
Labor condemns PM for ‘abandoning women’
Labor has lost a bid to suspend standing orders in federal parliament over the coalition’s controlling “extreme right” faction and the party’s...

Report claims the coal era is nearing an end
Coal will be overtaken by gas and solar within two decades, the International Energy Agency predicts. The agency’s World Energy Outlook, released...

The focus should be on student progress not standardised testing, report says
More attention should be on the progress Australian students are making rather than results of standardised testing, a new report suggests. Think...

Push for national container deposit scheme
A national container deposit scheme should be rolled out before the next federal election, an independent MP says. Centre Alliance MP Rebekha...

Joyce claims most live-export sheep arrive ‘in better condition’
Nearly all sheep involved in live exports arrive at their destination in the same, if not better condition as when they left,...

Australia won’t mediate as doctors leave Nauru
The federal government won’t intervene to help Medecins Sans Frontieres continue providing mental health treatment for asylum seekers on Nauru. MSF (Doctors...

Pay gap, lack of advancement forcing women out of STEM careers: Study
Young women in science, technology, engineering and maths are leaving the field because of the gender pay gap and a lack of...

Banking self-regulation not enough: Labor
Self-regulation within the financial sector isn’t enough to stop the horrors unveiled from the banking royal commission, Labor says. Labor lashed out...

Salim Mehajer to be freed after bail approved
Controversial property developer Salim Mehajer has been granted bail on his fourth attempt despite a Sydney court hearing he could try to...

One Nation candidate Margaret Dodd quits day before WA poll
One Nation has lost another candidate just a day out from the West Australian state election. Candidate for Scarborough Margaret Dodd, mother...