Julia Gillard

One state’s government has been told where to shove it by a senator known for her fiery views as thousands stood their ground protesting a multimillion-dollar development. Frustrated residents in Tasmania assembled on the lawns of…

High income workers earning $200,000 a year are set to score a $9,000 tax cut next year, but you wouldn’t know it if you read the budget papers.The giant secret in the budget was the $69 billion that Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to shovel…

It’s the dirty little secret buried in the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s media blitz over cost of living relief in the budget.While the budget plans to dish out $14 billion in cost of living relief for families, the rich will still…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to deliver the first surplus in over a decade in a stunning budget turnaround that even he admits won’t last.The Queenslander is set to pull off an astonishing fiscal turnaround that will deliver a modest $4…

Single parents who rely on welfare will not be forced back to work until their youngest child is 14 in a move that will deliver a $4,576 a year windfall to eligible families. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has long maintained the…

Rumours are swirling regarding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s future in Australian politics, after sources revealed a new job may be on the horizon. Sources have alleged a major UK company in the defence sector has approached the…

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has refused to confirm changes to welfare for single parents but says the payments saved her life when she was a young mother.Single parents with older children hoping to receive more generous government…

Single parents with older children hoping to receive more generous financial assistance are on tenterhooks waiting to find out whether the measure will feature in next month’s federal budget.Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said on Sunday…

More than one million Australians are likely to be left disappointed after the government hosed down expectations of a boost to welfare payments in the upcoming budget. A task force set up to provide advice to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers on…

Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have been spotted enjoying views of Sydney from the city’s iconic Harbour Bridge.The former president arrived in Sydney at the start of the week for a highly anticipated series of talks…