Jake Evans

Australia's terror threat level will remain at "probable" despite the disturbing discovery of a caravan packed with explosives and an alleged antisemitic plot to attack several targets.

Labor will "fully fund" hospitals in a one-year deal, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese committing to an additional $1.7 billion to cut wait times and ease pressure on emergency departments.

Australia was"on everyone's lips … for all the wrong reasons" at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Auschwitz last week, the nation's antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal says.

Senator Jacqui Lambie has railed against unfair dismissal laws, after herself facing a Fair Work case against a former staffer who claimed they were unfairly dismissed.

Laos has failed to accept "consistent" offers by Australian Federal Police to assist the investigation into the methanol poisoning deaths of Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles.

The Coalition's promised nuclear power plants could consume as much as three times more water than existing coal sites, posing a question of where that water would come from.

The speechwriter hired for $300,000 a year to assist former government minister Bill Shorten has followed him to his new role as vice-chancellor at the University of Canberra (UC).

Parents will be guaranteed a minimum three days of subsidised childcare regardless of how much they work or study, as parliament passes laws that take a step towards universal childcare availability.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says women looking for flexible work can find job-sharing arrangements, defending a Coalition promise to order public servants to return to the office five days a week.

The prime minister has left himself the option of calling the election this weekend, as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on Queensland and northern NSW.