahead

Opposition leader and prime minister both dodge questions during ABC’s leaders debate, but one still has a mountain to climb before the election

16/04 Too much like Trump? Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton risks turning off voters

Dutton has taken the Liberal party further to the right, but his strategy of aping the US president could be unravelling as Trump tariffs cause chaos

15/04 Ex-PM backs in embattled candidate

Former prime minister John Howard has publicly backed beleaguered Liberal candidate Scott Yung in his race for the must-win Sydney electorate of Bennelong.

11/04 Blindfolds and wooden balls: Australia fires up its extremely analog election machinery

It can matter which order candidates appear on the ballot paper. That’s why the Australian Electoral Commission takes a very old-fashioned view of its random act of democracy

11/04 ‘Vile abuse’: Election takes ugly turn

Police have removed two offensive and homophobic banners targeting Labor MP Julian Hill from an overpass on a major arterial highway in Melbourne.

09/04 Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death

09/04 Palau president backs Australia’s bid to host Cop31 climate summit after Dutton labels it ‘madness’

Surangel Whipps Jr says he would be ‘deeply disappointed’ if attempt were abandoned under Coalition

08/04 It’s up to each of us to help save life on Earth – I love this challenge | Bob Brown

Taking action against species extinction can be risky but it’s better than surrender

07/04 When sadness strikes I remember I’m not alone in loving the wild boundless beauty of the living world | Georgina Woods

Nature will reclaim its place as a terrifying quasi-divine force that cannot be mastered. I find this strangely comforting

05/04 Albanese declares Chinese-controlled Port of Darwin should ‘be in Australian hands’

PM says two options on table: for an Australian-owned company to take control, or for port to return to being a government asset

04/04 Tributes flow for ‘champion’ former MP

Tributes have begun to flow for “champion” former MP Petro Georgiou, who died at the age of 77.

03/04 Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica

Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

31/03 Australia should persist with Aukus despite risk of US relationship ‘becoming unstuck’, former defence chief says

Dennis Richardson argues biggest hindrance to $368bn deal is budgetary capacity and ‘political will’

30/03 ‘A female Donald Trump’: how Gina Rinehart is pushing the Maga message in Australia

Australia’s richest person has close ties with the US president’s ‘Trumpettes’ and has even styled her company headquarters with Maga-inspired designs

28/03 Australian prime minister calls election amid shadow of Trump and cost-of-living crisis

Anthony Albanese’s ruling Labor party faces a challenge by the centre-right Coalition led by Peter Dutton at the 3 May vote

27/03 Australian federal election date: Anthony Albanese calls poll for 3 May

Albanese visits governor general to kickstart five-week election campaign, with polls suggesting Labor is in a tight contest with Coalition under Peter Dutton

27/03 Australians almost never vote out a first-term government. So why is this year’s election looking so tight?

For once-popular Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the honeymoon is well and truly over.

27/03 Guide to electorates in the 2025 Australian election: from safe to marginal

Familiarise yourself with the state of play ahead of the election with our data-driven electorate guide

27/03 PM expected to call Australian election on Friday morning with poll likely to be held in early May

Anthony Albanese’s move would steal thunder from Peter Dutton hours after he delivers budget reply speech

27/03 Israeli politicians sign letter urging Australian MPs to dump two-state policy

Letter from Knesset members addressed to Queensland LNP backbencher Andrew Wallace was distributed at event he hosted, attended by several Coalition MPs and senators

16/03 Australia’s trade minister warns Trump tariff war could raise price of Big Mac in US

Don Farrell points out most Australian beef exported to US goes to fast food giant McDonald’s

13/03 An Australian politician called Trump’s tariffs a ‘dog act’ – but what does it mean and how offensive is it?

A ‘dog act’ isn’t simply ruffling someone’s feathers – it’s an act of betrayal. Caitlin Cassidy explains the meaning of the Australian phrase to Julia Hollingsworth.

04/03 Western Australia premier calls US vice-president JD Vance a ‘knob’

Cook says ‘you’ve got to have one unprofessional moment’ as description wins applause at pre-election event

22/02 China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

Report from New Zealand navy personnel comes a day after similar drill forced multiple airlines to change flight paths between Australia and New Zealand

15/02 ‘I knew those things couldn’t sit in a box’: Lowitja O’Donoghue’s niece sheds new light on her extraordinary life

Adelaide show traces the incredible life journey of one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous rights campaigners

11/02 Donald Trump has declared war on international justice. Australia must speak up | Geoffrey Robertson

The ICC sanction is designed to intimidate and stop it from working against war criminals, Geoffrey Robertson writes

24/01 Loveable rogue or mouthpiece for misinformation? Why Australian blokes love Joe Rogan

Some consider it their dirty secret, for fear of being cancelled. Others openly enjoy the long-form format. Either way, the US podcaster’s appeal in Australia is undeniable

17/01 What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?

Outgoing United States president Joe Biden has warned ‘an oligarchy is taking shape in America’. What is an oligarchy? And is America becoming one?

10/01 Novak Djokovic’s claim he ate ‘poisoned’ food in 2022 Melbourne hotel detention ‘possible but very unlikely’, experts say

Doubt cast on tennis former world number one’s comments in GQ interview as debate reopens about handling of visa saga

08/01 Staking claim to a patch of sand with your beach cabana might be the most Australian thing of all | Anna Spargo-Ryan

Anthony Albanese should know if there’s one thing we’re famous for, it’s politely asking before taking something as our own

07/01 ‘I don’t hold a hose, mate’: Australia’s political history is full of gaffes. Here are some of the best (or worst) | Frank Bongiorno

As we enter another election season, we can expect the media to spend at least as much time on the hunt for gaffes as they do on policy substance

07/01 ‘Everyone owns the beach’: Australian PM throws shade in cabana debate

Anthony Albanese says beachgoers using shade structures to reserve patch of sand are going against Australia’s spirit of equality

31/12 Nearly 2,300 applicants died waiting for a parent visa to Australia with processing times of up to 31 years

‘Providing an opportunity for people to apply for a visa that will probably never come seems both cruel and unnecessary’, review says

12/12 Meta, TikTok and Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

Albanese government unveils charge to incentivise digital platforms to pay publishers

30/11 ‘Time for compassion to prevail’: could the remaining Bali Nine members finally be coming home?

