The NT government turned down $6.5m to keep the Darwin emergency housing open, saying it’s a ‘waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money’

The companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale.

The latest corporate tax data released by the Australian Tax Office showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax.

Australia is at a tipping point. Choosing the brave route – taxing gas and raising revenue – would also, in this case, be the right one.

A Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence and data centres hears from residents and local councils about the impact of an influx of data centres in Melbourne's suburbs.

Amid Hanson’s latest controversy, Australia’s most right-wing government announced yet another devastating decision for Indigenous people.

Katy Gallagher has met with the acting NT chief minister to discuss how federally-funded programs are being administered by the Country Liberal Party government.

Official modelling shows about half of the projected savings from the health rebate cut will be borne by pensioners by the end of the decade.

Dozens of Australian politicians have been deepfaked by a "foreign influence" network operating on Facebook, and researchers say there are many more just like it.

Pauline Hanson named Australia's most trusted politician as separate studies find disillusionment with government.

Smart glasses have upended the idea that consumers still have a choice about privacy and the information they're offering to tech companies.

A government-established jobs and skills commission is calling on urgent action to add thousands of skilled tradespeople to the workforce and address poaching across projects.

With its large majority and Liberals in crisis, the ALP is more secure in federal government than it has been in decades.

Technology is building a colder world. Tech does not nurture relationships, it does not feel, and it does not care about people.

New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.

Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.

School principal Ian Lambert is under pressure over a perceived mishandling of a crisis after three junior students were charged with sexual assault.

Interest rates are a blunt tool for tackling inflation, and can hurt the people least able to absorb higher costs.

Many older Australians have paid for private cover for decades because being able to rely on private cover in retirement mattered to them.

A political party with a deliberately misleading name has been successfully registered for the Victorian election, aiming to redirect left-wing votes towards parties on the right.

Helping unemployed Australians is a massive money spinner, can whether Labor can fix the system while leaving private companies at its centre?

The OECD’s annual employment outlook confirms that profits have driven Australia’s inflation that led to the Reserve Bank raising rates.

Having bought land earmarked for more than 2000 new homes, Australian data centre giant NextDC is heading to the outskirts of Geelong.

In the absence of hope, and a more equal distribution of wealth, it’s easy to see how people fall for the Lord of the Flies version.

Private health insurance works differently from other insurers, shifting risk to its customers and the taxpayer.

For-profit providers have been accused of putting growth and revenue ahead of quality care in a report into childcare safety failures.

There is a deeper discontent in Australian society than the version One Nation is currently exploiting. It must be challenged.

The Coalition sided with One Nation and picked a side – baby boomers over young Australians struggling to afford their first homes.

Where is our politicians' policy on the largest foreign workforce ever to enter the Australian economy – AI immigrants?

The news comes after Roblox recently introduced new account types for underage users as pressure from global regulators mounted.

We rarely speak about how the NDIS became a catch-all because we don’t have enough social services and supports to help people who need it.

Angus Taylor blames Labor for fuel standards that forced an oil refinery to export petrol, but the standards were created by the coalition.

Exclusive: It follows numerous complaints made to Guardian Australia, politicians and advocacy organisations about the Integrated Assessment Tool

Police say a man in his 60s was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Federal politicians have been accused of paying off their own mortgages with taxpayer dollars through their travel allowances.