Finn McHugh

Social media giants will face a legal duty of care to prevent harm on their platforms, in the Albanese government’s latest attempt to regulate the online world.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand the states and territories nearly $1 billion to boost productivity, in a move that echoes Keating-era policy.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was forced to confront uncomfortable questions about Australia's relationship with India on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce another suite of HECs debt relief if Labor wins the next election.

The information watchdog is investigating claims Defence falsely stated that internal correspondence related to a war crimes allegation did not exist.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has accused Anthony Albanese of breaching the ministerial code of conduct over the Qantas flights upgrade scandal, and called for the prime minister to refer himself to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

The royals received a warm welcome in Canberra, but the plight of Indigenous Australians and the future of the Australian republican movement hung over the event.

Debit card surcharges could be banned within 18 months in the latest pre-election government announcement focused on the cost of living.

Australia’s Special envoy for Southeast Asia wants tech startups to look at the region for expansion, rather than its traditional bases in the US and UK.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will continue his “patient, deliberate and calibrated” work to unthaw relations with China at this week’s ASEAN summit, but stresses he “remains concerned” by rising tension in the South China Sea.