The new Indonesian president – who came to office with a questionable human rights record – has emerged as an unlikely champion for a prisoner swap deal

29/11 Meta accuses Australian government of failing to consider young people’s voices with world-first social media ban

One independent MP calls bill – which passed on Thursday – a ‘1970 solution for a 2024 problem’

25/11 What has happened to gambling reform under Labor? It’s simple – the government has been cowed by vested interests | Tim Costello

A year ago, at Peta Murphy’s funeral, I felt sure her legacy would be honoured. Now it seems any gambling ad reform has been squibbed

23/11 Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season

Heritage minister says Facebook made ‘room for misinformation’ after turning news off in 2023 as Australia mulls actions that could lead to Meta doing the same

21/11 A social media ban for everyone is in the national interest – not just kids under 16 | Van Badham

I personally resent being excluded from protection against monetised fear, anger and toxicity

18/11 RFK Jr’s vaccine views ‘dangerous’, cousin Caroline Kennedy warns Australian audience

Outgoing US ambassador to Australia discusses Trump’s pick for health secretary, and concedes climate action under president-elect may not be as ‘fast’

18/11 Lidia Thorpe defiant after Senate censures her protest against King Charles: ‘I’ll do it again’

Senator rips up paper copy of motion against her and says she was ‘denied my right’ to be present during vote

11/11 ‘Take a deep breath on being Trump-esque’: senior Coalition figures reject backbench push to rethink net zero

Nationals senator Matt Canavan and MP Keith Pitt both spoke out about the party’s climate policy in the wake of Donald Trump’s win

07/11 Australia’s US ambassador Kevin Rudd deletes posts criticising ‘destructive’ Trump after election win

Former PM says past comments don’t reflect his views as envoy, while foreign minister says she is confident of Australia’s alliance with US

07/11 Australia to legislate social media age limit of 16 – but can’t say how platforms will enforce it

Onus will be on platforms to demonstrate they are taking reasonable steps to prevent access for young people, PM says

07/11 Donald Trump can’t stop global climate action. If we stick together, it’s the US that will lose out | Bill Hare

How damaging this presidency is to the planet depends very much on how other countries react. There’s no time to waste

31/10 ‘Republicanism by stealth’: Australia’s Great Seal redesign ditches reference to monarch

Historian also questions ‘complete silence’ around First Nations sovereignty in new design

30/10 If Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris in the US election, how should Anthony Albanese respond? | Arthur Sinodinos

The Australian PM should make an early visit to Washington in the event of a Trump victory and prioritise the security and economic architecture of our region

27/10 Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens

Immigration minister Tony Burke says Owens ‘has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction’ ahead of planned November speaking tour

25/10 I understand Thorpe seizing the moment. I interjected during George W Bush’s speech over the Iraq invasion | Bob Brown

The furore over the senator’s challenge to King Charles has been about her manner. Its substance is what will be remembered

23/10 Simon Birmingham floats new ‘disorderly conduct’ penalties after Lidia Thorpe’s protest against the king

Liberal senator says world leaders could give Australia ‘a wide berth’ without measures to deter protests, but expert says such sanctions not ‘appropriate’

22/10 Australian senator Lidia Thorpe confronted King Charles with a string of claims. How do they stack up?

The Gurnai Gunditjmara and Djab-Wurrung woman accused the crown of a rang of crimes against Indigenous people at Parliament House

22/10 Lidia Thorpe shrugs off Dutton’s call to resign, saying she’s looking for ‘justice’ not re-election

Independent senator, who made international headlines for heckling King Charles about Indigenous injustices, says people should ‘get used to truth-telling’

21/10 Indigenous elder scolds Lidia Thorpe for yelling ‘disrespectful’ comments at King Charles

Aunty Violet Sheridan says the Victorian senator ‘does not speak for me and my people’ and called Thorpe’s yelling of ‘fuck the colony’ inappropriate

21/10 Lidia Thorpe - the Australian Senator who furiously protested against Charles

Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian independent politician, shouted "this is not your land" at King Charles during his and Queen Camilla's Australia visit.

21/10 Lidia Thorpe: who is the MP who accused King Charles of genocide in fiery confrontation in Australian parliament?

The Indigenous senator’s outburst is her highest-profile protest yet, bringing her face to face with her long-term adversary: the British monarchy

19/10 Australia to examine 66 military export permits to Israel approved before Gaza conflict

Department of Defence considering international commitments on exports amid ongoing war in Middle East

18/10 US congress research warns of risk of cost blowouts for Australia in Aukus submarine program

Report also cast doubt on whether any rigorous cost-benefit analysis was done before the 2021 announcement

17/10 Could the visit of King Charles and Queen Camilla be just what Australia’s republican movement needs?

