Discarded batteries pose risk in looming fire season
Authorities are keeping tabs on risks posed by lithium-ion batteries as Australia braces for its worst bushfire season since the Black Summer blazes.
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BRICS should boost cross-border payment: China
The leaders of the BRICS bloc have agreed to encourage more local currency usage in trade as they seek to shift away from dependence on the US dollar.
Trump’s mugshot released after booking in Atlanta
Former US president Donald Trump has been booked in Atlanta on election fraud charges, with authorities releasing his much anticipated mugshot.
Qantas should not pay back pandemic money: Chalmers
Despite Qantas posting a record profit, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the airline should not have to pay back money it received during the height of the pandemic.
Child detention changes labelled Qld’s ‘darkest hours’
The Palaszczuk government has defended new laws allowing watch houses and adult prisons to be used as youth detention centres.
Electoral watchdog clarifies referendum legal advice
The electoral commission says legal advice is clear that writing 'yes' and 'no' or providing a tick, but not a cross, are valid means of voting in a referendum.
Australia’s nervous watch for any great fall of China
Mounting economic headwinds in China, where growth is slowing, will have major ramifications for Australia, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned.
Qld seeks ‘urgent’ advice over councillor murder charge
Queensland's deputy premier has sought urgent legal advice over a Gold Coast city councillor charged with murder.
Australia must enshrine fed human rights act: advocates
Australia remains an outlier on the international stage without a federal human rights act, several refugee advocates told an inquiry.
Former premier Mike Ahern ‘left Qld a better place’
Mike Ahern has been remembered as the right person at the right time as the former premier's character and contribution were celebrated at a state funeral.
Belarus leader says he urged Prigozhin to ‘watch out’
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he told Wagner mercenary heads Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin to "watch out".
China, interest rate hikes putting handbrake on economy
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says headwinds in the Chinese economy are impacting Australia's economic growth.
Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance
Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced an oath of loyalty for volunteer fighters from the Wagner Group after the death of their boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Albanese heads west ahead of cabinet meeting
Government ministers are making their way to Western Australia for cabinet deliberations as the prime minister prepares to tour a mining port.
Thousands of vollies rally for referendum start gun
Tens of thousands of volunteers are awaiting the official start of the voice referendum campaign as the prime minister declares no state is a lost cause.
Wealth of data to shed light on Australian economy
A speech by the incoming Reserve Bank boss and a wealth of data will provide rich insight into the state of the Australian economy.
Tax on the frontline as calls grow for bolder reform
Independent MP Allegra Spender has promised to keep tax reform front and centre of the national debate, accusing the major parties of playing politics.
Deputy tamps down Palaszczuk leadership coup ‘chatter’
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is not under threat from a leadership challenge after flying out for an overseas holiday, deputy Steven Miles insists.
Overhaul for SA early childhood education and care
An outline for an ambitious overhaul of SA's early childhood education and care sector has been met with government and industry support.
Albanese visits Pilbara ahead of Perth cabinet meeting
Cabinet will meet in Western Australia as the prime minister looks to the state's booming resource sector and pushes ahead with his referendum campaign.
Comm Games leaders didn’t request settlement gag clause
A federal inquiry examining Victoria's 2026 Commonwealth Games cancellation has heard a settlement confidentiality clause wasn't suggested by the sports body.
Qantas boss braces for Senate inquiry turbulence
Qantas chief Alan Joyce faces a rough landing when he fronts a Senate inquiry into the cost of living, as the airline comes under fire for its record profit.
Polling doesn’t deter PM’s confidence in voice vote
Support for an Indigenous voice is trailing in WA, but Anthony Albanese is adamant the state will get behind the constitutional proposal.
Farmers up in arms at renewables mega-project land grab
Landowners and farmers have protested outside Queensland parliament urging the government to rethink renewables projects they say will destroy local habitat.
Lachlan Murdoch to pay $1.3m in settled defamation suit
Lachlan Murdoch will pay $1.3 million for Crikey's costs in his settled defamation case as the publisher agrees to pass on funds donated by its supporters.
Note from abuse-accused MP to wife read in court
A West Australian MP on trial for the alleged sexual abuse of an eight-year-old girl wrote a tragic note to his wife admitting the crimes.
BRICS leaders consider group’s role, expansion criteria
BRICS leaders are weighing expansion criteria with the bloc's future in the balance as Vladimir Putin uses their summit to justify Russia's war in Ukraine
China’s fortunes key to Australia’s economic success
As Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to release a report on Australia's long-term challenges, he has flagged China's economic success as a key factor.
Fired-up Hanson tells Latham to quit NSW Parliament
Pauline Hanson wants Mark Latham to return his NSW Parliament seat to One Nation as the now-independent MP launches a second attack on party leaders.
Economic agenda big enough without more tax reform
The federal government says its reform agenda is big enough as it is, without adding further tax reform.
Concerns Murray-Darling could run dry ahead of drought
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is in "trouble", after timelines to return water to the system were extended.