Frontline and legal services supporting women and children experiencing domestic violence have been given extra funding to address the national crisis. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a $4.7 billion package to fund services following a national cabinet meeting in Canberra on Friday. “We know that a nationally coordinated approach is required to address this national crisis,” he said. “We must …

Bunnings will be grilled on how it treats suppliers with a spotlight on increasing corporate competition to lower prices as Australians struggle with the cost of living. Senior executives from the major hardware chain have been recalled to appear before a Senate inquiry that examined supermarkets to increase competition and put downward pressure on prices at the checkout. Bunnings will …

The most important health check in years warns the Great Barrier Reef’s prospects are “very poor” despite the government pouring millions of dollars into programs to help it cope with climate change and other threats. The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report was released with little fanfare on Friday afternoon,  minus commentary from the federal government. The five-yearly report is a …

It has been less than 48 hours since the Country Liberal Party’s landslide election win became clear, but the tone of the Northern Territory’s new government has already been set. Incoming chief minister Lia Finocchiaro, addressing the media at parliament on Monday, said her “number one priority” was community safety. “Steps must be taken to address that immediately,” she said. …

Year 12 student Noah Cameron has never seen Andrew Tate pop up in his endlessly whirring social media feeds. “But I can’t say that I have been able to avoid the thousands of videos that are put out there that are trying to emulate that style,” the 18-year-old said. Tate, the British-American kickboxer turned social media influencer, has become a …

The private market won’t solve Australia’s housing crisis, according to a new report that urges the federal government to pour more money into building social housing. The People’s Commission into Australia’s Housing Crisis released its report on Wednesday following an inquiry led by former Labor senator Doug Cameron and Nicole Gurran, a professor from the University of Sydney’s School of …

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said on Sunday that Palestinians who had expressed rhetorical support for the listed terror group wouldn’t automatically be barred. The opposition leader said Australians would be shocked that people being brought in from a war zone would not undergo a security check by ASIO. “I don’t think people should be coming in from that war zone …

There’s a country near Australia that has a home ownership rate of 90 per cent. Its government wants widespread home ownership so its citizens feel like they have a stake in the country. It has a tiny land mass, so the dominant housing type is high density flats, the majority of which are built by the country’s Housing Development Board …

A request from the NSW Liberal Party for more time to lodge council election nominations has been declined, after the party missed a crucial deadline to file paperwork for about 140 candidates. The NSW Electoral Commission received a letter overnight from the party’s state president, Don Harwin, requesting the nomination period be extended for the elections next month. Mr Harwin …

Labor and the Coalition are level at 50-50 on a two-party-preferred basis, the latest polling shows, as parliament resumes following the winter break. Support for the Albanese government has slipped amid the cost-of-living crisis, with the Coalition gaining ground on primary votes according to a poll conducted for The Australian and published in the paper on Monday. The poll shows Labor’s primary …