Australia warned AI power squeeze could leave economy ‘third-rate’ as data-centre demand surges
Australia risks surrendering a major economic and strategic opportunity in artificial intelligence if its electricity system cannot keep pace with an extraordinary expansion in power-hungry data centres,…
Pakenham becomes One Nation’s Victorian ground zero as mortgage arrears top Australia
Pakenham has emerged as one of the most combustible electorates in Australian politics, combining the country’s highest reported mortgage arrears with an ultra-marginal Labor seat and a…
One Nation voters are hardening behind Hanson as new research challenges ‘protest vote’ label
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is showing signs of developing something Australian politics has rarely associated with the party: a large and increasingly loyal voter base that does…
Liberals pledge up to 12 months’ jail for serious public desecration of Australian flag
The Coalition has pledged to make serious public desecration of the Australian National Flag a federal criminal offence, with offenders potentially facing up to 12 months in…
Pauline Hanson puts Andrew Hastie’s Canning seat on notice after One Nation’s WA breakthrough
Pauline Hanson has put prominent Liberal MP Andrew Hastie on notice, declaring One Nation will field a candidate against him in Canning as the party seeks to…
Angus Taylor accuses Labor of ‘funding organised crime’ as Coalition pushes 80% tobacco tax cut
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has accused Labor’s tobacco tax regime of helping funnel billions of dollars into organised crime as he defended the Coalition’s controversial plan to…
Labor says world leader turnout won’t define success of Pacific climate summit as costs face scrutiny
Labor has defended the upcoming Pacific climate summit against criticism over its modest list of confirmed world leaders, arguing the success of the taxpayer-backed event should be…
Coalition pushes jail for flag desecration and up to 10 years for memorial vandals in national symbols crackdown
The federal Coalition has unveiled plans for sweeping new laws protecting the Australian flag, war memorials and other nationally significant monuments, while also seeking to make any…
Coalition and One Nation trade blows over rival tobacco tax cuts as illicit market crisis deepens
The Coalition and One Nation have turned Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis into a new political battleground, trading accusations over who has done the serious policy work as…
Mark Butler rejects ‘anti-boy’ school claims as political fight shifts to Big Tech and the manosphere
Health Minister Mark Butler has rejected claims Australian schools are promoting an “anti-boy” ideology, arguing that teachers are being unfairly blamed for a problem increasingly driven by…