Supporters of a republic hope attention on the royals stirs the debate about whether a modern Australia should remain tied to the British monarchy

13/10 I don’t want to revisit the time and the fallout of the voice referendum. But we cannot maintain the status quo | Celeste Liddle

The agendas of truth-telling and treaty cannot be allowed to fall by the wayside in the failure of the voice to get up

06/10 Controversial pro-Palestine protests under way in Sydney and Melbourne ahead of 7 October anniversary

Deputy prime minister decries rallies around Australia as protesters warned not to display symbols linked to designated terrorist groups

29/09 Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Exclusive: Former Australian PM witnessed ‘shocking act of perjury’ and says MI5 are still trying to hide something

17/09 Meta to introduce ‘teen accounts’ to Instagram as governments consider social media age limits

Meta says teen accounts will apply to new users under 16 and restrictions will eventually be extended to existing accounts used by teenagers

14/09 Anthony Albanese fires back at Elon Musk’s ‘fascist’ comment as feud simmers on

Tech billionaire has clashed with Australian government several times over past year, including a refusal to take down clips of a Sydney bishop allegedly stabbed

13/09 Elon Musk calls Australian government ‘fascists’ over move to regulate online misinformation

Labor ministers hit back at the US billionaire, saying he was inconsistent on free speech and his comment was ‘crackpot stuff’

12/09 Hate crimes bill: LGBTQ+ and Jewish groups disappointed Labor has dropped plan to outlaw vilification

New laws will expand the existing offence of urging violence but won’t criminalise conduct such as inciting hatred, serious contempt, revulsion or severe ridicule

11/09 Ex-Manus Island detainees stranded in PNG threatened with eviction over unpaid rent

Exclusive: About 70 people who sought asylum in Australia remain in Port Moresby, having been previously held in immigration detention

10/09 Australia plans to ban children from social media. Is checking and enforcing an age block possible?

As the Albanese government pledges a ban, age verification trials in the UK and US show possible hurdles and privacy concerns

10/09 Australia’s dummy spit over kids on social media isn’t the answer. We need an internet for children | Aleesha Rodriguez

The ban is a distraction from the need to develop of high-quality experiences online for children of different ages

10/09 Australia backs UK decision to curb arms sales to Israel

Exclusive: Foreign minister Penny Wong says she ‘welcomes’ the British move and Palestinian civilians ‘cannot pay the price’ of defeating Hamas

09/09 Social media age limits to go before parliament ahead of next election, Albanese says

Draft bill requires social media platforms to stop children in the restricted age range from accessing their services

06/09 Australia thought it was done with Trump, now the US treaty ally is readying for his possible return

Canberra is focused on what a second Trump presidency could mean for Aukus – its deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines

04/09 Let’s be honest: Australia’s claim to have cut climate pollution isn’t as good as it seems | Adam Morton

Take renewable energy out of the equation and there isn’t much else expected to reduce fossil fuel use this side of 2030

01/09 ‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate

Campaigners say there’s impatience about Australia’s reluctance to stop ‘opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels’

26/08 Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ laws are here. Does this mean no more work intrusions on personal time?

How do you know if your boss still has the right to contact you out of hours? ‘Reasonable and unreasonable’ contact is the key phrase

22/08 ‘Grade five instincts’: why sook is the new insult of choice in Australia’s parliament

In the rough and tumble of the House of Representatives, this barb stands out as an oldie but a goodie

12/08 Australia indemnifies US and UK ‘against any liability’ from nuclear submarine risks

New text reveals any party can terminate their collaboration on nuclear-powered boats with just one year’s notice

12/08 Raygun breaks out kangaroo hop as Olympics end while athletes and politicians hit back at ‘haters’

Fellow Olympians cheer breaker Rachael Gunn as she joyfully re-enacts some of her viral moves on the streets of Paris

10/08 Birthrates are plummeting world wide. Can governments turn the tide?

Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidised childcare and parental leave to try and reverse a rapidly declining fertility rate – largely to no avail

02/08 Fair Work takeover of CFMEU 'not enough' say critics calling for greater witness protections

Construction bosses and building industry whistleblowers fearful of retribution will be free to speak out against the CFMEU under cover of a potential parliamentary inquiry amid concern existing workplace regulators lack investigative teeth and protections.

21/07 Crowdstrike tells Australian government it is ‘close to rolling out automatic fix’ after global outage

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says systems should soon be back online but business groups say companies may need days to recover

10/07 Chinese navy destroyer and helicopter shadowed Australian warship during high-profile standoff, documents show

Exclusive: Australian helicopter was outside Chinese territorial waters when forced to manoeuvre to avoid fighter jet flares in ‘unsafe’ operation

09/07 No single answer to ‘perennial problem’ of antisemitism, says Australia’s new envoy to combat the issue

Peak Jewish groups welcome Jillian Segal’s appointment but some progressives raise concerns about her comments opposing ceasefire in Gaza

04/07 Fatima Payman quits Labor but will remain in upper house as independent

WA senator tells press conference she was ‘deeply torn’ amid disagreement with the Albanese government on Palestine

04/07 Pro-Palestine protesters scale roof of Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners criticising war in Gaza

Call for investigation into security breach after parliament partly locked down as activists reveal banner declaring ‘war crimes … enabled here’

29/06 ‘Arrogant’ tech companies must ‘fess up’ to harm done to children by social media, Albanese says

Meta’s claims that social media doesn’t harm children ‘can’t be taken seriously’, inquiry told

28/06 ‘I’m like a fine wine connoisseur’: the vapers fuming at Australia’s tough new laws and lack of flavours

The so-called toughest vape laws in the world are unfair and might create a new black market, seasoned vapers say

26/06 Relentless lobbying and a garden party ambush: how Australia pushed for Julian Assange’s freedom

WikiLeaks founder’s release was culmination of years of behind-the-scenes diplomatic lobbying, which got a big boost when Albanese took office

26/06 Julian Assange to be reunited with family as he returns home to Australia

Supporters and family members, including his father, John Shipton, and wife, Stella Assange, have gathered in Canberra to welcome him

25/06 ‘No one should judge’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for accepting deal, Australian MP says

Labor’s Julian Hill says prime minister Anthony Albanese deserves ‘enormous credit’ for pursuing the resolution of Assange’s case

16/06 ‘Twists and turns’ in Australia-China ties are over, Li Qiang says – but Penny Wong highlights tensions

Coalition blunders have left countries locked in ‘permanent contest’ over Pacific, minister says

15/06 What is on the agenda for Chinese premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia?

