The Opposition has accused Communications Minister Anika Wells of ‘taking the cake’ again after another travel expenses scandal in the wake of her $120k trip to New York.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia is ‘working through’ the US review of the AUKUS nuclear submarine package which the Pentagon suggests is on the ‘strongest possible footing’.
Staff Writers
A Sydney company that supplies drone technology to WA Police has been managed for decades by a businessman with alleged links to Beijing’s United Front organisation.
Andrew Greene
Tony Burke is under fire over claims he made ‘secret deals’ to help ISIS brides return to Australia after the revelations the Home Affairs Minister sent bureaucrats out of the room during a meeting.
Katina Curtis
Fresh satellite images show two destroyers amongst other Chinese ships operating north of Australia in the Philippine Sea.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has accused Anika Wells of not focusing on her day job after revelations the minister’s visit to New York to spruik Australia’s social media ban for children cost almost $190,000.
Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson has admitted she wasn’t initially told about $2.3 billion of taxpayer money being illegally paid to the states to fund electricity rebates.
Stephen Johnson
The nation’s peak telecommunications mediator wants the Federal Government to expand its powers to help Australians with all digital and social media disputes ahead of the social media ban.
Jessica Evensen
Australia will give Ukraine another $95 million worth of military equipment including drones, defence radars and munitions to help its ongoing fight against Russia.
The Opposition has accused the Government of ‘secretly rationing’ aged care after officials revealed some people waiting on funding only receive an interim package worth less than two-thirds of what they need.
US Virginia-class submarines that will operate out of WA could carry nuclear weapons in the future, with Defence conceding the Australian government would not object to the move.
Communications minister Anika Wells has defended spending nearly $100,000 on flights for herself and two staffers, saying they weren’t first-class tickets.
Caitlin Vinci
Defence has confirmed that one of its surveillance planes is monitoring four Chinese warships operating in the Philippine Sea, which could ‘possibly’ make their way closer towards Australia.
AARON PATRICK: Deciding debt is the path to power, Jim Chalmers has set a terrible example for future political leaders.
Aaron Patrick
Communications Minister Anika Wells has used nearly $100,000 in taxpayer funds for flights to New York to spruik Australia’s incoming social media ban.
Australia Post boss Paul Graham says he and his executives deserved their multimillion-dollar pay packets — the highest salaries of all government-linked officials last year.
Reserve Bank of Australia chief Michele Bullock has conceded higher Government spending is keeping interest rates high. She made the admission after the Department of Finance revealed a bigger Budget deficit.
YouTube will comply with Australia’s social media ban, but has doubled down on criticism of the legislation, saying it does not understand what it actually does.
Anika Wells says Australia’s impending social media ban will help teenagers break away from the ‘dopamine drip’ binding under-16s to their phones.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has revealed it spent $45,000 in taxpayers’ money on a farewell party for former managing director David Anderson.
Consultants ‘at the trough’ have been blamed for the staggering $96.5m bill for the controversial redesign of the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, with revelations it was part of a wider $800m systems overhaul.
A long-awaited review of government appointments has found favouritism, patronage and nepotism is widespread and should be ended – but the Government has ignored its key recommendations.
The Government faces several looming challenges that might call for a fixer, including how to cut emissions as promised and increased pressure on households as inflation ticks back up.
Artificial intelligence will supercharge national security challenges already facing Australia and ‘create new and unknown threats’, a government plan warns.
