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Treasurer Jim Chalmers mightn’t have expected his weekend comment – made ahead of expected low growth figures later this week – that interest rate rises were “smashing” the Australian economy to set off the reaction it has. After all, it’s been something of a Chalmers mantra.

Labor urged not to water down ‘already weak proposal’ but PM confirms he is mulling whether to make new EPA ‘compliance only’ amid battle to pass bill

Environment groups are dismayed after the prime minister indicated he was open to stripping decision-making powers from Australia's new watchdog for nature.

A national Newspoll, conducted August 26–30 from a sample of 1,263, had a 50–50 two-party tie between Labor and the Coalition, unchanged from the previous Newspoll three weeks ago. This is the first time this term there have been two successive ties in Newspoll.

Creating a national renters protection authority is one of several policies party is taking to election as possible kingmakers in a hung parliament

The opposition is yet to announce a policy that would create more housing supply, while the Greens put Airbnb in their sights

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

Government’s bungling has generated the damaging debate it wanted to avoid and shown it can be divisive too

More electricity demand and lower than usual generation from two renewable sources raises questions about climate targets

Teacher vacancies have dropped 6.9 per cent.

Burns becomes first Labor MP to speak against Albanese government decision, saying ‘we need as few blind spots as possible’