Choice, not censorship: PM defends social media reforms
Social media users will be able to decide whether they have an algorithm controlling their feed, but critics say it amounts to government overreach.
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ACT Liberal Senate candidate Nick Tyrrell is calling on Finance Minister Katy Gallagher to explain the allocation of a $560 million federal infrastructure grants program following criticism of its transparency.
Anthony Albanese is rejecting claims a grant to a golf club in his own electorate from a $560 million program amounts to pork barrelling.
Barnaby Joyce has denied a plan to allow early access to super would worsen inflation, despite appearing to admit economists had not modelled the policy.
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‘Alarm bells’: Labor seats favoured in grants scheme
A Centre for Public Integrity report has found more than 70 per cent of grants given as part of an invite-only scheme were directed to government-held seats.
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‘Economically disastrous’: Hanson’s super policy panned
Allowing workers to divert a quarter of their super income to rent and mortgage payments won't pump up inflation, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson insists.
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‘Not that radical’: expert welcomes algorithm crackdown
A media expert has downplayed claims of government overreach in Labor's proposed laws to allow social media users to opt-out of algorithm-based feeds.
Australian service men and women laid down their honours in Canberra to call for better access to veteran care as a grim anniversary looms.
Social media controls and childcare funding will be on the parliamentary agenda as several major bills come up for debate.
The coalition's newly announced flag policy could land people in jail for a year, but the opposition leader denies it's designed to win back One Nation voters.
Independent MLA Fiona Carrick is calling for a coordinated plan for Southlands in Mawson, saying three overlapping government planning processes are leaving residents confused about the centre's future.
An increasing number of Australians believe politicians aren't serving them, as a report highlights changing attitudes toward government and democracy.
The coalition has pledged to drastically cut the tobacco excise to combat illicit trade problems, while refuting claims it's copying One Nation policies.
Labor is calling for calm as it shuts down suggestions Treasury modelling of house prices underestimated the impact of tax changes and misled the public.
Australia and the US are marking the 75th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty, as analysts call for a re-think of how the alliance might operate into the future.
Pauline Hanson has warned the prime minister's attacks on One Nation could incite violence against her, as the minor party rises in the polls.
Security analysts have called for further changes to be made to the ANZUS treaty as it nears its 75th anniversary.
One Nation has claimed a WA by-election victory in a previously safe Labor seat, a result that could have ramifications far beyond the west.
One Nation is under pressure to clarify how the anti-immigration party will reach its annual net migration target of 130,000 people.
