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The federal opposition says a major cyber attack which may have placed customer's private information at risk is a dramatic wake-up call for the government.

The transition to net zero will be one of Australia’s biggest transformations, and many believe we need a national body to coordinate and plan the change.

Clinton Labor Secretary says ‘the origins of many billionaires aren’t so humble’

Nationals Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell is hopeful the Coalition will support a bill designed to dismantle port commitment deeds that are constraining the development of container terminal at the Port of Newcastle.

More than 24 hours after Optus alerted the media of a massive cyber attack that exposed people's personal details, customers have been contacted by the telco.

Jim Chalmers’ long term ambition is similar to that of most treasurers. He wants to be prime minister. More immediately, he aspires to be a reformer, which has become harder in today’s electorate, with its low tolerance for pain.

New polling shows the Andrews government maintains a comfortable lead heading into Victoria's state election in November, while Coalition support has dropped.

At the 2018 Victorian state election, Labor easily won a majority in the lower house of the Victorian parliament, but the upper house result was an anti-democratic shambles, as the Greens won just one of the 40 upper house seats, while three parties with very small vote shares won seats.

"Our health system was in crisis before the pandemic, but after getting us through multiple waves of COVID-19, we owe it to our health workers to fix this," Chris Minns.

Labor is likely to secure a rare third parliamentary term, but departing MPs warn it will lose support for parachuting in non-local candidates