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Matt Canavan on brink of lower house move with Michelle Landry set to announce retirement Original
Federal Nationals MP Michelle Landry is set to announce her intention to retire from politics on Friday, paving the way for her leader Matt Canavan to switch to the lower house at the next election. Ms Landry, the Nationals' chief whip, has held the Queensland seat of Capricornia since 2013. But according to several LNP sources, she has decided to step aside at the next election, which is due in 2028. Her office said she would make a "significant announcement" on Friday, alongside Senator Canavan.
Program: Helen Haines in critical condition after 'deliberate' attack
Counter terror police have launched a major investigation into the violent attack on Independent MP Helen Haines. The 65-year-old was struck by a car outside her electorate office in regional Victoria yesterday afternoon and left with critical injuries.
Program: New social media standards before parliament
Labor has introduced its digital duty of care bill designed to allow people to opt out of their algorithms. Meanwhile, Health Minister Mark Butler reintroduced his private health bill which was booted out of the upper house yesterday, after the Coalition and cross bench teamed up to oppose it.
Program: PM pitches at UN for Security Council seat
The need to regulate artificial intelligence was always set to be a focus of Anthony Albanese's address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The breach of a government website by an AI agent only added to the urgency of that message. The Prime Minister also used his 20-minute speech to advocate for Australia to secure another term on the Security Council - arguing middle powers had a vital role to play in a changing world order.
Federal politics live: Albanese to urge world leaders to band together on AI
An unprecedented breach of a government website by a rogue OpenAI agent will sharpen Australia's push to impose stricter safety, transparency and reporting requirements on artificial intelligence companies. Findings from a "rapid" forensic investigation into the incident will feed into the federal government's existing work to develop national AI standards governing how the technology operates in Australia.
Program: PM reveals AI breach of Medicare
The Prime Minister has revealed an Artificial Intelligence agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year. Anthony Albanese says the OpenAI agent accessed both public and private data during the breach in June.
Albanese to tell China and US the Indo-Pacific not a 'chessboard' for superpowers
In a major foreign policy speech, Anthony Albanese will declare the post-1945 world order "is no longer fit for purpose", while issuing a warning to China and the US. The prime minister has signed a decade-long security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, committing $60 million to help the country defend itself against Russia.
Program: Albanese under pressure at UN
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hoped to boost Australia's profile by banding together with other middle powers to call for the pace of AI to be slowed down. But that idea barely got out of the box before Donald Trump lashed it - he also threatened to "annihilate" Iran in front of a less than impressed Iranian delegation.
Federal politics live: Albanese calls for leaders to come together to tackle risks of AI
US President Donald Trump has used a speech at the UN to portray "American power" as the solution to the world's problems, defending his ongoing war with Iran and declaring he now must decide whether to "annihilate" the Islamic Republic. Trump also said the US would reject any international scheme to put controls on artificial intelligence. The comment came just a day after 22 world leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, signed a statement calling for global guardrails.
Australia joins international push for AI safeguards, warning governments must act now
Tell us about your experience. Anthony Albanese and more than a dozen world leaders have issued an urgent plea for global guardrails to ensure AI remains "under human control", in a demonstration of middle powers flexing their collective muscle, as the US and China fight for global dominance.
Australia launches campaign for two-year seat on UN Security Council
Anthony Albanese plans to trade on Australia's good name and international reputation when he officially launches the campaign for a two-year term on the powerful United Nations Security Council. Declaring Australia is "in a pretty strong position" to nab one of the two spots available, the prime minister will release the campaign video, brochure and logo — featuring the kangaroo — in New York on Monday, where dozens of world leaders are gathering for this year's UN General Assembly.
PM meets Tim Cook at Apple HQ, leaves door open to copyright law change in AI race
Anthony Albanese has left the door open to changing copyright laws in a bid to attract AI investment in Australia. Mr Albanese made the remarks during a visit to Apple headquarters, where he was shown new parental controls that were partly inspired by Australian reforms. Mr Albanese will be speaking with other leaders at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly about global rules to regulate the development of AI. Tell us about your experience.
