Angus Thompson

Every student enrolled at university will have to pay for student unions as part of the costs factored into their studies on campus under Labor's federal budget.

Home Affairs expects the centre to move from an “active state” to “enduring capability” – empty but operated by a skeleton staff.

The government pushed debate on the bill to the next parliamentary sitting in late June.

Economists and property industry figures say Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's pledge to drastically cut permanent migration and ban foreign buyers

Economists and property industry figures say the opposition leader’s pledge to cut migration and ban foreign home buyers could even make the nation poorer.

More than one-quarter of Palestinians on temporary visas have applied for permanent asylum in Australia in a fresh test of Labor's response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as domestic tensions over the conflict flare.

The push for permanent protection is a fresh test of Labor’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.