Anthropic will not appear at Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres amid fallout from OpenAI hack
Company behind Claude chatbot expected to attend separate Australian government hearing on AI next week
August 2026
New head of Australian trade union movement named after Sally McManus steps down
Melissa Donnelly, the national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, will replace the outgoing ACTU head
May 2026
David Pocock applauds $387m in extra funding for CSIRO after tens of thousands sign petition
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Finance minister Katy Gallagher on her ‘most challenging’ budget – Australian Politics podcast
March 2026
‘A win for democracy’: Labor abandons freedom of information law changes that would have reduced transparency
Katy Gallagher says Albanese government still committed to reform and flags new fixes to system ‘stuck in the 1980s’
January 2026
‘We don’t support tariffs’: Katy Gallagher urges free trade to continue after Trump makes threats over Greenland
Finance minister also says Arctic territory’s sovereignty ‘a matter for Greenland and Denmark’ as European Nato countries send troops
December 2025
If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?
Tom McIlroy
Achieving good outcomes might be the difference between being a government of gestures and one of real substance
‘Corrosive impact on trust’: Labor criticised over failure to adopt recommendations from ‘jobs for mates’ report
Katy Gallagher tells Senate estimates that Labor would not take up key recommendations including to ‘bequest’ appointments immediately before elections
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government
November 2025
Public sector told to find significant savings but Jim Chalmers denies ‘big job cuts’
Coalition accuses government of breaking its promise not to cut the public sector as treasurer confirms reductions
Australian government could explore using AI for cabinet submissions despite security concerns
Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the public service is building its own artificial intelligence program and spruiks productivity benefits
Labor accused of ‘burying’ controversial jobs for mates report after going to extraordinary lengths to keep secret
Secrecy around public release of 2023 review findings has angered crossbenchers in parliament, leading to Senate question time revolt
October 2025
Snowy Hydro 2.0 flags another cost blowout with $12bn price tag now considered unachievable
Pumped hydro project in Kosciuszko national park is 67% complete, but supply chain cost increases and issues with a borer have caused cost overrun
September 2025
Jim Chalmers’ budget victory lap outpaces reality as Australia’s debt continues to climb
The division exposed by the March for Australia was a test for our politicians. They failed it – and put the nation last
Zoe Daniel
August 2025
About 3m Australians affected by unlawful Centrelink debt calculation to be eligible for up to $600 compensation
'Why is it always that the mean girls go personal?': Jane Hume in Senate super stoush – video
July 2025
‘Repulsive’: Albanese condemns Mark Latham’s views as Labor adds text to portrait amid controversy
Independent NSW MP strenuously denies allegations made in court documents by former partner, which include emotional, physical and financial abuse
May 2025
Tricky portfolios and rising stars: the biggest moves in Albanese’s cabinet reshuffle
Here are the most important changes – among almost two dozen – in Labor’s ministry reshuffle
April 2025
Labor releases election promise costings including saving of $6.4bn from cutting more consultants
A re-elected Labor government would also claw back $760m by increasing the cost of student visa applications
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