The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Treasurer downplayed advice from department officials saying current policy settings would not deliver 1.2m new homes target

Entering the home straight of a state election campaign, health remains a key battleground as the major parties pitch competing policies.

All signs point to another hung parliament in a state heading to its fourth election in the space of seven years.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for China on Saturday, confident most Australians back the government’s handling of relations with our most important economic partner and the leading strategic power in Asia.

A scathing assessment of how corporate interests lobby federal politicians has sparked calls for stronger laws and oversight to protect trust in democracy.

PM will ‘work constructively’ with antisemitism envoy but legal groups are concerned that threatening university and arts funding could affect freedom of speech

The Greens had a poor election. They lost three of their four lower house seats including that of their leader Adam Bandt. This despite their overall vote remaining mostly steady. But they did retain all their Senate spots – though later they lost a senator through her defection to Labor…

Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal also urges Labor government to bolster education and seek new powers to deport visitors

Labor leads in Victorian state polls by Newspoll and Redbridge, but Premier Jacinta Allan is very unpopular. Two federal polls give Labor big leads and a Tasmanian poll suggests Tasmanians would support Labor seeking to form a government with the Greens and independents.