The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Simon Holmes à Court and his Climate 200, the body that provided funding for “teal” and some other independent candidates who promoted action on climate change, integrity and women’s issues, had great success at the federal election. But will community candidates become a big force in November’s Victorian poll and…

Australia's parliament on Thursday passed government legislation enshrining a pledge to cut carbon emissions by 43% by 2030 and to net zero by 2050, with the support of the Greens party and independents.

Labor’s climate bill has passed both houses of parliament with support from the Greens and key crossbench senators

Labor has committed to spending $17 million on Kids Helpline over four years if voted into power in New South Wales next year.

The Labor government has claimed its first climate policy win after its bill to enshrine in law a 43 per cent emissions reduction target passed the Senate.

The former Labor politician denies spinning a story to financially benefit the ex-union boss who says there was no deal for him to financially benefit from a lucrative coal exploration mining licence.

If you’re expecting cost of living relief in the next Federal Budget, I’m sorry to say you may be disappointed. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have warned offering such help can sometimes be ‘counter-productive’ so I guess it’s everyone for themselves!!!!!“I want to level with people … You want to…

The Albanese government has something of an embarrassment of intellectual riches, with no less than three of its MPs holding PhDs in economics. Two of them, Andrew Charlton and Andrew Leigh, are also prolific authors with at least a dozen books between them.

Former ALP politician Ian Macdonald denies in the NSW Supreme Court that he did anything wrong by awarding a coal exploration licence to an ex-union boss.

The future of the oil and gas industry has been thrown into disarray after a string of submissions ranging from a complete ban on fracking to prohibiting subsidies — were passed without dissent at an NT Labor Conference.

Once an ally of the government, Victoria's firefighters union is piling on pressure for an annual pay rise of 8.6 per cent as part of a pre-election campaign.