Li’s four-day visit, the first by a Chinese premier since 2017, is expected to feature panda diplomacy, Indo-Pacific security discussions and trade talks

12/06 ‘What is our future?’: the Nauru detention centre was empty. Now 100 asylum seekers are held there

The number of asylum seekers at the centre has been slowly growing, with fears they will spend years trapped on the island

01/06 Creating or sharing deepfake porn without consent to be illegal under proposed new Australian laws

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus to introduce legislation on Wednesday targeting use of generative AI to create non-consensual deepfake porn

21/05 Anthony Albanese says children under 16 should be banned from social media

PM backs campaign calling for minimum age to be raised from 13, saying impact of platforms can be ‘devastating’

16/05 Redone, hidden, burnt: seven famous subjects and the portraits they hated

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has asked the National Gallery of Australia to remove her portrait, painted by Vincent Namatjira. Others have gone much further

14/05 Live: Question Time begins ahead of 2024 federal budget announcement

Question Time is getting underway ahead of Treasurer Jim Chalmers handing down the 2024 federal budget. Follow live.

30/04 Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’

Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods

28/04 ‘Australia must do better’: Albanese calls urgent national cabinet meeting as thousands rally to end men’s violence against women

Protesters call for concrete action as prime minister agrees more needs to be done

26/04 Image of Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ poignantly sums up Australia’s online censorship debate

OPINION

23/04 Elon Musk's battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers | Belinda Barnet

The X owner was always going to turn the video removal request into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missives

23/04 Australian prime minister labels Elon Musk ‘an arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law’

Anthony Albanese responds to X owner who criticised Australian authorities demanding videos of a Sydney church stabbing be removed

21/04 ‘Overwhelming’ need for royal commission into Covid pandemic response in Australia, Senate committee finds

Committee says full-blown inquiry with investigative powers should take a particularly close look at lockdown, quarantine and vaccine policies

14/04 Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins saga: the night that spawned more than a dozen legal cases

A judge is set to hand down his verdict in Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Here are all the other connected cases

06/04 Julie Bishop appointed United Nations special envoy for Myanmar

Former Australian foreign minister named as UN secretary general António Guterres’ special envoy to country gripped by civil war

01/04 ‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told

Labor describes claims as ‘fear-mongering’ and says government would not accept waste from other nations

25/03 Australia’s $4.6bn Aukus funding to help create more than 1,000 jobs in UK, Rolls-Royce says

Company says work is already under way ‘to double the size of the Rolls-Royce Submarines site in the UK

23/03 Liberals struggle to hold power in Tasmania as minor parties surge at election

Party leading poll with 36.6% of vote, but suffered 12% swing against it since last election three years ago

21/03 Rudd’s historic Trump comments resurface

Kevin Rudd’s history of disparaging Donald Trump has been thrust back into the limelight, as the Australian government denies a diplomatic firestorm is looming.

21/03 Australia moves to prop up Aukus with $4.6bn pledge to help clear Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor bottlenecks in UK

Funding revealed on eve of government talks is in addition to billions of dollars to be sent to the US

20/03 Australians ‘shocked’ at death sentence imposed on Yang Hengjun, Penny Wong tells Chinese counterpart

Foreign affairs minister says she raised concerns about China’s human rights record during meeting with Wang Yi, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong

20/03 Donald Trump calls Kevin Rudd ‘nasty’ and says he ‘won’t be there long’ as Australia’s ambassador to US

In interview with Nigel Farage, Trump says ‘I hear he’s not the brightest bulb’ when asked about Rudd

19/03 Yes, TikTok sucks. But the rules for tech giants must be better than 'it’s only bad if China does it' | Samantha Floreani

Such blinkered focus on TikTok as the bad guy of the internet derails a much more pressing task

16/03 Queensland’s Labor government may lose safe seat in byelection

Shock loss of once safe seat of Ipswich West would be Queensland’s biggest byelection swing in decades

12/03 Australian immigration detainees’ lives controlled by secret rating system developed by Serco

Security Risk Assessment Tool – or SRAT – and similar algorithmic tools condemned as ‘abusive’ and ‘unscientific’

03/03 Bombshell ‘traitor’ spy reveal

A “traitor” former Australian politician was serving in parliament at the time they were successfully recruited by foreign spies, Australia’s top spy has revealed.

03/03 Australian who worked for foreign spies was in parliament at the time, Asio boss says

Burgess says actions of person who ‘sold out their country, party and former colleagues’ were legal because they predated 2018 espionage laws

29/02 The voters of Dunkley have government and opposition in a guessing game

The prime minister has the foreign stage coming to him as he prepares for the special ASEAN summit in Melbourne. But with the Dunkley by-election only days before, he may have other things on his mind.

23/02 Big lie Australians have all fallen for

In Australian politics there are relatively few issues outside of foreign policy that the two major parties can agree on. But there is one issue where both sides ostensibly agree: greater levels of home ownership.

15/02 Australia, Canada and NZ warn Israel against ‘catastrophic’ Rafah ground offensive

Israel must heed counsel of international friends to avoid ‘devastating’ effects of an assualt on Gaza’s southernmost city, say three members of Five Eye intelligence alliance

12/02 Barnaby Joyce ‘not looking for sympathy’ after video of footpath incident

Pressure mounts on Nationals to demote MP amid claims response has revealed double standard

07/02 Live: PNG prime minister to make historic address to parliament, new workplace laws to be passed

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape will make history as the first Pacific Island leader to deliver a speech to federal parliament. Follow live. 

