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Australian Politics News

  • Labor Set to Abandon Plans to Cut Backpacker Numbers
    Labor Set to Abandon Plans to Cut Backpacker Numbers
    More backpackers may be able to stay in Australia for longer as the government prepares to back down on its migration policy. 
    November 12, 2026BY AAP
  • Golf Club Says Albanese’s Honorary Membership Was Worth Over $1,000, Not $5
    Golf Club Says Albanese’s Honorary Membership Was Worth Over $1,000, Not $5
    Club bosses said the PM never utilised the golf membership.
    November 11, 2026BY AAP
  • Victorian Government Accused of Withholding Premier-Linked Documents From Royal Commission
    Victorian Government Accused of Withholding Premier-Linked Documents From Royal Commission
    Key messages referencing Daniel Andrews’ office and previously redacted notes involving Jacinta Allan have emerged.
    November 11, 2026BY AAP
  • Victorian Liberals Drop Candidate Over Offensive Indigenous Social Media Posts
    Victorian Liberals Drop Candidate Over Offensive Indigenous Social Media Posts
    The decision leaves the Liberals without an endorsed candidate in Williamstown, as parties face growing scrutiny over candidates' ...
    November 11, 2026BY AAP
  • Internet Watchdog Plays Down Fears Over Censorship
    Internet Watchdog Plays Down Fears Over Censorship
    eSafety said over-blocking and over-compliance were certainly not the outcomes it wanted from the proposed digital duty of ...
    November 10, 2026BY AAP
  • Australia Unveils AI Regulator, Considers Taking Some Systems Offline
    Australia Unveils AI Regulator, Considers Taking Some Systems Offline
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has also released recommendations after the OpenAI hack of Australia's Medicare system.
    November 9, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Non-Business Trusts to Bear Most of Labor’s Proposed Trust Tax: Treasury
    Non-Business Trusts to Bear Most of Labor’s Proposed Trust Tax: Treasury
    Treasury officials estimated that around 60 percent of the tax revenue would come from non-business trusts, including those ...
    November 9, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Small Business Trusts Face 30 Percent Minimum Tax Despite Modest Incomes, Inquiry Hears
    Small Business Trusts Face 30 Percent Minimum Tax Despite Modest Incomes, Inquiry Hears
    The ACCI said half of small business trusts have incomes below $75,000 but could face the proposed 30 ...
    November 9, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Why Some Australians Could Pay 3 Times More Tax Under Labor’s Trust Plan
    Why Some Australians Could Pay 3 Times More Tax Under Labor’s Trust Plan
    A small business owner earning $45,000 through a family trust could pay more than three times as much ...
    November 9, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Housing Industry Challenges $141 Million Regulatory Cost Estimate for Trust Tax Reforms
    Housing Industry Challenges $141 Million Regulatory Cost Estimate for Trust Tax Reforms
    Housing industry representatives say government analysis has not gone far enough.
    November 8, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Australian PM to Discuss Iran War With Trump as Inflation Pressures Mount
    Australian PM to Discuss Iran War With Trump as Inflation Pressures Mount
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been at odds with Australia's Reserve Bank about the cause of inflation in ...
    November 8, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Proposed Trust Tax Could Jeopardise 20,000 Home Builds, Senate Inquiry Hears
    Proposed Trust Tax Could Jeopardise 20,000 Home Builds, Senate Inquiry Hears
    Master Builders warned the tax reforms could increase the tax burden on a small family-owned construction business by ...
    November 8, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Labor Abandons Controversial Sale of Victoria Barracks Amid Public Pressure
    Labor Abandons Controversial Sale of Victoria Barracks Amid Public Pressure
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Nov. 8 that his government had abandoned plans to sell the barracks, ...
    November 7, 2026BY AAP
  • Farming Body Warns Trust Tax Exemption Won’t Cover All Farm Income
    Farming Body Warns Trust Tax Exemption Won’t Cover All Farm Income
    The NFF said income from activities such as leasing farmland, processing produce, agritourism, hosting renewable energy projects might ...
    November 6, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • MP Injured in Alleged Car Ramming No Longer in Critical Condition
    MP Injured in Alleged Car Ramming No Longer in Critical Condition
    On Nov. 6, the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne announced MP Helen Haines was now in a stable condition, ...
    November 5, 2026BY AAP
  • Council Warns Small Businesses of Potential Tax Shock Under Labor’s Trust Reforms
    Council Warns Small Businesses of Potential Tax Shock Under Labor’s Trust Reforms
    Trusts can opt out of the minimum tax by locking in fixed income for beneficiaries, but any change ...
    November 5, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Old Wills Could Face New 30 Percent Trust Tax, Estate Lawyers Warn
    Old Wills Could Face New 30 Percent Trust Tax, Estate Lawyers Warn
    More than a million existing wills may need reviewing under the proposed tax changes, the Society of Trust ...
