Politics

A Reserve Bank paper pointing to a possible 20 per cent slump in house prices has inspired comparisons with the market crash of the 1990s.

Anthony Albanese’s first budget embeds a response to climate change – as a major economic factor – across departments.

As the Bureau of Meteorology deals with cuts and delayed upgrades, it is breaching its international obligations for weather data.

State governments are passing draconian laws that are turning environmental groups away from direct action, as climate change makes their campaigns more urgent than ever.

Philip Lowe is in many ways an unlikely steward of a Reserve Bank that’s increasingly reviled for inflicting economic hardship.

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann has closed on conflicting accounts of the night that Brittany Higgins alleges she was raped at Parliament House, and the response of senior ministers.

Bureau of Meteorology staff have been hospitalised because of work conditions, as a loss of senior meteorologists means junior forecasters are trying to deal with natural disasters beyond their expertise.

A consulting firm responsible for a quarter of the aged-care sector has warned its providers to avoid high-needs patients or risk reducing ‘profitability’.

The former prime minister is the lead name in speculation on who will become the next US ambassador, with support  from key American foreign policy figures.

Politics is once again dictating Covid-19 settings, as national cabinet dumps mandatory isolation and paid pandemic leave.