POLITICS

Pauline Hanson announces plan to cut 750,000 temporary visa holders in first three years

“A larger economy on paper means nothing if Australians are poorer per person and cannot afford a home, find a hospital bed or get ahead”

POLITICS

Ben Carroll’s work-from-home laws have been effectively pushed beyond the Victorian election

What we have seen tonight is anti-family [and] anti-worker”

POLITICS

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation becomes Australia’s most popular party, leading Labor by 4 points on primary vote

Labor leads the Coalition 52–48 on the poll’s respondent-allocated two-party-preferred measure and leads One Nation 53–47.

IMMIGRATION

‘We respect you’: Premier Carroll reaches out to Indian Victorians amid rising anti-Indian rhetoric

“You are small business owners, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs and community leaders — helping to build the Victoria we’re all proud to call home."

POLITICS

Pauline Hanson’s Victorian frontman Warren Pickering hit by $13,500 first-home grant debt and explosive personal allegations

Ms Hanson described the allegations as a “personal matter” and said they had been put to Mr Pickering and denied.

POLITICS

‘Take cash now’: Pauline Hanson wants to put 3% of your super into your pocket to pay rent and mortgages

“Your existing super won’t be touched. Not one dollar.”

POLITICS

Jess Wilson’s regional health workforce plan: $10,000 to go regional, more to stay for doctors, nurses and midwives

“This is about filling critical vacancies today, while building a strong and stable regional health workforce for the future.”

POLITICS

‘Sacrilege’: Angus Taylor backs jail for Australian flag burning and tougher penalties for war memorial vandalism

“People are welcome to make political statements on Australia, and they can criticise Australia all they like, but burning the flag goes a step further”

POLITICS

After years of congestion, Premier Ben Carroll promises $550m Western Freeway fix months before election

The government says the upgraded sections would also have a consistent 100 kilometres per hour speed limit.

OPINION

$1 trillion in debt and counting: Who will pay the bill?

Senator Dave Sharma Australia has passed a grim milestone. Gross government debt has surged past $1 trillion for the first time in our history. For many...

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NEWS

Three Indian nationals from Punjab killed in South Auckland crash on eve of Diwali

Three Indian nationals have died after a vehicle crashed into a building in Takanini, South Auckland, on the night before Diwali. The Supreme Sikh Society...

OPINION

When a Victoria Cross recipient is reportedly under surveillance, but counter-terrorism resources are stretched, Australians deserve answers

On 14 December 2025, 15 people were murdered at Bondi Beach. Australians are still entitled to ask the plain question: were our security agencies...

OPINION

AI use is now universal in higher education. Why are universities failing to adapt?

Since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, the threat to academic integrity has loomed large. Unis must now ensure students earn degrees by showing what they can do, not what AI can do.