04/02 Lowitja O’Donoghue: formidable advocate for Aboriginal Australians who overcame adversity and prejudice

Stolen from her mother at the age of two, O’Donoghue became a nationally admired leader and champion for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

04/02 Lowitja O’Donoghue, celebrated campaigner for Aboriginal Australians, dies aged 91

A member of the stolen generations, the Yankunytjatjara leader was only reunited with her mother through a chance meeting 30 years later

02/02 Georgie Purcell photoshop scandal shows why transparency is crucial when it comes to AI

Nine News editing blunder on MP’s image a harbinger for media world increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence

01/02 Federal Liberals back cashless debit card reintroduction in response to crime, social issues

They have pledged to bring back a version of the controversial scheme if they win the next federal election, suggesting there have been "devastating consequences" since it was scrapped.

01/02 ‘Dark money’: $57m of donations to major Australian parties in 2022-23 of unknown origin

Analysis of AEC’s annual political returns show one quarter of major parties’ funding comes from unnamed sources

01/02 Australia ‘on track’ with climate targets needed to protect Great Barrier Reef, Labor tells Unesco

Federal and Queensland governments are trying to convince UN body not to add the reef to list of world heritage sites in danger

30/01 Pro-Israel ‘surveillance’ group turning attention to Australia, leaked posts show

Members of Shirion Collective, which claims to ‘expose antisemites’ online, have discussed presenting lists of names to home affairs minister

27/01 Australia urged to reconsider support for Israel after ICJ ruling

Humanitarian organisations welcome ruling as the Greens call on Albanese government to place sanctions on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

27/01 Real reason Australians suddenly feel so poor

ANALYSIS

26/01 Indigenous people demand abolition of national holiday – monuments damaged

Conflicts break out on Australia's national day: Indigenous people have long been protesting against the day that celebrates the arrival of Europeans. There are demonstrations in several cities and statues are also damaged.

23/01 ‘Hit him on the backside’: Final ScoMo jab

An Australian senator has issued Scott Morrison a blunt goodbye after the former prime minister announced his exit from parliament.

09/01 Details emerge of former Prime Minister’s book

Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has secured a deal to publish a book this year, with a contribution from a high profile US politician.

11/12 The two Australias at Cop28: a country at odds with itself on the climate crisis

At Cop28, Labor has made more progress on climate than the Coalition did in nearly a decade – but can this be true if Australia remains the world’s third biggest fossil fuel exporter?

10/12 Chris Bowen tells Cop28 to ‘end the use of fossil fuels’ in energy production as talks try to break deadlock

Australia’s climate minister says summit must aim to keep 1.5C goal alive so Pacific countries are not ‘swallowed by the seas’

08/12 The defamation trial gripping Australia: Bruce Lehrmann, Brittany Higgins and the witnesses so far

An allegation of rape, fiercely denied, in a ministerial office is being interrogated by weeks of testimony and cross-examination in a defamation trial brought by the accused

02/12 ‘It was sheer agony’: Israeli families of Hamas attack victims rally Australian support

The group hopes a vigil for the hostages and the dead on Bondi foreshore and meetings with political leaders will bolster diplomatic backing

21/11 ‘Respect the facts’: Beijing rejects Australian claims China sonar injured navy divers

Chinese defense ministry insists its vessel ‘did not conduct any activity that could affect the Australian side’s diving operations’

20/11 ‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm

Fifty years ago, Australian researcher Graeme Pearman travelled the world with six flasks of air to help prove CO2 in the atmosphere was rising

19/11 A four-decade-old Pacific treaty was meant to preserve the ‘peaceful region’. Now experts say it’s being exploited

Nearly 40 years after the Treaty of Rarotonga came into force, the region is on edge about another rise in geopolitical tensions

18/11 The news is intolerable and inhumane. Democracy’s vital feedback mechanism is broken | Julianne Schultz

Everywhere you look the cruelty of the human spirit is on display and hate is in the air

18/11 Australian naval divers injured after being subjected to Chinese warship’s sonar pulses

Acting prime minister criticises Chinese ship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional conduct’ after Australian sailors had requested it stay clear

17/11 School Strike 4 Climate: Australian students skip classes en masse to call for action

Hundreds of school students marched their way to Tanya Plibersek’s office with thousands protesting in Melbourne

17/11 From China's emissions to Australia's offshore windfarms, things are moving on climate – some even in the right direction | Adam Morton

There is an unprecedented global swing towards solar and wind power under way

13/11 Australian government will apologise to people affected by thalidomide tragedy

PM Anthony Albanese says formal apology for effects of morning sickness drug that caused birth defects during 1950s and 1960s is well overdue

12/11 Eighty people already freed from Australia’s immigration detention since landmark high court ruling

Minister seeks to allay community concern about releases but admits ‘full ramifications’ of decision yet to be determined

12/11 Malaysian hitman released from Australian immigration detention after high court ruling

Sirul Azhar Umar, sentenced in Malaysia over a politically charged murder, cannot be deported by Australia because he would face the death penalty

11/11 Self-defeating reaction to pro-Palestine protests

Comment

10/11 Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change

Anthony Albanese announces immigration plan with special visa category for people affected by rising sea levels in the vulnerable Pacific island nation

10/11 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor-Greene unite in push to free Julian Assange

Maga Republican and leftwing Democrat among 16 US Congress members lobbying Joe Biden to drop extradition attempts against WikiLeaks founder

09/11 I’ve been fighting Australia's mandatory immigration detention regime for decades – the high court’s decision is revolutionary | Mary Crock

