Category: Politics

Peter Dutton has declared Australia will never surrender its sovereignty or compromise its values to appease China. China has threatened to launch fresh action against Australia after the federal government tore up Victoria’s Belt and Road Initiative agreements with Beijing. The Chinese government said it would “reserve the right to take further action” after lodging...

Australia is in “no hurry” to open its international borders and risk the success that the country has had with the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday. As one of the countries to have performed better in the pandemic, with fewer than 30,000 reported cases and 910 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University,...

Scott Morrison has flagged new measures to combat climate change in next month’s federal budget, admitting natural disasters have tested the nation’s resilience. The prime minister on Friday continued his charm offensive in Western Australia, addressing a business breakfast in the mining epicentre of Karratha in the state’s Pilbara region. He was later due to...

The federal government will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to include politicians and judges, who have previously been exempt from the laws. More than a year after receiving the Respect at Work report, the government has announced it will adopt the 55 recommendations either in full or in part. Attorney-General Michaelia Cash said a series...

As Australia enters a new housing boom, Pauline Hanson is shining the light on an opportunity for investors to park their money. The One Nation leader is calling on investors to consider buying rental properties in western Queensland towns where a housing shortage is creating uncertainty for an expected surge in jobs growth in Charleville....

Pressure is mounting on the prime minister to expel disgraced backbencher Andrew Laming from the coalition. Dr Laming is accused of taking an inappropriate photograph of a woman while she was bending over, as well as harassing two female constituents. The woman involved in the photograph incident has lodged a formal complaint with Queensland police....

Scott Morrison’s attempts to drag his government out of crisis over the treatment of women have been obliterated by the disturbing behaviour of disgraced backbencher Andrew Laming. Laming will not contest the election but will remain in the coalition party room after admitting to bullying, stalking and harassing several women. The Queenslander is also under...

Tasmania will head to the polls for an early election after its Liberal government was plunged into minority. Premier Peter Gutwein has announced the election, which was not due until May 2022, will be held on May 1. “I did this because Tasmania can’t afford the uncertainly of minority government,” he said on Friday. “This...