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PoliticsExtraordinary commodity prices aid budget

Strong prices for Australia's commodities has seen a marked improvement in the budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says, but he warns these prices are volatile.

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent

PoliticsVic MPs awarded 2.75 per cent pay rise

Every Victorian state MP will receive a 2.75 per cent pay rise from July after a decision by an independent tribunal.

Callum Godde

PoliticsRBA review not about taking shots at Lowe

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says one of the objectives of a review of the Reserve Bank is to make sure the its board has the right composition.

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent

BabiesFree life-saving tests for newborns

In an Australian first, NSW and ACT babies will be offered free testing for two potentially fatal disorders, with other states urged to follow.

News Corp Australia

PoliticsCrossbench staff cuts reasonable: Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers believes the reduction in advisers a crossbencher can hire is reasonable and brings it more in line with backbenchers in major parties.

Colin Brinsden

politicsTreasurer’s grim warning for Aussies

Australians hoping for an end to the price pinch have been issued a grim warning from the Treasurer.

Courtney Gould

PoliticsOverseas student intake smashed by COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic is still having a major impact on overseas students coming to Australia, particularly from China, Education Minister Jason Clare says.

Colin Brinsden

PoliticsAbortion ruling step backwards for US: Ley

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley says the US Supreme Court's ruling on abortion is a step backwards for the country.

Colin Brinsden

Day twoVideoCommentsPremiumProtesters gather at Supreme Court to decry US abortion ruling

Protesters from both sides of the debate gathered in front of the US Supreme Court to voice their opinion on the overturning of Roe v Wade on Saturday, which ends the constitutional right to abortion.

Kanishka Singh, Trevor Hunnicutt and Gabriella Borter

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WA pollie pay has to be increased

Excuse my annual rant, but it’s again time to talk peanuts and monkeys.

Joe Spagnolo

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The last thing Mark McGowan will entertain is legalising pot

Mark McGowan says he has never, ever smoked mull and I reckon he was the kind of teenager who called the cops if he saw someone pull out a spliff.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

PoliticsAndrews locks in new Victorian cabinet

The latest additions to Victoria's cabinet will be sworn in this week after being named on the weekend.

Staff Writers

‘Lives will be saved’ CommentsBiden signs most sweeping gun control law in US in decades

The House gave final approval on Friday, following Senate passage Thursday, and Biden acted just before leaving Washington for two summits in Europe.

Three-month dealCommentsPremiumPrivate hospitals to take public patients in surgery ‘blitz’

Private hospitals are set to take public patients as part of an attempt to reduce WA’s growing elective surgery waitlist, which has blown out to more than 33,000 people.

Peter Law

Premier on tour CommentsPremiumPremier jets off to Europe as travel bug hits WA

WA Premier Mark McGowan has said his first order of business on his ‘historic’ trip to Rome will be a ‘Peroni’ on the famous Spanish Steps.

Jake Dietsch

War of wordsCommentsPremiumMcGurk, Sanderson take aim at staunch pro-lifer Goiran

Women’s Interests Minister Simone McGurk described the Roe v Wade determination as ‘deeply concerning and frightening’, setting women’s rights back decades.

Rebecca Le May

PoliticsPremiumEx-public servant to probe Barilaro role

The former head of the NSW Public Service Commission will conduct a probe into John Barilaro's appointment as the state's US trade commissioner.

Staff Writers

Roe v Wade decision PremiumWA’s ‘archaic’ abortion laws ‘worse than in Texas’

WA women are still forced to travel interstate for abortions due to the State’s ‘archaic’ laws, a global reproductive choices giant says, bracing for pro-life smugness after the Roe v Wade decision.

Rebecca Le May

DiplomacyAust, NZ, US, Japan, UK form Pacific group

A new diplomatic group that includes Australia, and is dubbed Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP), will seek to support Pacific regionalism.

Jarrett Renshaw

‘Incredibly upsetting’VideoCommentsPremiumNZ's Ardern hits back at US abortion ban

A decision by the US Supreme Court to scrap the constitutional right to abortion has been criticised by New Zealand's PM as a ‘loss for women everywhere’.

Staff Writers

PoliticsChina's Xi to visit HK to mark handover

China's president is to make his first trip outside the mainland since January 2020 when he marks 25 years since Hong Kong's handover from Britain.

Brenda Goh and Clare Jim

PoliticsWong heads to Vietnam, Malaysia

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will hold meetings with heads of state and foreign and defence ministers during an official visit to Vietnam and Malaysia.

Staff Writers

BreakingPremiumNew deputy premier for Victoria

The Victorian government revealed who the new deputy premier is after four cabinet ministers stood down this week.

Caroline Schelle

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McGowan in Europe on recruiting drive for new West Aussies

Architects, bakers, chefs, teachers, pharmacists, cabinet makers and grape growers are among the more than 500 occupations the WA Government is so desperately seeking to fill. SEE THE LIST OF JOBS

Joe Spagnolo