The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Nautical metaphors are irresistible, I’m afraid, when talking about Australia’s seemingly endless submarine saga. But as investigative journalist Andrew Fowler makes clear in Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty, his excellent and excoriating analysis of the genesis of the AUKUS pact, there isn’t much room for levity otherwise.

The plan would see continued dredging at no cost to ratepayers.

Laurence Antcliff the favourite in Paterson preselection race.

Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members to protest administration in capital city rallies on Tuesday

Country Liberal party chief minister, Lia Finocchiaro, says parents of children who commit crimes may also have their government benefits cut

The Northern Territory's chief minister-elect has vowed to quickly tackle youth crime by toughening bail laws and lowering the age of criminal responsibility.

“I want to help turn that around by joining with others to organise and fight for a better society here in Australia, and for a better world.”

Labor also promised more playgrounds across the district.

Anthony Albanese says the federal government will examine the implications of NT Labor's loss in the territory election, ahead of next year's national vote.

Labor can be confident of holding only five seats in the territory’s 25-member Parliament. But what does the defeat mean for the party’s prospects elsewhere?

Neither Hezbollah nor Israel seem willing to back down after a new escalation in fighting, and the federal government is cracking down on airlines.