Nicole Hegarty

The federal government has unveiled plans to rein in the growth of the National Disability Insurance Scheme with a new program of supports outside of the NDIS.

The Powering Skills Organisation warns the current energy workforce of 300,000 energy, gas and renewables sector workers will not be sufficient to meet demand and further investment in training will be needed

Australia will pay a further $70 million per year to cover the ongoing resettlement costs for the group of more than 350 people.

Northern Territory Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been dropped from the shadow ministry by the Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

In her first major speech on the economy, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has declared that Australians are too dependent on welfare payments.

The Communications Minister Anika Wells has faced a fierce interrogation about the Optus triple zero outages from the Opposition in Question Time today.

Five years after the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was detected in Europe, and with hundreds of millions of animals dying as a result, it's now encircling Australia with forecasts pointing to it making landfall sooner than later.

Tue 14 Jul 2026 at 8:20pm Two essential vital medications treating multiple sclerosis are at risk of being pulled from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

Tue 4 Aug 2026 at 11:53am The families of young Queensland children with autism are on tenterhooks, as calls for certainty about future access to support go unanswered.