The Australian Medical Association will no longer have to approve the director of the Medicare oversight body under new laws introduced...

A federal senator says a comprehensive inquiry is needed into recent excess deaths in Australia coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic and...

The Australian government and federal opposition have come to an agreement on the process for a referendum on the voice to parliament....

The Albanese Labor federal government says it is focussing on developing a 'homegrown' medical workforce for rural and regional...

The Australia Energy Market Operator says a failure to replace decommissioned coal fired power will leave the market short unless...

A new senate inquiry into regional bank branch closures wrote to major Australian banks asking them to halt imminent bank branch closures...

The former deputy prime minister has defended the former Coalition government's handling of diplomatic relations in the Indo-Pacific on...

A global ratings agency has given the Australian economy a good bill of health and even indicated recession might be avoided at home amid...

The federal opposition leader has encouraged Australians to celebrate Australia Day in the face of criticism of the annual celebration of...

Australia's environment minister has used a nature summit in Canada to tell UNESCO the Great Barrier Reef does not deserve an in-danger...

A Queensland based critic of the Chinese government who was kicked out of Parliament House, Canberra in late November has received a...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese threw down the gauntlet to the Opposition before Thursday's debate on the energy relief legislative...

A regional South Australian MP says the Albanese government's snap recall of parliamentarians to Canberra this Thursday to debate energy...

The latest analysis of the May federal election shows rapidly shrinking number of loyal mayor party voters. The analysis does not cover...

Business groups and the federal opposition have slammed the passage of the Albanese government's industrial relations package after a...

The federal member for Mallee says indigenous leaders she has spoken with in her community are more focused on health and cost-of-living...

A Liberal senator is pursuing answers on the adverse impacts of the vaccination program against COVID-19 but has been thwarted thus far...

A proposed lockout by an employer at NSW, Victorian, South Australian and other ports will not be able to go ahead after a Fair Work...

A lockout of 580 workers on tugboat crews is threatening major disruptions at ports across the country, potentially causing supply-chain...

The federal government has opened consultation on guidelines to deliver on its $40 million election promise to address mobile phone black...