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Australia politics LIVE: Israeli ambassador addresses National Press Club; question time returns

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Anthony Albanese’s decision to halve the fuel excise for the next three months is economically irresponsible, damaging to the budget bottom line and will put significant pressure on interest rates.

The Australian Electoral Commission will mount an intensive voter education blitz ahead of the Farrer byelection, warning a “congested” information environment and rising misinformation could undermine confidence in Australia’s preferent...

Jim Chalmers is facing pressure to use the May 12 budget to give more cash to the states and territories so they can ramp up their fight against the illegal tobacco trade amid signs a near-decade long collapse in federal government cigar...

Australians were worried about growing poverty across the country and the impact on young people trying to get into a home, even before the recent surge in inflation and the fallout from the war against Iran, a nationwide report has reve...

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Liberal moderate James McGrath has secured the top position on the Queensland LNP’s Senate ticket above federal Nationals leader Matt Canavan.

Batteries powered by renewables are pushing gas plants off the electricity grid, proving that green energy will reduce fuel bills driven higher by shocks to the global fossil fuel market such as the crisis being driven by the Iran war.

Emergency laws will be rushed into parliament on Monday in an urgent bid to boost Australia’s fuel stocks, and importers will be given unprecedented government backing to scour the globe for increasingly rare and expensive shipments of p...

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has demanded a cut of 26 cents per litre to the cost of fuel, as the government rejects his call to reduce fuel tax and ramps up its efforts to calm public panic over shortages at service stations.

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Pauline Hanson has all but guaranteed a preference deal with the Coalition for the Farrer byelection, ramping up her war on preferential voting as left-wing activist group GetUp!

Australia politics live: Coalition says Labor too secretive on fuel supplies as question time resumes

The Albanese government has recommended a real-wage increase for almost 3 million workers on minimum and award wages, dismissing claims that the move would be inflationary.

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Australia politics live: Treasurer Jim Chalmers responds to latest inflation figures; question time returns to parliament

Australians would be urged to tackle a fuel shortage by carpooling and using electric vehicles under the government’s emergency fuel plan, while more extreme measures would ration fuel by shutting petrol off at the pump once a daily allo...