Health and NDIS Minister Mark Butler has announced sweeping changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in a bid to rein in galloping costs of the $52 billion program.
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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has announced an additional $14 billion over four years and $53 billion over the decade to fund an upgraded Integrated Investment Program (IIP) in Defence.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has travelled to Singapore in a bid to shore up energy supplies with the leaders of the city-state.
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Resources Minister Madeleine King has moved to shore up Australia’s domestic gas supply, in the event of a potential east coast gas domestic gas shortfall from July this year.
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Australia and the European Union have struck a free trade agreement, which will confer duty-free status on 98 per cent of the current value of Australian exports to the EU.
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Labor has been returned to power in South Australia, with a commanding election victory under first-term Premier Peter Malinauskas.
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Resources Minister Madeleine King has assured Japan that Australia would protect its gas investment and ensure no alteration to existing gas supply contracts.
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Higher Defence spending helped Australia’s economy grow by 2.6 per cent over 2025 and by 0.8 per cent in the December quarter, according to the latest official statistics.
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A national stocktake of domestic mineral resources by Geoscience Australia has reaffirmed the nation’s global leadership in the production of key resource commodities.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would make “appropriate representations” after US President Donald Trump slapped a 15 per cent baseline tariff on all imports into the United States.
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Australia’s corporate regulator has delivered a damning report on the level of exploitation and breach of consumer law under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has announced that the Federal Government will divest more than 60 Defence sites across metropolitan and regional Australia, following a major audit of the Defence Estate.
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Iron ore, coal, and natural gas continued to dominate Australia’s exports in 2024-25, contributing almost 40 per cent in the value of goods and services exports.
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Global agency, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has delivered a sharp warning to the Albanese Government to tackle its budget deficits, sharpen the efficiency of the tax system and lift economic competitiveness.
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With the Federal Budget under pressure, the focus is switching to a raft of long-standing tax concessions and exemptions.
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Higher payments have eaten into the Federal Budget’s bottom -ine prospects, against a backdrop of rising inflation.
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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), due to be delivered on December 17, will identify a further $20 billion in budget savings.
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Australia’s economy grew 2.1 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September, with gross domestic product (GDP) picking up by 0.4 per cent in the latest quarterly national accounts.
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Annual inflation has continued to spike in Australia, rising to 3.8 per cent in October, driven by a surge in electricity prices.
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Australia has been urged to consider a raft of tax reforms in a bid to lift economic productivity, lower the cost of capital, and increase incentives for investment and work.
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