Samantha Maiden

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has put petrol companies on notice not to profiteer after Australia’s the temporary fuel tax relief expired at midnight on Sunday.

Petrol prices have spiked on Monday morning after the federal government’s temporary fuel excise relief expired, while drivers were also hit with a new inflation adjustment at the pump.

Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has declared there’s “never been a better time” to be a first-home buyer in Australia amid a drop in house prices.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to announce urgent changes to address a so-called widows’ property tax amid fears the rushed reforms are already hitting domestic violence victims.

Anthony Albanese’s former economics adviser Alex Sanchez has ripped into the reform credentials of his former boss in a savage assessment of Labor’s failure to cut the top tax rate.

A sweeping crackdown on migration to Australia has been finalised by federal cabinet as the rise of Pauline Hanson puts pressure on the Albanese Government over missed targets.

Divorcing couples and widows who acquire property through legal settlements and inheritance have won new concessions to retain investor tax breaks.

Pauline Hanson has slammed Tony Burke’s expected plan to rein in migration as a policy based on “lies.

Labor MP Ed Husic will take leave after a “serious” car crash with a truck on Sydney’s M7 motorway that left him with minor abrasions, fractures and a concussion.

Pauline Hanson has a big plan for migration reform in Australia but it might make it harder to get a manicure at the shopping mall.