The Latest Breaking News from Labor

The Northern Territory has lowered its cap on pokies to 1,659, but applications for 20 additional gaming machines at two of Iris Capital's Alice Springs venues "remain in train".

More than 100 amendments to the planning bill are being debated on Tuesday.

Business groups take aim at one of Anthony Albanese’s government’s signature industrial relations policies, but observers unsure their concerns are justified

Fair Work Ombudsman points to a culture where underpayment is rarely raised and there is ‘no systematic approach to reviewing claims’ if it is

The Greens adopt a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid".

A new school was promised in the historic NSW town of Bungendore, but three years later plans face delays and legal challenges

A federal Newspoll, conducted May 31 to June 3 from a sample of 1,549, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged from the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Labor (steady), 34% Coalition (steady), 12% Greens (up one), 6% One Nation (down one) and 10% for all Others…

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

Support for a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has slumped to less than 50 per cent in the latest Newspoll.