Chalmers mocks Taylor for ‘failing upwards’ in most impassioned defence of budget yet
The Treasurer has justified his contentious tax changes on the basis that “not everybody is born already at the top of the ladder like Angus Taylor”. ⌘ Read more

Australia news LIVE: One Nation continues to dominate political debate; Optus breached privacy rules in White Pages data bungle
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond. ⌘ Read more

Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; One Nation continues to dominate political debate
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond. ⌘ Read more

‘Don’t blow this opportunity’: Labor legends split over AUKUS
Labor’s longest serving foreign minister says the submarine plan is likely to be regarded as one of Australia’s worst foreign policy and defence errors. ⌘ Read more

‘Don’t blow this opportunity’: Labor legends split over AUKUS
Labor’s longest serving foreign minister says the submarine plan is likely to be regarded as one of Australia’s worst foreign policy and defence errors. ⌘ Read more

‘Significant risk’: Disability ministers defy Butler’s NDIS overhaul
State and territory ministers say NDIS participants will be left in inappropriate settings under Mark Butler’s reforms. ⌘ Read more

Zoos Victoria to cut up to 70 jobs, including in conservation and wildlife
The organisation in charge of Victoria’s biggest zoos is proposing job cuts that could affect operations, conservation and wildlife services. ⌘ Read more

‘No plan’: Taylor shoots down One Nation seat-sharing deal
Liberal frontbencher Tony Pasin has urged his party to negotiate with Pauline Hanson so that Liberal and One Nation candidates do not cannibalise each other’s vote. ⌘ Read more

Dumping Jacinta Allan would make sense if the Coalition was the real threat to Labor. It isn’t
Now that Pauline Hanson’s army of the dead is on the march, Labor MPs need to stop plotting against their own queen and prepare for the battle to come. ⌘ Read more

Brittany Higgins returns to frontline politics to fight ‘rising tide’ of misogyny
The former Liberal staffer has been appointed executive director of the progressive Vida Fund, launching a direct campaign against One Nation and the “new right”. ⌘ Read more

Chris Minns is taking an uncharacteristic risk with new drug driving laws
The famously risk-averse NSW premier has announced “commonsense” changes to the laws around THC and driving. Not everyone is happy. ⌘ Read more

Labor counters Chinese threats to sea cables, as it creates hacking ‘human firewall’
Office workers who fall for hacking attempts are to blame for nearly two-thirds of all successful online attacks, which cost the economy $25 billion per year. ⌘ Read more

Warmer Kiwi Homes insulation funding scheme up in the air
An $80 million government scheme helping low-income families insulate their homes looks set for the chop, after no more money was allocated to it in the Budget.

Warmer Kiwi Homes was set up in 2018 under the Labour Government and provides grants covering up to 90% of the cost of insulation and heating for eligible homes. ⌘ Read more

The jets are cool, but inflation keeps coming
One of the perils of living within a fractured political and geopolitical environment is that the next crisis is seemingly always just around the corner.

This came through very clearly in a recent survey commissioned by telco 2degrees, the Shaping Business Study, which appeared to show many business owners had gi … ⌘ Read more

Cartoons of the week
The best Herald artworks of the week from across the board. ⌘ Read more

Best of cartoons, June 11, 2026
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists. ⌘ Read more

Labor to force data centres to wind down energy use at peak times
As US states block data centre construction, Labor’s AI guru Andrew Charlton says Australia’s approach should be “neither boosterism nor alarmism”. ⌘ Read more

Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1 million on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more

Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1 million on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more

It’s time for the parties to consider rebranding themselves
The identities and polices of Australia’s political parties need to realign, say readers. ⌘ Read more

Modi wants Australia’s uranium to power India’s data centre boom
Australia and India struck a historic deal to allow uranium exports in 2014, but there have been only negligible shipments since. That might be about to change. ⌘ Read more

The short-term stay that tax reform may make permanent
The short-term rental market may be shaken up by the federal government’s property tax changes with investors looking back to permanent rentals. ⌘ Read more

Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises over $945,000 on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more

Home Affairs could pay out tens of millions to former detainees, criminals, after High Court ruling
The judgment could pave the way for more cases against the government. ⌘ Read more

High Court dismisses government defence in false imprisonment case
The judgment could pave the way for more cases against the government. ⌘ Read more

With no end in sight to US-Iran war, Australia is getting oil from some unlikely places
Global trade is trying to rebalance due to the economic carnage of the US and Israel’s war with Iran. That means Australia is getting oil from some very unlikely places. ⌘ Read more

Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises half a million in eight hours
Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play raised more than half-a-million dollars in just eight hours, underscoring the renegade politician’s surging popularity. ⌘ Read more

