The Cook Government is set to announce another $2 billion plus budget surplus in tomorrow’s end-of-year financial update as pressure mounts on Labor to spend more on tackling rising living expenses.
Joe Spagnolo
Councils have warned library services could soon be limited due to funding failing to kept pace with demand, as the cost-of-living crisis drives more people to use public resources.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Liberal leader says allowing shops across the metropolitan area to open at 9am on Sundays is a ‘sensible next step’, and accuses the Government of being beholden to unions.
Libby Mettam says she’s come out of a tough 2024 stronger, ready to face Roger Cook next year in a ‘David and Goliath’ battle she believes she can win.
Iceland's new government has been presented to parliament, led by Social Democratic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir.
Staff Writers
The days of airlines behaving badly and not giving a fig about cancelled flights, delays and disruptions may be coming to an end.
Joe Spagnolo and Claire Sadler
All too often, the big airlines act as if they’re doing their customers a favour by transporting them around the country, rather than treating them as the valued source of the cash that keeps them in the air.
Sean Smith
The opening of WA’s Aboriginal Cultural Centre has been pushed back by at least a year.
Jake Dietsch
Aussie brewers are calling on the government to follow their UK counterparts and slash a controversial tax they say is crippling the industry.
Emma Kirk
Friends and foes of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol have staged duelling protests after the embattled leader was impeached for declaring martial law.
Jisoo Kim and Joseph Campbell, Minwoo Park
A group of 20 masked men “ran away” after they were confronted holding an anti-Semitic sign by the community and police.
Liam Beatty
Police are working to identify a group of alleged neo-nazis who displayed an offensive banner outside a state parliament.
Aaron Bunch
Elon Musk has waded into Germany's election by claiming a far-right party is the country's saviour, comments brushed off by embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Commuters have been ensnared in further chaos as they head to two major Christmas events amid industrial action that resulted in hundreds of train services being cancelled.
State MP Tania Mihailuk has quit One Nation over irreconcilable issues with the party's funding arrangements.
Neve Brissenden
The execution of two Australians for drug smuggling in Indonesia has refocused a spotlight on how the nation co-operates with countries using the death penalty.
Dominic Giannini
The British government has given Peter Mandelson, the so-called 'Prince of Darkness,' a posting in Washington DC, with a brief to charm Donald Trump.
One of president-elect Donald Trump’s controversial initiatives is the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency to reduce US government expenditure and improve efficiency.
Raymond Da Silva Rosa
Roger Cook, the 31st Premier of Western Australia and Member for Kwinana, is a fitness fanatic and fan of both Elvis Presley and Electric Dance Music.
Tony Buti
Is it possible that in our election, Labor’s advantage among women fades to some degree, reduced by more general cost-of-living concerns?
Michelle Grattan
The Government is going nuclear over the Coalition’s energy plans, and its inability to take off the renewable blinkers bodes ill for our future.
Paul Murray
A young man from the Perth Hills has become influential in Washington after scoring a key role in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Neale Prior
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership is in trouble after a key ally vowed to present a no-confidence motion.
John Pesutto says he'll fight on as leader of the Victorian Liberals after a vote over expelled MP Moira Deeming exposed division within the party.
Callum Godde