    November 5, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Hanson to Take ‘Go Back to Pakistan’ Case to High Court
    Hanson to Take ‘Go Back to Pakistan’ Case to High Court
    The One Nation leader argues Australia's racial discrimination laws restrict free speech, while Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi says ...
    November 5, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • How Australian Politicians Responded to the US Midterms
    How Australian Politicians Responded to the US Midterms
    A former Australian ambassador to the United States said the elections could pave the way for ‘pragmatic outcomes’ ...
    November 5, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Shovels and Lock-Picking: Inside Melbourne Restaurants’ Grappling With Crime
    Shovels and Lock-Picking: Inside Melbourne Restaurants’ Grappling With Crime
    From an opening-week break-in to intruders wielding shovels on Hardware Lane, restaurant operators describe mounting security concerns and ...
    November 5, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Family Businesses Face Tens of Thousands in Fees to Escape Labor’s Trust Tax
    Family Businesses Face Tens of Thousands in Fees to Escape Labor’s Trust Tax
    CPA Australia pointed to one member’s experience, who owned a hotel and had to pay $22,000 to restructure ...
    November 4, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Queensland MPs Urged to Put Politics Aside and Back Flag-Burning Ban
    Queensland MPs Urged to Put Politics Aside and Back Flag-Burning Ban
    Katter's Australian Party has introduced a bill in Queensland that would impose a maximum six-month prison sentence for ...
    November 4, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • ‘Work From Home’ Disputes Make up Less Than 1 Percent of Fair Work Caseload
    ‘Work From Home’ Disputes Make up Less Than 1 Percent of Fair Work Caseload
    The body revealed the figures amid a Greens Party push for the right to be legislated.
    November 4, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Holocaust, Jewish History to Enter Curriculum in Revamp
    Holocaust, Jewish History to Enter Curriculum in Revamp
    The curriculum revamp is designed to tackle anti-Semitism and will enter classrooms in 2027.
    November 4, 2026BY AAP
  • Creator Stands by One Nation’s ‘Please Explain’ Cartoons
    Creator Stands by One Nation’s ‘Please Explain’ Cartoons
    'We use humour as an entry point for people. We want people to get involved in politics,' said ...
    November 4, 2026BY Josh Spasaro
  • Australia’s Productivity Commission Cautions Against Mandated Work-From-Home Laws
    Australia’s Productivity Commission Cautions Against Mandated Work-From-Home Laws
    Firms requiring staff in the office may have to offer higher pay, the commission says, while the Greens ...
    November 4, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Embattled Greens Senator’s Alleged Stalker Charged
    Embattled Greens Senator’s Alleged Stalker Charged
    A former partner of Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John has been arrested on stalking and extortion charges.
    November 4, 2026BY AAP
TOP NEWS
  • US Returns $12 Billion Collected From Venezuela’s Oil Sales This Year
    NEW By Jill McLaughlin
    US Returns $12 Billion Collected From Venezuela’s Oil Sales This Year
  • Senate Banking Chair Asks Ex-Nvidia CEO Huang, Commerce Chief Lutnick to Testify
    1hr By Kimberly Hayek
    Senate Banking Chair Asks Ex-Nvidia CEO Huang, Commerce Chief Lutnick to Testify
  • Van Hollen Challenges Schumer for Senate Majority Leader
    3hr By Joseph Lord
    Van Hollen Challenges Schumer for Senate Majority Leader
  • Day in Photos: Brooklyn Building Collapse, Heavy Rainfall in France, and Meteorite Exhibition
    4hr By Epoch Times Staff
    Day in Photos: Brooklyn Building Collapse, Heavy Rainfall in France, and Meteorite Exhibition
  • How Child Protective Services Are Allegedly Removing Kids From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents | Laura Hanford
    5hr By Jan Jekielek, Epoch TV
    How Child Protective Services Are Allegedly Removing Kids From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents | Laura Hanford
  • Blanche Says DOJ Has Not Confirmed If Ex-Nvidia CEO’s Affair Partner Was a Spy
    5hr By Jacki Thrapp
    Blanche Says DOJ Has Not Confirmed If Ex-Nvidia CEO’s Affair Partner Was a Spy
  • Hegseth Honors Sentinel Who Reprimanded Him and Aides at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
    5hr By Timothy Frudd
    Hegseth Honors Sentinel Who Reprimanded Him and Aides at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • New York City Investigating Brooklyn Building Collapse That Killed 8, Injured 18
    6hr By Nicholas Zifcak, Epoch Times
    New York City Investigating Brooklyn Building Collapse That Killed 8, Injured 18
  • Democrats’ Midterm Wins Encourage Activists at Climate Change Convention
    6hr By Kevin Stocklin
    Democrats’ Midterm Wins Encourage Activists at Climate Change Convention
  • Democrat Cindy Holscher Wins Kansas Governor’s Race
    7hr By Savannah Hulsey Pointer
    Democrat Cindy Holscher Wins Kansas Governor’s Race
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