Jacob Greber

Australia has a new military alliance, signing a mutual defence pact with Fiji. Australia has long had a defence alliance with the US and New Zealand.

Mon 6 Jul 2026 at 12:21pm China tests missile in South Pacific Chinese state media has confirmed a missile test has been carried out in the Pacific hours after Australia signed a defence treaty with Fiji.

Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.

Dire budget deficits for years to come and stalling productivity growth are painting a bleak economic picture.

Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 12:40pm The future of AI Labor will develop a national framework to bring together a response to artificial intelligence and its power to reshape both the economy and society.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has robustly defended her appearance on controversial far-right agitator Tommy Robinson's podcast amid backlash.

For those who believe in the virtue of converting and wrangling political trade-offs into a unified, coherent set of messages, Labor's example is transcendent.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is facing a leadership spill, with Deputy Premier Ben Carroll confirming he will run for the Labor leadership.

This week's back-and-forth over AUKUS adds to the hubbub in June about whether it was a major setback that Australia's future Virginia Class submarines will be used US boats rather than some fresh off the construction dock.

House prices are falling across the country, with the downturn no longer just confined to Sydney and Melbourne according to new Cotality data.Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek says there's never "been a better time to be a first home buyer in Australia", while Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pointed to Treasury modelling that house price growth would slow by about 2 per cent in the short term.It comes as a two-day inquiry into Labor's gambling advertising legislation gets underway, with growing calls for the Albanese Government to ban inducements. So, will Labor be forced to give ground here?Meanwhile, One Nation has unveiled upper house candidates for the upcoming Victorian election, with the ABC and others not given the details for the press conference.Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]