Historic CBS Soap Crossover With Young & Restless & Beyond the Gates To Be Pure ‘Chaos’
Brandon Claybon and Clifton Davis teased details around the CBS crossover with Beyond the Gates and The Young and the Restless. It’s an exciting multi-episode event, starting on Tuesday, June 9, and running through Friday, June 12. This happens when a few Genoa City residents attend a high-profile fundraiser for Martin’s political campaign in the […]

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With no end in sight to US-Iran war, Australia is getting oil from some unlikely places
Global trade is trying to rebalance due to the economic carnage of the US and Israel’s war with Iran. That means Australia is getting oil from some very unlikely places. ⌘ Read more

The latest illustrations from artist Matt Golding
Illustrations by the artist from The Age. ⌘ Read more

Liberal Party needs to give Australians a ‘better product’: Abbott
Speaking in Washington, former prime minister and new party president Tony Abbott said he thought the Liberal Party had “quite a long way to go” if the polls are to be believed. ⌘ Read more

Belfast police charge man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration. ⌘ Read more

Chalmers eyes old CGT for start-ups, as Labor MPs say budget politics being won at auctions
Labor MPs in key inner-city marginal seats say younger voters in the street and at less-competitive auctions are giving the government credit for its tax overhaul. ⌘ Read more

Belfast police charge man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration. ⌘ Read more

‘We’ll miss the AI boom’: Nation’s top scientists warn of missed opportunity
As the nation grapples with how to extract economic uplift from AI investment, 640 of Australia’s top researchers have united. ⌘ Read more

Belfast police arrest man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration. ⌘ Read more

Best of cartoons, June 10, 2026
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists. ⌘ Read more

‘Nightmare’: Toorak traders urge compensation over car park closure
Toorak traders are pleading for help after a council move to fence off a car park for three years – for construction of a luxury development – meant foot traffic plummeted. ⌘ Read more

How long does Angus Taylor have to save the Liberal Party?
Angus Taylor may have a spring in his step and the ammunition from Labor to attack. But he’s facing battles on multiple fronts, and a race against time. ⌘ Read more

Two Labor figures face charges over alleged illegal donations to premier
Former MP Ernest Wong and restaurateur Jonathan Yee will both face prosecution over allegations they were involved in a scheme to circumvent NSW donor laws in Premier Chris Minns’s electorate 11 years ago. ⌘ Read more

Allan dismisses leadership rumblings as ‘navel-gazing’ amid One Nation surge
The Victorian premier has conceded for the first time that One Nation is eating into Labor’s support, blaming global forces – such as the global fuel price shock – for people’s turn against the major parties. ⌘ Read more

One of Australia’s biggest bank says interest rate pain is over – for now
The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates at its past three meetings. But the NAB believes its next move will be a cut to prop-up a struggling economy. ⌘ Read more

Why reawakened abortion debate won’t help the Liberals or Labor
The major parties must stop trying to capture the “women’s vote” - they might just begin to win women’s trust. ⌘ Read more

Coalition retreats from scheme to give parents vouchers for nannies
Fighting for cut-through policies in its battle with both Labor and One Nation, the Coalition will instead consider tax deductions for childcare costs, among other options. ⌘ Read more

CFMEU ‘captured’ former head of Queensland building commission: inquiry
Back for its 10th public hearing week, the CFMEU inquiry continues its exploration of the union’s access over the workplace safety regulator. ⌘ Read more

Allan dismisses leadership rumblings as ‘navel-gazing’ amid One Nation surge
The Victorian premier has conceded for the first time that One Nation is eating into Labor’s support, blaming global forces – such as the global fuel price shock – for people’s turn against the major parties. ⌘ Read more

‘Disgusting conditions’: Workers allegedly living on luxury Burwood high-rise site
“No one brings their underpants on site and washes them at work,” a CFMEU official said in a video walk-through of the Victoria Place development. ⌘ Read more

Taylor blames Albanese’s budget for plummeting Coalition vote as One Nation surges
After a fourth poll showed One Nation inching ahead of Labor, Angus Taylor told this masthead that Labor’s budget had “further eroded trust in the political system”. ⌘ Read more

NZ energy market needs insurance, not panic: Liebreich
New Zealand’s electricity market may be bruised, politically exposed and uncomfortable for energy users, but it does not look broken to Michael Liebreich.

The British clean-energy analyst and founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance was in Wellington last week as a guest of the Electricity Retailers and Generators Association of NZ, arriving as ministers, generators, and industrial users debate whether the [electricity … ⌘ Read more

Every generation of Australians thinks life is worse than a decade ago
Australians, particularly those trying to get into their own home, are increasingly dissatisfied with their lives. And it’s hitting the political system. ⌘ Read more