Politics

Public servants stay quiet on bullying

<p>Reports of harassment and bullying across Australia's public service have risen with many workers admitting they had opted not to speak up.</p>

NSW Shooters party leader told to resign

<p>Members of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party have told their leader to resign after he made "violent" comments about independent MP Helen Dal...

Indigenous kids in care at 'alarming' rate

<p>A new report has found First Nations kids are 10 times more likely to be in state care, despite making up only five per cent of the country's child...

Cut food waste to fight climate change

<p>Buying the right amount of food and meal prepping is crucial if Australians want to reduce carbon emissions and meet the goal of halving food waste...

MP's emotional speech on domestic violence

<p>Ahead of the international day to eliminate violence against women, a Liberal MP has delivered a powerful speech about her experience supporting a...

Vic leaders square off in election debate

<p>Victoria's major party leaders have sparred over energy, integrity and health in the first and only debate between the pair ahead of the November 2...

Labor rams through bills before Christmas

<p>The Senate will sit for two extra days and for longer to pass all the government's legislation before parliament rises for the final time this year...

Spending spree drives rise in confidence

<p>Black Friday sales may be feeding into slightly elevated consumer confidence scores as savvy spenders pounce on discounted items.</p>

Peters rules out NZ Labour, lashes Ardern

<p>The path to a third term for Jacinda Ardern's government has been made a little shakier after her former deputy Winston Peters ruled out working wi...

More feel poor as cost of living bites

<p>Soaring inflation and rising interest rates are damaging Australia's sense of community and could put the nation's resilience at risk. </p>

Interfaith fight against family violence

<p>Prominent religious leaders from across the spectrum have joined forces with the NSW government to work towards ending domestic and family violence...

Super funds eye housing incentives

<p>Superannuation funds have got some ideas to unlock more investment in affordable housing and help ease the growing housing affordability crisis. </...

Refugee's mission to help others find work

<p>An Iranian refugee who survived one of the worst asylum-seeker disasters in history is determined to help other people migrating to Australia find...

We're safe and mainstream, say Vic Libs

<p>Victoria's Liberal Leader has promoted his party as "centrist" and "mainstream" ahead of the state election, following days of damaging extremist c...

Bank changes urged to stop financial abuse

<p>A new report has called on banks to introduce better protections on joint accounts to stop financial abuse against women.</p>

New Zealand to debate 16-year-olds voting

<p>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will vote in favour of reducing the voting age to 16 next year when the government introduces a bill to d...

Five years of care required on China: Rudd

<p>Kevin Rudd says Australia needs to increase diplomatic engagement with China, saying the next five years will determine whether there's conflict in...

Uni online study shutdown 'discriminatory'

<p>Disability groups and student organisations have raised concerns about a move to restrict online learning through universities.</p>

Aged care on brink of collapse: union

<p>Workers who care for older Australians will resign in droves unless aged care staff get a significant pay increase, a survey shows.</p>

Colourful political term named top word

<p>A political movement has claimed the 2022 word of the year, eclipsing an insult for a conspiracy theorist, an unmotivated worker and shrinking snac...