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Treasurer offers more detail on forthcoming Future Made in Australia plan after concerns raised by productivity commissionerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTax breaks and subsidies may be offered to industry as part of the government’s yet-to-be-detailed Future Made in Australia plan – but Jim Chalmers says there will be “strict tests” on public funding for the green...

Dozens of flights cancelled at Sydney airport and drivers told to avoid non-essential travel as inland low and coastal trough combine. This blog is now closedBruce Lehrmann defamation trial live: watch and follow the latest newsBoM weather radar: track the path of the storms and latest updates and warnings for NSW and QueenslandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...

This blog is now closedBruce Lehrmann defamation trial: Channel Seven offered Taylor Auerbach promotion after rebuking him for charging Thai massages to corporate card, court toldGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAfter a number of comments about the state of famine in Gaza, which Hyman appears to be disputing – it’s quite difficult to keep up with his...

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says China’s duties on Australian bottled wine will come to an end from FridayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina has dropped tariffs on Australian wine, a long-awaited decision heralded by the Albanese government as validation of its “calm and consistent approach” with the superpower on a series of controversial trade disputes.In a statement...

This blog is now closed.Descendant of Victorian colonial family calls for removal of monuments to her ancestorsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLocal MP says government ‘had to do something’ about ‘weeks of unrest’ in Alice SpringsMP for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour, says the government “had to do something” when asked if a youth curfew, imposed for Alice Springs...

Package of loans and grants to help ‘can get this industry off the ground’, resources minister saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Gina Rinehart-backed mining company has soared in value by 75%, after the government agreed to provide financial support as it aims to increase Australia’s production of rare earth elements.The $840m package of loans and grants,...

This blog is now closed.Fifty people treated after ‘technical problem’ caused ‘strong movement’ on Latam flight from SydneyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOuter suburban drivers overtake inner-city drivers in EV uptakeNew data from the Electric Vehicle Council shows that outer suburban drivers have overtaken inner-city drivers in their EV uptake.I think some tired stereotypes about EVs in...

PM says federal government will make ‘no changes’ to Western Australia GST payments, which could hit $50bn over a decadeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government is considering “time-limited support” for the nickel industry in Western Australia as it faces growing international competition from Indonesian producers, Anthony Albanese...

Consultancy’s global executive says report suggests there’s no evidence confidential information was used for commercial gainGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPwC has faced furious rebuke from politicians, the country’s tax office and a regulator for repeatedly refusing to share a report it used to argue that a damaging tax leaks scandal was isolated to Australia.The report, by...

ABS data highlights shoppers’ attraction to promotions, as supermarkets giants discount unhealthy food twice as often as healthier itemsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSupermarket promotional items can sell at up to 70 times their normal rate, analysis shows, in a sign of the market power the grocery giants exert over Australian households that includes a preference to...

Federal opposition leader told audience at Roy Hill mine that parents and teachers should instruct children about benefits of miningGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton was flown to a party at the Pilbara mine of Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, by another billionaire rich-lister, where he made a speech suggesting parents and teachers talk to children...

Madeleine King says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ while the opposition criticises Labor for ‘embarrassing failure’ on industry policyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal resources minister, Madeleine King, says she is “extremely disappointed” at the closure of a major alumina refinery in her electorate, with about 800 job losses expected, as the opposition criticises the government over...