Australia and China, the prime minister told the secretary of the CCP’s Shanghai Municipal Committee on Sunday, “deal with each other in a calm and consistent manner”. “And we want to continue to pursue our national interests, and it is in our interest to have good relations with China”. It’s the sort of polite diplomatic language that can often sound …

Yachties enjoying a cruise along the Queensland coast have been warned to stay clear of the massive military exercise taking place at Shoalwater Bay over the next week. As the ABC’s Ellie Willcox reported on Friday, there will be no safe anchorage for about 100 nautical miles from Yeppoon north to the Percy Island group during the bigger-than-ever Australian-US military exercise known …

The Yes In My Backyard movement is lobbying for denser cities and more housing in places people want to work and live and YIMBYs want these homes built yesterday. But the NIMBYs haven’t given up yet. on a cold June night in Sydney’s eastern suburbs dozens of residents, most insulated by navy puffer coats and vests, have piled into the …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Canada ahead of this week’s G7 summit, during which he will meet with US President Donald Trump at a fraught time in world affairs. Albanese’s first meeting today was with G7 host, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, shortly after touching down. “Canada is the eighth largest investor in Australia at the moment and there is the potential, I …

The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates amid greater confidence that the inflation battle is won, and will remain won, even if borrowing rates fall further from here. Forecasts in the RBA’s latest quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy (SMP) offer good news for borrowers, by suggesting that market pricing for a 3.2 per cent cash rate by early next year …

Anthony Albanese has unveiled his rearranged second-term ministry, naming former communications minister Michelle Rowland as attorney-general after Mark Dreyfus was dumped from the frontbench due to factional negotiations. West Australian and Muslim MP Anne Aly will also be promoted to cabinet, after fellow Muslim MP Ed Husic was sensationally sidelined along with Mr Dreyfus last week. Ms Aly will take …

Two senior cabinet ministers have been dumped from Anthony Albanese’s new-look ministry as factional heavyweights meet in Canberra to carve up the 30 frontbench positions. Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic has been pushed out because of an over-representation of New South Wales right, while Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has been dumped by the Victorian right to make way for second-term …

Last night was a big one in Australian news, with the federal election being called, so here’s a quick recap of what happened. Let’s get up to speed on the results. Who won the election? The Labor Party. While counting is still underway, Labor has won enough seats to rule as a majority government. Who is the prime minister? Anthony Albanese. Anthony Albanese …

Anthony Albanese has entered the Labor pantheon. While the count is still preliminary, Labor looks to have beaten the two-party preferred result of Kevin Rudd in 2007 (52.7 per cent), of Bob Hawke in 1983 (53.2 per cent), Gough Whitlam in 1972 (52.7 per cent) and Ben Chifley in 1946 (54.1 per cent). Rudd, Hawke, Whitlam, Chifley. A list of …

The budget bottom line would be worse in the first two years of a Dutton government than under Labor, according to the Coalition’s own costings, despite sweeping cuts to the public service to fund the party’s election promises. The costings, released two days before the federal election, show a deterioration of $7.9 billion over the next two financial years, compared …