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The government has been urged to take pause to think about how they will implement universal childcare reforms.

PoliticsPremiumCalls for pause in childcare change before system reform

Childcare advocacy groups are warning the government that it must take a breath before barrelling on with the push to universal care, as urgent reforms to safety risk further entrenching a piecemeal system.

Katina Curtis

War is expensive. Even if you’re not the one who started it — or even a part of it.

EditorialPremiumWar simply reveals government failures

Australian lives might not be on the frontline but livelihoods might soon be under siege.

Chalmers, petrol price hike, Iran The Nightly

Federal PoliticsCommentsDoom and gloom as Chalmers warns of inflation rise

A widely-tipped interest rate hike on top of the ongoing global fuel crisis is spelling doom and gloom for household budgets as Jim Chalmers warns Treasury thinks inflation could rise close to 5 per cent. 

Katina Curtis

Photograph released by Iranian state media agency Tasnim News of women's football team members Mona Hammoudi, Zahra Sarbali and Zahra Meshkekar, who changed their minds about seeking asylum in Australia.

Federal PoliticsCommentsThree more Iranian soccer players forfeit asylum in Aus

Another three members of the Iranian women’s football team who accepted asylum in Australia have now changed their minds and will return to Iran.

Katina Curtis

Photograph released by Iranian state media agency Tasnim News of women's football team members Mona Hammoudi, Zahra Sarbali and Zahra Meshkekar, who changed their minds about seeking asylum in Australia.

Federal PoliticsCommentsThree more Iranian soccer players forfeit asylum in Aus

Another three members of the Iranian women’s football team who accepted asylum in Australia have now changed their minds and will return to Iran.

Katina Curtis

OECD boss and former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann AC has told the Productivity Commission WA’s GST deal must remain in place.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Former Finance Minister and OECD boss backs WA GST deal

Mathias Cormann – a former finance minister and now head of the OECD — has weighed into the fierce GST debate, telling the Productivity Commission in emphatic fashion WA should not be stripped of its money.

Joe Spagnolo

Massive defence projects will no longer be subject to public scrutiny in a move described as the ‘final nail in the coffin of transparency and accountability’.

Federal PoliticsIndependent scrutiny of major defence projects quietly axed

Massive defence projects will no longer be subject to public scrutiny in a move described as the ‘final nail in the coffin of transparency and accountability’.

Andrew Greene

Energy minister Chris Bowen has not ruled out relaxing Russian sanction to aid in Australia’s fuel crisis.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumBowen refuses to rule out relaxing Russia sanctions for fuel

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has not ruled out relaxing Australia’s total ban on importing Russian oil and petrol following reports China may halt its exports to Australia. 

Hannah Cross and Joe Spagnolo

Amid the escalating crisis in the Middle East, the barrel of oil surged above $US100 on Friday, prompting Energy Minister Chris Bowen to take action and free up reserves. 

Federal PoliticsAustralia taps oil reserves as fuel prices spike amid war

The Albanese Government is maintaining its denials that Australia is facing a fuel shortage, despite releasing millions of litres of diesel and petrol from the national stockpile.

Andrew Greene, Katina Curtis, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

The fallout from the Middle East conflict could see Australia face recession, fuel rations and growing unemployment.

Federal PoliticsVideoCommentsExperts warn Australia facing ‘deep recession’ from Iran war

Australia is facing a ‘deep recession’ as Iran’s guerilla tactics in the Strait of Hormuz force the Federal Government to introduce fuel rationing, a superannuation strategist says.

Stephen Johnson

The nation's most populous state will get a smaller slice of the pie in a contentious GST carve-up.

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Commonwealth grants floor lift in WA’s GST battle

WA will receive $9.3 billion in GST payments in the coming year and lift above 75 cents for the first time since 2018, as the body that splits the money warns falling royalties are starting to hit .

Katina Curtis and Jessica Page

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has lowered fuel quality standards in a bid to get an extra 100 million litres a month more petrol into the Australia market — especially regional areas — amid fears shortages could cripple transport and food supplies.

Federal PoliticsCommentsBowen pumps out dirty fuel rescue to starve off shortages

The Energy Minister has lowered fuel quality standards in a bid to get an extra 100 million litres a month more petrol into the Australia market amid fears shortages could cripple transport and food supplies.

Katina Curtis and Brooke Rolfe

Nationals leader Matt Canavan is a walking contradiction.

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opinion
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Matt Canavan’s mission: Drag the Nats back from the abyss

Matt Canavan is a political enigma. And he is exactly the person the Nationals need to prevent them from following the dinosaurs into extinction.

Mark Riley

Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

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opinion
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Chris Bowen has got to make up his mind on petrol ‘crisis’

Australians may now be realising that a vast continent with only two oil refineries has been engaged in risky business when it comes to fuel supplies

Aaron Patrick

US, Australia, war plans The Nightly

Middle EastCommentsLabor still dodging questions of Aus involvement in war

Labor has continued to obfuscate basic questions about what military or logistical support the United States has asked Australia to provide in the US-Israel-Iran war. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Former spy chief Dennis Richardson has quit the anti-Semitism royal commission.

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Ex-ASIO chief’s resignation rocks Bondi royal commission

The senior bureaucrat’s dramatic and poorly explained departure will shake confidence in the anti-Semitism inquiry.

Aaron Patrick

Dennis Richardson.

Federal Politics‘Grossly overpaid’ ex-spook felt ‘surplus’ to needs

Dennis Richardson says he wasn’t doing enough on the anti-Semitism royal commission to justify his mammoth $5500 a day pay

Katina Curtis

Infrastructure Australia has emphasised the physical and strategic links between the twin developments of Westport for commercial shipping and the Henderson Defence Precinct.

Infrastructure prioritiesCommentsPremiumWA’s mega projects a priority for fed Government: IA report

Infrastructure Australia has emphasised the physical and strategic links between the twin developments of Westport for commercial shipping and the Henderson Defence Precinct.

Katina Curtis & John Flint

Ex-ASIO boss Dennis Richardson has quit his role in the Bondi royal commission.

Federal PoliticsCommentsBondi RC takes hit as former spy chief sensationally quits

Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson has quit his role assisting the anti-Semitism royal commission after less than three months.

Andrew Greene

The BlueBottle USVs will be provided by Ocius.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAussie Navy’s new weapon can ‘stay out at sea for months’

Australia will soon deploy dozens of locally made surveillance drones that operate on the ocean surface powered by renewable energy, and could eventually be armed with lethal payloads.

Andrew Greene

Richard Marles.

Federal PoliticsCommentsLabor refuses to reveal if Aus has answered US call to arms

Defence Minister Richard Marles would not say whether Australia will agree to a Trump administration request for military support in the war against Iran.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Andrew Greene

There are signs voters are losing confidence in Dr Chalmers.

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Signs voters are losing faith in big-talking Jim Chalmers

AARON PATRICK: The cost of interest payments on the federal government debt is going up, highlighting the danger of budget deficits.

Aaron Patrick

Australian personnel were kept in their cabins when the USS Charlotte fired torpedos at the IRIS Dena, killing at least 87 people.

Federal PoliticsCommentsMinister dodges questions on submariners’ ‘bedroom defence’

The military now has a ‘bedroom defence’ for war, as the Government sidesteps questions about the Australian involvement in a US submarine’s torpedo strike.

Andrew Greene

Tensions rise as Iran blasts Australia after seeking asylum.

Middle EastComments‘Taking our girls hostage’: Iran blasts Aus after asylum row

Tensions between Iran and Australia have erupted into a diplomatic row after several members of Iran’s women’s national football team remained in Australia seeking asylum.

Maddie Cove