The Latest Breaking News from Coalition

Good morning, early birds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Australia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with influence was established, and the Coalition has announced it would freeze the pension-deeming rate for two years if elected. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma…

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Josh Frydenberg says they are fake independents, John Howard called them anti-Liberal groupies, Scott Morrison points out they are only standing in Liberal seats, and that a vote for them is in fact a vote for Labor.

Morrison government wants time to consult business and upgrade IT but campaigners say Australia is lagging other countries

The Reserve Bank, as expected, has thrown its wild card into the election campaign, but neither government nor opposition can be sure which side will be more damaged, or advantaged, by it.

Scott Morrison says Reserve Bank has ‘made a very important statement about where we are now in our journey out of this pandemic’

The Prime Minister says households are prepared to deal with the first increase to interest rates in more than a decade, but Labor says his government is not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures.

The Reserve Bank’s inevitable decision to raise interest rates could have serious consequences for the Morrison government in Coalition heartland.

Support services say both major federal parties need to step up with too many women staying in unsafe homes and fearing poverty if they flee domestic violence.

One of the Morrison government’s biggest challenges in this election campaign is the rise of the “teals”, a group of 22 independents who have received funding from Climate 200.

The Coalition will be feeling the heat if these two voters are typical in the Melbourne seat. They’re angry, and getting angrier.