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Days before she died, Peta Murphy had a question.Surrounded by her Labor colleagues last Tuesday, she rose to her feet in the House of Representatives and asked the Housing Minister about the party’s shared equity scheme. It would turn out…

A showdown over expanded detention laws aimed at placing some of those released from immigration detention back behind bars is expected to dominate the final parliamentary sitting week.A bombshell High Court ruling last month found holding…

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had his microphone cut off during a heated showdown with Anthony Albanese over a contentious immigration detention ruling. So far, much of this year’s second-last question time has been dominated by Labor’s…

Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of declaring a “holy war” against Gaza by supporters of Palestine, with the right-wing leader continuing to invoke religious themes in the escalating battle against Hamas.Critics say the tactic shows the…

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says federal Labor’s budget will do little to help Australians struggling with the rising cost of living. The Liberal leader handed down his budget reply to the House of Representatives on Thursday night, two…

An adorable moment between Jim Chalmers and his young daughter has been captured during budget night. The Treasurer was under immense pressure on Tuesday as he handed down the government’s second budget in under a year. The budget will see…

Millions of Australians will receive a boost from the federal government toward medical care, bills and welfare payments after Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his first budget. Amid the forecast that the budget will be back in the black…

Hello and welcome to our budget live blog.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down their second budget tonight, with Labor on the cusp of delivering country’s first surplus in 15 years.The turnaround has…

When the US Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have implications for rapidly developing technologies like artificial intelligence chatbot…

Donald Trump wanted a circus surrounding his arrest, and a circus was what he got. For days, even the never-ending noise of New York was drowned out by helicopters whirring above, keeping an eye on the former US president, while a forest of…