Mandatory detention has long been a running sore causing indiscriminate harm – it needs to be overseen by a proper judicial process

08/11 Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision

Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt

07/11 The Australian Wars review – a furious exposé of a place that celebrates murderous white settlers

Wide-ranging, unflinching and horrifying, this documentary lets Indigenous people speak out about centuries of legalised killing. No wonder it created shockwaves

07/11 Australia rejected millions of face masks provided by PPE Medpro suppliers

Exclusive: Suppliers for firm linked to UK peer Michelle Mone helped source Covid masks for Australian government that were found unusable

01/11 Former Australian PM Tony Abbott says climate warnings are ‘ahistorical and implausible’

Speaking in London, Abbott criticises the ‘emissions obsession’ of a ‘climate cult that will eventually be discredited’

29/10 Julian Assange’s brother urges Anthony Albanese to ‘up the ante’ over WikiLeaks founder’s case

Prime minister pushed back on idea of US president personally stepping in, but Gabriel Shipton calls prosecution ‘entirely political’

23/10 I've studied the art of losing a referendum: the Australian government could have learned from other countries on these key points

Endorsements from celebrities and businesses can be the kiss of death in a referendum campaign – as can failing to negotiate a cross-party consensus.

23/10 Last refugees in Papua New Guinea to begin leaving ‘within weeks’ after Australian funding runs out

Exclusive: Men left without healthcare and facing eviction, while local businesses are owned tens of millions of dollars

22/10 Indigenous groups say referendum loss proves Australia is a ‘country that does not know itself’

Central Land Council and Antar issue statements after week of silence, with latter claiming voice defeat an ‘unparalleled act of racism by white Australia’

22/10 Moore Park golf course to be cut in half to make room for new park in inner Sydney

NSW Labor says 20 hectares will be ‘repurposed’ to serve residents in what will become one of most densely populated areas in Australia

18/10 Inside the voice campaigns: how muddled messages and voter confusion led to a crushing defeat

The yes campaign lost voters in the summer, one insider says - and by the time it shifted strategy, it was too late

18/10 I mourn the loss of Australia’s Indigenous voice vote – and won’t forgive the media’s mendacity | Thomas Keneally

The polls had been favourable until a brutal press campaign kicked in against this kindly, long-overdue change, says novelist Thomas Keneally

15/10 Indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes to Australia’s voice to parliament

Polling catchments where Indigenous Australians form more than 50% of the population voted on average 63% in favour of the voice

15/10 Five insights from the referendum: Liberals win the battle but lose the war

Saturday’s referendum vote reinforces sense that contemporary Liberal party has decoupled from its blue-ribbon metropolitan heartland

15/10 ‘Crushing Indigenous hopes’: how the media reacted to voice referendum loss

Newspapers and broadcasters abroad and in Australia reflect on the defeat and ask what happens next

15/10 Map exposes major Voice truth

As the wash up from the Voice to parliament vote continues, it is apparent that Australia is a country divided.

15/10 Explainer: Australia has voted against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Here’s what happened

After a bitterly fought campaign, Australians have voted against an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament by a clear majority.

14/10 ‘Day of sadness’: how prominent Australians reacted to the voice referendum result

Linda Burney calls on Australia to keep listening to First Nations people, while Warren Mundine says result is ‘not a celebration’

14/10 Rejecting the voice shows Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong | Lorena Allam

The referendum became by proxy a vote on Indigenous peoples’ right to exist in our own land. Imagine – just try – how that feels today

14/10 Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution

Voice to parliament referendum fails in defeat that Indigenous advocates will see as a blow to progress towards reconciliation

14/10 Voice referendum live updates: polls close and count under way as Australia waits for vote results – latest news

Follow today’s news live as Australians go to the polls to vote yes or no in the voice referendum

14/10 ‘Our hearts are open’: Australians head to the polls for historic voice to parliament referendum

Despite surveys favouring the no campaign, yes backers remained hopeful as they battled for votes at polling booths on Saturday

13/10 Australians to vote in historic voice referendum as yes campaign makes desperate final push

When will there be a result and what happens after? Is a voice to parliament doomed?

12/10 Australians look set to vote against Indigenous voice in parliament

Bruising campaigns for and against recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has exposed enduring racial divides

10/10 What is Australia’s historic voice to parliament proposal?

The country will head to the polls to decide whether to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution with a First Nations advisory body. So how did Australia get here?

08/10 Groundwater a significant source of pollution on Great Barrier Reef, study shows

New research casts doubt on effectiveness of targeting surface runoff only and highlights need to use fertilisers more efficiently, experts say

06/10 Australia’s home affairs department hit by DDoS attack claimed by pro-Russia hackers

Telegram post says group would target department after Australia announced it would send Slinger anti-drone technology to Ukraine

05/10 Jason Momoa’s Voice post divides Australian fans: ‘Just do good things!’

Hollywood blockbuster star Jason Momoa has endorsed the Yes campaign to his 17 million followers, causing extreme division among his local fanbase.

05/10 The Voice: why Australia is holding a referendum on First Nations representation to government – podcast

Plus a view on the Voice referendum from Canada. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

24/09 Voting opens in regional and remote communities ahead of Indigenous voice referendum

The Australian Electoral Commission has sent out 60 remote polling teams to reach communities via 4WDs, light planes, helicopters and boats

23/09 Lachlan Murdoch endorses Tony Abbott to join Fox Corporation board of directors

Former Australian prime minister’s nomination revealed a day after Rupert Murdoch retired as chair of Fox and News Corp

22/09 Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Rupert Murdoch’s ‘anger-tainment’ damaged the democratic world

Longstanding Murdoch critic says mogul leaves ‘hell of a legacy’, as minister suggests he will still play ‘very big role’

20/09 Australia should wipe out climate footprint by 2035 instead of 2050, scientists urge

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering says ministers must ‘make up for lost time’ with more ambitious policy

20/09 History’s major lessons for Voice

When it comes to the Voice to Parliament referendum, it seems history may tell us a lot.

