There will be a changing of the guard in the Perrottet Government’s ministry, and they mustn’t succumb to bad habit if they are to win the next election, writes James O’Doherty. Would the last NSW minister jumping ship ahead of the March election please turn out the lights? They might need to if only to save on skyrocketing electricity bills. ...

The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has denied his party is mounting a coordinated defense against teal independents by installing high-profile Liberal women as candidates in at-risk seats. Two female upper house ministers have announced their hope to run in the lower house, including the metropolitan roads minister, Natalie Ward, who on Tuesday announced her intention to run in ...

The federal government has demanded Optus pay for new passports for customers caught up in the telco’s data breach, as the prime minister flagged an overhaul of laws relating to the collection of personal information. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, has written to Optus raising concerns about criminals exploiting data harvested in the hack, saying there was “no justification” for ...

Anthony Albanese’s hurried trip to the UK is over, with the Prime Minister arriving in Australia on Wednesday morning after attending Her Majesty’s funeral in London at the start of the week. Anthony Albanese is back home after representing Australia at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London. The Prime Minister flew to the United Kingdom with ...

A recent Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report found prices had declined steadily since June. But the end of a government cost-of-living measure could inch prices closer to the $2 mark overnight. In March, the government halved the fuel tax by 22.1 cents, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and production cuts, sent oil prices skyrocketing. But cutting the fuel ...

The Australian government has spent more than $2.5 million in taxpayer funds on luxury accommodation linked to Myanmar’s military junta since it overthrew the country’s democratically elected government in a coup last year. Australia has repeatedly condemned the actions of the junta, which has killed more than 2,273 people and arrested more than 15,500 since the power grab on February ...

The federal government’s decision to lift Australia’s permanent migrant intake from 160,000 to 195,000 this financial year, which it announced at the jobs summit, has been applauded by business leaders and premiers. But by itself, lifting migration will do little to fill widespread skills shortages, partly because three in every four migrants granted permanent visas are already in Australia. Even ...

Australians will soon only have to isolate for five days after national cabinet agreed to slash the quarantine period from seven days. The changed settings will not apply for people in “vulnerable settings”, meaning aged care workers may still need to stay at home for seven days. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said change would only apply to people who were ...

Scott Morrison says he won’t resign from federal parliament after his five secret ministry self-appointments were revealed, defending his decision to stay those ministries concealed because he says he never exercised the powers he had. At a conference in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon, Morrison struck a defiant tone and said he would remain because the member of Cook, despite growing ...

Xiao Qian addressed National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, where he spoke about the long-term of the Australian-Chinese relationship. Mr. Xiao, who was appointed to his diplomatic post in January, delivered his speech against the backdrop of escalating tensions within the Taiwan Strait. Beijing launched unprecedented military drills within the Taiwan Strait within the South China Sea following Ms. ...