Labor to unveil delayed migration overhaul targeting temporary visas
Labor will rely on tighter rules for temporary visas to reduce Australia's net overseas migration rather than seek support for new laws to achieve its target. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will use an address at the National Press Club (NPC) on Thursday to unveil long-awaited measures that target temporary migrants seeking to bring family members to Australia, switch visas or extend their stay.
International students to be effectively barred from bringing family to Australia
International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia under a long-awaited overhaul of the immigration system, to be unveiled by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke tomorrow. In a speech entitled: "The work of managing the migration program: who arrives, who stays, who leaves", Mr Burke will outline changes to try to ensure the government meets its target of reducing net overseas migration (NOM) from 300,000 to 225,000 by 2028.
UK concerned about possible changes to Australian backpacker visa
Australia could face a diplomatic stoush with the United Kingdom if it pushes ahead with a potential plan to force British backpackers to work in regional areas under a looming overhaul over Australia's migration system. British citizens on Working Holiday Maker, or backpacker, visas are allowed to live in Australia for up to three years without any specific work requirements under a free trade deal which came into force in 2023.
Nurses and teachers facing 12-month wait to get to Australia under visa overhaul
Employers wanting to bring nurses, teachers and other skilled workers to Australia are facing waits of up to 12 months, under a far-reaching directive issued by the Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to reduce overseas arrivals. The directive, issued in July, determines the order in which the department processes skilled and employer-sponsored visas, prioritising applications made by migrant workers already in Australia over offshore applicants.
Looming migration overhaul to target 'visa overstayers' whose asylum claims rejected
Temporary migrants applying for protection would have their work rights revoked once their claim has been rejected, as part of a planned overhaul of Australia's immigration system being considered by cabinet. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is finalising a suite of measures to clamp down on temporary visas and reduce the number of overseas arrivals, with the government under attack from One Nation and the Coalition for consistently overshooting its own migration forecasts.
Program: Labor conference debates future policy
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ABS estimates 80pc of tobacco consumed in Australia last year illegal amid 'rapid growth' in black market
An estimated 80 per cent of the cigarettes and vapes consumed in Australia last year were illegal, according to the Bureau of Statistics, which has analysed the "rapid growth" of the black market for the first time. The ABS analysis found nicotine consumption increased by almost 40 per cent between 2017 and 2025, while household spending on legal tobacco products fell dramatically over the same period.
Microsoft Cares About Your Privacy Gas tax revenue revised up in budget aiming to 'fix' broken housing system
national affairs correspondent Jane Norman Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed the tax on offshore gas projects has raised more revenue than expected this year, as he prepares to hand down a budget focused on fixing a "broken" housing market and tax system. Mr Chalmers is widely expected to break an election promise and overhaul the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount and negative gearing in Tuesday night's budget, which he admitted contained "a lot of political risk".
Gas export restrictions and better domestic prices promised under new east coast reservation policy
A new east coast gas reserve will "drive down" prices, according to the federal government and ensure Australia is no longer "hostage" to international markets. From July next year, Queensland's three LNG ventures will be required, by law, to set aside 20 per cent of their export volumes for Australian users, creating a "modest oversupply" in the domestic market.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese readies federal budget to favour gen Z and millennial voters
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is preparing to break an election commitment and overhaul property tax perks in this month's budget, to give younger Australians a "fair crack" at owning their own homes. In an interview with the ABC to mark one year since Labor's landslide victory, Mr Albanese said he would "absolutely" lead Labor to a third election in 2028.
Albanese poised to kill off move to increase taxes on gas giants
The prime minister is poised to kill off a move to increase taxes on gas giants in next month's budget, echoing the industry's argument that exporters are already paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year. While the government has modelled options, to raise more revenue for a budget deep in deficit, there is a growing consensus that now is not the time to be hiking taxes on the LNG that Australia is exporting to trading partners.
