The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Richard Marles is an ambitious man who hasn’t given up the dream of one day reaching the top job. But, despite being deputy prime minister, his profile is much lower than that of Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the candidate considered most likely to succeed Anthony Albanese as Labor’s leader.

Australians may have to hand over more personal data and big tech firms face $50m fines, but there are a number of questions that are yet to be answered

Lobby groups say Labor’s hate speech laws will create ‘thought crimes’; hundreds of education executives earn more than state premiers

Sixteen weeks is all some backbench MPs will have to spend in the NSW Parliament in 2025 under a new schedule put forward by the Labor government.

Christian Schools Australia also claims harm definition means its views on immutability of sex will be outlawed as ‘hateful’

Bipartisan human rights committee says there could be a ‘significant intervening period’ before non-citizens are accepted by other countries

Moves to lighten penalties for first offences by small operators ignited a row that could have delayed a government crack down on illegal tobacco.

Next month’s federal budget update is expected to revise down company tax receipts for the first time since 2020, amid continued low economic growth in the near term.

Radio show has thousands of underrage listeners despite inappropriate content; new data shows female bosses paid on average $170,000 less than men