19/09 ‘Missing half the equation’: scientists criticise Australia over approach to fossil fuels

Prof Lesley Hughes says there is ‘cognitive dissonance’ between Labor’s stated commitment to the climate crisis and its policies

18/09 I’m an Uluru youth ambassador because I don’t want to tell my grandchildren how close we got to real change | Kishaya Delaney

Australian people shouldn’t be taken for fools – they are turning up to information sessions hungry for factual information about the Indigenous voice

16/09 Federal government could pay millions in compensation over asylum seeker data breach

Breach, discovered by Guardian Australia, resulted in information being used to allegedly threaten some in detention

13/09 Julian Assange: more than 60 Australian MPs urge US to let WikiLeaks founder walk free

Exclusive: MPs from major parties say continued extradition and prosecution would be ‘unjust’ and will lead to an ‘outcry’ in Australia

12/09 The Indigenous voice debate is testing Australia’s democracy – and we can’t give in to rancorous polarisation | Katharine Murphy

Peter Dutton knows that the louder the contention about the voice gets, the more Australians will switch off

12/09 UK espionage saga a ‘wake-up call’ for Australian parliament, opposition says

Calls for further security measures including vetting of staffers after UK parliamentary aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China

07/09 Search engines required to stamp out AI-generated images of child abuse under Australia’s new code

Exclusive: eSafety Commissioner says companies must work on building tools to promote greater online safety, including detecting deep fake images

04/09 Australia’s rise in military export approvals to Saudi Arabia labelled ‘disturbing’

Permits for the export of equipment increased last year despite kingdom’s involvement in Yemen war

04/09 Farnham faces backlash over Voice move

John Farnham is facing a wave of bitter backlash for lending his iconic anthem You’re the Voice to the Yes campaign for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

03/09 In the new order where ‘facts’ are contested, can an Indigenous voice to parliament be delivered? | Julianne Schultz

Opponents have manufactured different versions of the truth in an effort to disrupt, delay, subvert and confuse

02/09 Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere

Expansion of metallurgical coalmine in Queensland will add 31m tonnes alone with activists accusing Albanese government of being reckless

30/08 Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date announced as 14 October

Anthony Albanese confirms date Australians will go to the polls while kickstarting 45 campaign at Adelaide rally

30/08 PM’s passionate plea to the nation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the date of the Voice referendum revealing voters will go to the polls on October 14.

25/08 ‘Australia and NZ should be the same country’

COMMENT

15/08 ‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania

Sustainable Timber Tasmania said the giant tree pictured on the truck had been assessed and felled ‘for safety reasons’

03/08 Australia’s Indigenous voice to parliament referendum explained in 30 seconds

Australians will decide later this year if they will change their constitution to allow an Indigenous consultative body to advise on laws and policies

29/07 Julian Assange: US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks founder during Ausmin talks

Ministers’ meeting focused on military cooperation and agreed to increase ‘tempo’ of US nuclear-powered submarine visits to Australia as part of Aukus pact

28/07 Gillard ‘the best PM we never had’

Politics is like reverse alchemy. Instead of turning lead to gold it turns gold to lead.

27/07 We are watching the brutal reality of what climate scientists told us would happen. How will we respond? | Adam Morton

Amid the despair and doomism is a real climate emergency. We must act accordingly

25/07 Sky News spreading fear and falsehoods on Indigenous voice is an affront to Australian democracy | Malcolm Turnbull and Sharan Burrow

The Murdoch empire’s disregard for basic journalistic standards in its no campaign for the referendum threatens to radicalise our politics

18/07 Australia news live: Perth mayor says WA should bid for cancelled 2026 Victoria Commonwealth Games

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18/07 Australia Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria cancels event after costs blow out to $7bn

State government had estimated the Games would cost $2.6bn to host across five regional sites

14/07 Surprising reason Libs are screwed

ANALYSIS

10/07 Australia to send surveillance aircraft to Germany to help protect supplies to Ukraine

Anthony Albanese says an E-7A Wedgetail plane will be dispatched as part of an effort to monitor logistics hubs

06/07 ‘Disgusting’: Fury over paper’s ’racist’ cartoon

A string of MPs have slammed a major supporter the voice to parliament’s ‘No’ campaign for using an “insulting trope” in a controversial newspaper advertisement featuring an Indigenous pro-voice supporter.

06/07 Australian minister Clare O’Neil calls Donald Trump Jr ‘a big baby’ after speaking tour is postponed

Home affairs minister says that despite Trump Jr’s promoter’s claims, the US businessman was not ‘cancelled’ and had been granted a visa

29/06 Russian ambassador calls Australia ‘vindictive’ after dead possum thrown onto disputed embassy site

Aleksey Pavlovsky also says the Australian government had engaged in a ‘theatre of the absurd’ over contested future embassy site in Canberra

27/06 Could rent controls ease Australia’s housing crisis?

