Henry Belot
ATO says it’s not monitoring phone activity after guide posted online
The tax office has moved to reassure Australians it is not monitoring their phones, after a staffer posted step-by-step details of how to...
Five hours of online frustration for taxpayers
The Australian Taxation Office’s online services were taken offline for more than five hours on Wednesday, frustrating thousands of Australians hoping to...
MP calls for urgent investigation into taxpayer-funded UFO group
If the truth is out there, it won‘t be funded by the government anymore. Social Services Minister Christian Porter has launched an...
Budget 2017: Disability groups tell Bill Shorten the Medicare levy increase is fair
Disability groups have urged Opposition Leader Bill Shorten not to play politics with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), describing an increase...
Budget 2017: Turnbull says welfare drug test policy ‘based on love’
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull says drug testing welfare recipients and potentially managing their spending is “a policy based on love”. The Coalition...
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program poses serious threat to Australia, Julie Bishop warns
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program poses a “serious threat” to Australia unless it is stopped by the international community, Foreign Minister Julie...
Coalition in confusion over super-for-housing suggestion
Allowing prospective home buyers to access their superannuation to purchase a property is “a good idea” that should be considered by the...
Alan Tudge may have ‘committed crime’ by releasing Centrelink client’s information: Labor
One of Australia’s leading criminal barristers believes Human Services Minister Alan Tudge – or one of his staff – may have broken...
Peter Dutton criticises Alan Joyce for same-sex marriage support
Qantas will continue to advocate for same-sex marriage despite Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s pointed criticism of its chief executive Alan Joyce’s public...
One Nation-Liberals’ alliance not to blame for WA loss: Morrison
The federal government must “take its medicine” and learn from the West Australian Liberal Party’s landslide defeat at the polls at the...