Anthony Albanese and Singapore's prime minister talk trade, fuel in bilateral meeting
Australia and Singapore have agreed to make "maximum efforts" to meet each other's fuel and gas needs as the crisis in the Middle East continues, with the prime minister securing an encouraging but not legally binding deal with his Singaporean counterpart. Anthony Albanese held one-on-one talks with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at the Istana, Mr Wong's official working office. It came after Mr Albanese toured Jurong Island this morning, a massive industrial hub where oil is refined into fuel.
Federal politics live: Albanese says Singapore, Australia 'have each others' backs ahead of talks with counterpart
Richard Marles has been in Japan this week for talks with his counterparts on regional security and ongoing fuel supplies to Australia. The Acting PM told ABC's News Breakfast this morning the government is confident in the fuel supplies Australia receives from Japan but they only make up 4 per cent of our imports. "We're a much bigger supplier of energy to them then they are to us," he said.
Program: Prime Minister to meet Singaporean counterpart in effort to shore up fuel supply
Anthony Albanese is in Singapore and will have a formal meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, with the two leaders expected to reaffirm their commitment to maintaining the flow of fuel and LNG between the two countries.
Program: Albanese flies to Singapore to secure fuel
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Anthony Albanese dashes to Singapore as Australia engages in a costly, complex fuel scramble Original
Anthony Albanese is flying to Singapore as part of a hastily arranged regional mission to shore up crucial fuel supplies, amid warnings the global energy crisis could "sharply turn for the worse" if more refineries scale back production and more countries impose export controls.
Liberal Party will not publish its internal review into the 2025 election loss
An autopsy of the federal Liberal Party's disastrous 2025 election loss will not be made public in a highly unusual move confirmed by the party's federal executive. Party elders Pru Goward and Nic Minchin were last year commissioned to lead the formal review following the Coalition's worst result since World War II to examine what went wrong and how the party could rebuild. The review received hundreds of submissions and was finished months ago.
Liberals plot resignations to pave the way for leadership challenge Original
Liberals are bracing for a wave of frontbench resignations as soon as Wednesday to pave the way for Angus Taylor to mount a leadership challenge against Sussan Ley. Supporters of Mr Taylor said the situation remained fluid on Tuesday night and many were still unsure when the conservative would instigate his push for a spill motion. But overwhelmingly the view inside the party room is that the speculation about a spill cannot continue and a motion must be moved by the end of the week.
Nationals issue Ley with reunion counteroffer as deadline looms
The Nationals have sent Opposition Leader Sussan Ley a counteroffer for a Coalition reunion in a bid to buy more time before an all-Liberal frontbench is appointed. Sources have told the ABC a letter was sent to Ms Ley this evening outlining a series of terms for a renewed Coalition partnership that one Nationals MP said they did "not expect" would be acceptable to the Liberals.
Libs and Nats leadership challenges likely
After the split of the Federal Coalition last week, the unrest in the Liberal and National parties is continuing. The former Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is reportedly urging Liberal MPs to unite and ditch Sussan Ley as the party leader. The Nationals look set for a leadership spill when Parliament returns next week, with the member for the Queensland seat of Flynn, Colin Boyce, indicating he will challenge David Littleproud.
Tony Abbott intervenes in Liberal leadership battle calling on right to unite to oust Sussan Ley
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has intervened in the Liberal leadership race, urging conservatives to unite behind either Angus Taylor or Andrew Hastie in their bid to oust Sussan Ley from the top job. Both Mr Taylor and Mr Hastie want the leadership and several Liberal sources have told the ABC the two men are dealing directly to hash out an agreement. At this stage, neither is willing to yield.
Moderate Liberals 'rock solid' behind Sussan Ley amid leadership whispers
Moderate Liberals have little appetite to knife the first woman to lead the party less than a year on from her appointment, according to Liberal sources, while conservatives concede they are in a "holding pattern" until Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor decide whether to make a move.
