The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Northern Territory government downplays Sun Cable's voluntary administration as list of troubled major projects grows

As a breakdown between billionaire investors threatens one of the Northern Territory's brightest economic hopes, the NT government insists it and other major projects will still go ahead.

ABC News · Jan 11, 2023

NSW Labor proposes build-to-rent scheme

A NSW Labor government would spent $30 million on a pilot program to increase the number of long-term rentals on the south coast amid a tightening market.

AAP · Jan 11, 2023

Probe clears Bankstown mayor of corruption

An independent inquiry has cleared a Sydney mayor of impropriety after former NSW Labor frontbencher Tania Mihailuk aired concerns about corruption.

AAP · Jan 10, 2023

New South Wales stamp duty schemes will benefit few and could push prices up, experts say

Both major parties are hoping to appeal to voters with their competing stamp duty schemes but property experts say few buyers would actually benefit and housing prices could be pushed up.

ABC News · Jan 9, 2023

Traded biodiversity 'credits' are key to Labor's environmental plans, but critics are not convinced

A market where koala credits are traded is now central to the federal Labor government's plan for halting Australia's extinction crisis, but critics are not convinced that demand is strong enough to make a serious impact on the environment.

ABC News · Jan 9, 2023

Labor plans major social housing overhaul

Labor's planned restructuring of the NSW social housing system is an exercise in bureaucracy instead of building more homes, Premier Dominic Perrottet says.

AAP · Jan 9, 2023

Tasmanian firey vacancies 'unforgivable'

The opposition has called for 28 Tasmania Fire Service job vacancies to be filled urgently, which the government blames on low unemployment rates.

AAP · Jan 9, 2023

Chubb review recommends new integrity body for Australian carbon credits scheme

Review dismissed claims the current system lacks integrity and is not delivering real cuts in emissions

The Guardian - AU · Jan 9, 2023

New South Wales Labor promises to scrap stamp duty for thousands of first-home buyers if elected

Three months from the state election, New South Wales Labor announces its counterattack to the government's stamp duty reform by promising to slash or reduce the tax for thousands of first-home buyers.

ABC News · Jan 8, 2023

Labor to expand NSW stamp duty waivers

Labor has promised to expand a program waiving stamp duties for first home buyers, with higher-value existing homes to come under the scheme.

AAP · Jan 8, 2023