Advocates say caps or freezes may help reduce pressure on renters but experts warn they are not a simple fix

26/06 Anthony Albanese’s approval rating falls to lowest level since election, Guardian Essential poll shows

More than two-thirds of voters think Labor isn’t doing enough to ensure ‘affordable and secure rentals’

26/06 Russia loses initial high court bid to hold on to embassy site in Canberra

High court judge suggests Russia’s case against federal laws cancelling lease appears ‘weak and difficult to understand’

25/06 Last refugee on Nauru evacuated as Australian government says offshore processing policy remains

Decention centre on Pacific island ‘ready to receive and process’ any new unauthorised maritime arrivals at an annual cost of $350m

23/06 Russian diplomat squatting on terminated Australian embassy site in Canberra poses no threat to national security, PM says

Australia is confident cancellation of the land’s lease will withstand a legal challenge by the Russian government

22/06 Australian politicians bought Nazi artefacts, auction house director claims

Gold Coast auction house sold huge collection including photo album of concentration camps and signed pictures of Hitler ahead of federal ban on display and sale of Nazi symbols

19/06 Historic Indigenous voice referendum bill passes parliament ahead of public vote

Opposition attorney general Michaelia Cash made last-minute speech slamming proposed Indigenous consultation body

16/06 ‘My wife thinks I have a beautiful life’: refugees face uncertain future as Australia clears Nauru

Ali has not told his family he has been on Nauru for 10 years. As Labor plans to empty the island of refugees by 30 June, he and others still wait to live freely

15/06 Australian government to pass law cancelling lease on new Russian embassy site

Anthony Albanese says he has briefed opposition on move in response to ‘clear security advice’ about risk of premises so close to parliament

11/06 Calls for ‘comprehensive ban’ on sports gambling ads in Australia as inquiry’s report looms

Tim Costello hopeful of bipartisanship on issue to ‘break the grip’ of saturation advertising

09/06 Joe Hildebrand on the mob versus Brittany Higgins

COMMENT

07/06 Australia to ban Nazi symbols but not the salute, says Mark Dreyfus

Bill to be introduced next week follows controversy over neo-Nazi rallies in March and Peter Dutton’s proposed ban

05/06 Forget Twitter, my local dog park is the real town square | Myke Bartlett

I have long suspected there were people outside my echo chambers, but I didn’t realise how much I would like them

04/06 Richard Marles meets Gen Li Shangfu, as Chinese defence minister refuses formal meeting with US counterpart

Defence minister is also believed to have raised concerns about the ongoing detention of Australian citizens and human rights issues

01/06 ‘Harmful’: Hanson sued over offensive tweet

An offensive tweet by Pauline Hanson condemning a Muslim senator echoed a racist history of telling migrant peoples to “go back home”, a court has been told.

25/05 The top-secret leak that led to a spying scandal, infuriating Indonesia – and Tony Abbott | Ten years of Guardian Australia

Lenore Taylor looks back at Guardian Australia’s first big scoop and its far-reaching repercussions

25/05 Australia news live: buildings on fire near Sydney’s Central station

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23/05 Indian PM strengthens ties with Australia on second official visit

Indian Prime Minister seeks to strengthen ties with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese as he is warmly received in Sydney.

22/05 Julian Assange’s life ‘in hands of Australian government’, wife Stella says

‘Extradition in this case is a matter of life and death,’ campaigner tells National Press Club

20/05 Narendra Modi in Australia: a polarising leader meets a divided Indian diaspora

More than 20,000 supporters are expected at a public rally for the Indian PM in Sydney this week. But critics will be just as strident

19/05 One year in, Anthony Albanese is betting big on Australia’s better angels

The mantle of office has settled on a man who wants to enlarge Australia’s idea of itself, and is staking his prime ministership on it

18/05 Expert says Jobseeker should be tripled

Social justice advocates have hit back at Ben Fordham over his stoush with unemployed Melburnian Jez Heywood, accusing the 2GB host of “bullying” and “scapegoating” the less fortunate.

13/05 Neo-Nazis clash with police and counter-protesters at anti-immigration rally in Melbourne

Police used pepper spray on crowds outside Parliament House, where a group of masked men performed the Nazi salute

12/05 ‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal

PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients in Australia and the US avoid tax – a scandal that has forced resignations and threatens contracts worth hundreds of millions”

09/05 Julian Assange: Australian MPs urge US ambassador to end extradition bid

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie was ‘grateful’ for the opportunity to meet Caroline Kennedy to discuss broad concern for the WikiLeaks founder

08/05 Blood test for sleepy drivers could pave way for prosecutions

Exclusive: Research comes amid evidence that driving on less than five hours’ sleep is as dangerous as drink-driving

06/05 Julian Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit Belmarsh prison

The WikiLeaks founder writes that he has been captive in the prison for more than four years ‘on behalf of an embarrassed foreign sovereign’

02/05 ScoMo considering surprise new gig

Rumours are swirling regarding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s future in Australian politics, after sources revealed a new job may be on the horizon.

28/04 Indigenous mother of baby murdered by abusive partner says police failed her in ‘every way’, inquiry hears

Tamica Mullaley told committee into missing or murdered Aboriginal women and children her child would still be alive if officers ‘did their job right’

23/04 ‘Treasured Australian icon’: Barry Humphries remembered as a ‘comic genius’ and ‘legend’

Tributes have flowed across Australia, with both politicians and entertainers sharing messages praising the late comedian

22/04 London’s heartbreaking tribute to ‘legend’ Humphries

Both sides of Australian politics have paid tribute to the late Barry Humphries, as have entertainers from across the globe and even a former British PM.

21/04 Australia to dramatically scale back spending on infantry fighting vehicles in major defence overhaul

The move aims to free up funding for the government to accelerate and expand other projects

19/04 Foreign spies are aggressively seeking ‘disloyal’ insiders with access to Australia’s secrets, Asio warns

Intelligence agency wants government security clearance system ‘hardened’ to protect sensitive information

11/04 Dozens of Australian politicians urge US to abandon Julian Assange extradition

In open letter, 48 MPs and senators warn ‘closest strategic ally’ that pursuit of WikiLeaks founder ‘set a dangerous precedent’