Cabinet ministers debate whether gas reservation plan can cut power prices as hoped
A long-awaited scheme to force east coast energy giants to set aside gas for Australian use is being finalised in down-to-the-wire negotiations between half a dozen cabinet ministers grappling with concerns it may not lower prices as much as hoped.
Gas reserve negotiations down to wire
A long-awaited scheme to force east coast energy giants to set aside gas for Australian-use is being finalised in negotiations between half a dozen cabinet ministers grappling with concerns it may not lower prices as much as hoped.
Optus reveals nearly half a million phones may be unable to dial Triple Zero
Optus has told regulators around 470,000 Samsung devices using its network may be unable to call Triple Zero (000), in what the telco has described as a "worst case scenario". The figure was provided to a Senate estimates hearing, which is examining recent revelations that dozens of older Samsung models have been unable to connect to Vodafone to make Triple Zero calls following the flawed shutdown of the 3G network.
Bureau of Meteorology boss reveals website rebuild ‘approved and funded’ by Turnbull government
The Bureau of the Meteorology's new boss has blamed a "miscommunication" for the furore that has erupted over a costly and controversial website redesign, revealing it was approved by the Turnbull government as part of a broader overhaul of the agency's computer systems. Politicians have been lining up to slam the bureau after it was revealed the new website cost taxpayers $96.5 million, about 20 times the previously stated $4.1-million price tag.
Federal politics live: Albanese arrives in South Africa for the G20 summit
The prime minister has landed in Johannesburg for this weekend’s G20 leaders' summit but first, he plans to honour three prominent Australians for the role they played in ending to apartheid in South Africa. Paying a visit to Pretoria's Freedom Park, Anthony Albanese will unveil three additions to the Wall of Names memorial - former prime ministers Malcolm Fraser and Bob Hawke and former diplomat Bruce Haigh.
G20 leaders are 'saving the furniture' as Trump leads a boycott
It began with an ambush. Mid-way through the Oval Office meeting, surrounded by cameras, Donald Trump told his staff to dim the lights and play a video purportedly documenting the "persecution" of white South African farmers. Then, he brandished newspaper articles apparently pushing the discredited claims. His guest, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, sat in awkward silence beside him, refusing to be drawn into the Trump show.
Government considers dramatic intervention to save Tomago smelter
The federal government is considering a dramatic intervention in the electricity market to save the struggling Tomago aluminium smelter while accelerating the lagging rollout of renewables. Tomago's owner, Rio Tinto, has warned it could be forced to close the Hunter Region smelter when its current coal-fired power contract with AGL expires at the end of 2028 because of rising electricity costs.
Nampijinpa Price pulls out of Put Australia First rally appearance with far-right activist Tommy Robinson
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was due to speak at the "Put Australia First" event later this month alongside Tommy Robinson, a one-time member of a fascist political party. The Northern Territory senator's office says she has withdrawn due to "personal commitments". The anti-immigration rally is due to be held later this month.
Australia's submarine boss to step down - ABC listen
Australia's fledgling submarine agency is bracing for shake-up, with the admiral in charge of the massive AUKUS program stepping down after five years in the job.
Australia's 'no fail' submarine mission set for shake-up as admiral in charge exits
Australia's fledgling submarine agency is bracing for shake-up with the admiral in charge of the massive AUKUS program stepping down after five years in the job. Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the first boss of the Australian Submarine Agency, has announced he will retire in mid-2026, one year before the first US nuclear-powered submarine is due to be deployed to Western Australia. "The US has total support and believes Australia is on the right pathway," he told the ABC.
Net Zero creates coalition turmoil
The Nationals' decision to dump their commitment to net zero emissions by 20-50, just four years after signing up to it, has piled renewed pressure on the coalition partnership. That's causing turmoil within the Liberals and a renewed focus on the leadership.
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