Jacob Greber

Federal Housing Minister Clare O'Neil has swung her weight behind a Business Council of Australia push for states to scrap stamp duty and ease the housing crisis by removing barriers to property transactions.

One of the Coalition's staunchest anti-abortion advocates has rejected calls for the issue to become a federal election fight, saying the temperature needs to be turned down on a "really sensitive issue for people".

Universities, we're told by both sides of politics, brought this upon themselves by becoming addicted to foreign income. But when did we decide that being a successful global market player is now a crime?

Queensland has sent a "decisive" warning to federal Labor, showing that throwing money at cynical voters is no guarantee the love will be reciprocated.

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More than four years since it crashed onto our shores, one of the longest of COVID-19's symptoms has been the insidious corrosion of one of the primary binding agents of democracy.

The prime minister has had little to celebrate in recent weeks. But a close look at the inflation data could open up a dream scenario for the next election.

Calls are growing on both sides of politics for an independent review of how privately-owned airlines like Qantas "blur the lines" of how they favour politicians to protect market share.

Hoping to win over concerned Labor backbenchers, the federal government considers bans on in-stadium electronic gambling ads and betting company logos on sports jerseys.

The Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock warns Treasurer Jim Chalmers to remain "fully aware" of the inflationary consequences of the federal government's spending promises as it heads into a federal election.