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Murray Watt, known for his effectiveness, is confident he can deliver long-delayed environmental reform. His first and most consequential task is the ‘carbon bomb’ project awaiting approval.

ANALYSIS: Before the election, Labor promised policies to lift the declining birthrate, but there is little evidence they will actually work.

Michele Bullock led the Reserve Bank to another rate cut this week, balancing a more complex environment than her critics give her credit for.

A leaked report of the KPMG-led restructure plan for UTS is based on a performance metric not permitted by labour contracts.

The Nationals staked their political future on four policy positions, in what looks increasingly like a messy and misguided coup.

Liberal MPs reveal how the former prime minister and his close confidante have been at the centre of a string of disastrous decisions that led to the party’s stunning election loss and the collapse of the Coalition.

Sent to Australia under the false assertion they were orphans, adoptees from South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam speak of the lies they have struggled to reconcile, and doubt the Albanese government’s promised inquiry can bring resolution.

Queensland’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors faces a Supreme Court challenge, based on a lack of consultation and concern for the interests of the children.

Just weeks before massive aged-care reforms are due to take effect, providers are still lobbying for changes to their oversight, and accommodation costs are already rising.

Larissa Waters won the Greens leadership without a formal vote, with party sources emphasising she will represent a reset from the party’s obstructionist image.