Nathan Schmidt

Labor has backed down from requiring gas exporters to reserve 20 per cent of exports for Australians in a move it says will still help insulate buyers from supply-related price spikes.

Labor has backed down from requiring gas exporters to reserve 20 per cent of exports for Australians in a move it says will still help insulate buyers from supply-related price spikes.

Labor has watered down a key pillar of its gas reforms, which it promises will protect buyers from price shock.

Kevin Rudd has revealed what role Australia could play as the United States faces a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Kevin Rudd says Australia should join the United States in deterring China from invading Taiwan, but refused to be drawn on whether Canberra would participate in a potential conflict.

Australia's ability to disrupt the supply chain of illicit tobacco will be bolstered under new reforms, as pressure on the Albanese government to slash the excise mounts.

Australia’s ability to disrupt the supply chain of illicit tobacco will be bolstered under new reforms, as pressure on the Albanese government to slash the excise mounts.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Nathan Schmidt One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is under increasing pressure to pull down a cartoon calling Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a “traitor”.

The Albanese government will bar residential aged care providers from charging elderly Australians an “unreasonable” fee, as it seeks to reform the beleaguered system.

The Albanese government will bar residential aged care providers from charging elderly Australians an “unreasonable” fee, as it seeks to reform the beleaguered system.