Australia is on track to meet its 2030 climate targets – but new accounting of methane could substantially change that, by more accurately assessing underreported emissions.
A day after he filed a piece on climate protests for The Saturday Paper, Western Australian police raided Jesse Noakes’s office – part of a larger crackdown on critics of mining in the state.
The end of Stuart Robert’s political career also marks the end of Bill Shorten’s campaign to push him out of parliament, leaving behind an incredible string of scandals.
The government has substantially underplayed increases to welfare, choosing not to highlight indexation rises that will happen the same day as the budgeted increases.
Labor’s budget is built on cost-of-living support and improvements for the most vulnerable. It announces the first surplus in more than a decade, declaring that inflation has peaked and the economy will continue to grow.
Young children are being turned away from mental health services because their needs are too complex, and the problem is worse for those suffering trauma in disaster-affected regions.
ANALYSIS: The Liberal Party is alienating its traditional allies in the corporate world by rejecting a progressive stance that would be good for both business and the party.
As part of the new Defence strategy, a program offering military training will be extended to countries in the north-east Indian Ocean, some of which have poor human rights records.
