As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issues an election pledge of $1 billion for mental health support funding, professionals on the sector’s frontline are reserving judgement.
The Coalition’s proposal to direct gas for export to the domestic market has support from those who favour cuts to production – but that’s not what the plan envisages.
Despite repeated warnings from scientists, the Tasmanian salmon industry has been run with exemptions to biosecurity regulation and under a regime that was weakened at its urging.
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the independent ACT senator lays out the two top conditions for his support in the likely scenario of a hung parliament.
The distraction of an erratic US-driven trade war is forcing Labor to pivot on the campaign trail, while offering opportunities to sharpen its pitch as the superior economic manager.
Medicare has been a centrepiece of every modern election campaign for Labor. In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the health minister is doubling down, with a focus on Peter Dutton’s record in his role.
Two vessels used by the ADF to detain asylum seekers have been declared by the Commonwealth Ombudsman to be in violation of Australia’s human rights commitments.
As Donald Trump silences America’s public broadcasters in order to control the narrative, the ABC seeks a guarantee from the Coalition that its long-term funding will remain.
Almost a decade after a royal commission recommended the government establish counselling services for child abuse survivors and others, a bungled tender process has failed to establish the helplines.
