New rules crack down on high risk loans as Australian property market heats up Regulator announces 20% cap on share of new lending banks can do on mortgages worth more than six times borrower’s income The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025
Labor strikes deal with Greens on nature laws overhaul amid criticism ‘dirty deal’ being ‘rammed through’ Deal to rewrite the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks end to five-year struggle to fix broken system The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2025
Environment reforms to pass after Labor-Greens deal The first major changes in decades to Australia's long-criticised environment laws aim to better protect natural sites and speed up project approvals. AAP · Nov 26, 2025
Labor’s nature laws risk collapse with deal yet to be struck on eve of parliament’s final sitting day If Labor cannot reach deal on Thursday, it will mark second time in 12 months that it has failed to secure planned EPBC Act reforms The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2025
Corruption allegations levelled at Nauru in Senate Nauru's President David Adeang and Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea have been allegedly linked to suspicious financial activity involving Australian funds. AAP · Nov 26, 2025
Projects on the line if deal not struck on nature bill Resource and housing projects could be blocked if Labor and the coalition don't strike a deal on long-awaited environmental reforms. AAP · Nov 26, 2025
Premier denies decade-old election corruption links A state premier says any suggestion he was involved in an illegal donation scandal is "completely wrong", accusing a committee of leaking against him. AAP · Nov 26, 2025
Should Albanese ‘fight Tories’ harder? Or is blandness a safe bet in a fearful, populist world? Anyone who reads Sean Kelly’s opinion pieces in the Nine newspapers will not be surprised to learn he is disappointed by the federal Labor government. The sense that, despite the lack of a credible opposition, the Albanese government is moving too slowly and cautiously is a widespread belief amongst Australians… The Conversation · Nov 25, 2025
Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation deal The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025
Victorian government sets date for formal apology to First Nations people – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025
Labour support in London at record low, new poll finds as Reeves Budget tax raid to hammer capital Exclusive: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surges to 23% in the capital, ahead of the Tories on 20%, with Labour on 32% Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’ Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025
Pauline Hanson suspended from Senate over burqa stunt as Mehreen Faruqi says parliament ‘drips in racism’ One Nation leader suspended for seven days after members of Labor, Greens and crossbench vote to censure The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025
‘Disgraceful’, ‘Racist’, ‘Pathetic’: Furious Backlash To Pauline Hanson’s Burqa Stunt Senator Pauline Hanson’s latest burqa stunt in Parliament has set off a fresh wave of anger with politicians, community leaders & advocates. Pedestrian.tv · Nov 25, 2025
AAP · Nov 24, 2025 New offers made as clock starts ticking on nature talks Environmentalists are pleading with the government to strike a deal with the Greens on major reforms which could include a crackdown on native forest logging.
AAP · Nov 24, 2025 Premier's post-election honeymoon over but no divorce A government's post-election honeymoon is likely over, but a poll indicates voters would still choose to have them back in power if a new vote was called.
The Conversation · Nov 24, 2025 Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why Australia is rewriting its national environment laws, and Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed the legislation will pass the parliament this week, despite not yet reaching agreement with either the Coalition or the Greens. But the current draft bill leaves the country exposed to significant legal, environmental and political risk.
The Conversation · Nov 23, 2025 Labor’s dominance continues in federal Newspoll, while Victorian Newspoll gives Coalition narrow lead Labor’s two-party lead in the federal Newspoll increases to 58–42, as the Coalition and One Nation remain respectively at record lows and record highs. In Victoria, a Newspoll taken after Jess Wilson becomes Liberal leader gives the Coalition a 51–49 lead.
AAP · Nov 23, 2025 Labor faces major roadblocks in bid to pass nature laws Labor is facing questions over its attempt to fast-track environmental reforms as the government tries to woo its opponents in the hopes of striking a deal.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2025 Senate resumes after Hanson suspended from parliament – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2025 ‘She’s a shrewd Green’: meet Alice Springs’ new mayor, determined to rewrite the story of her beloved home town Criminal defence lawyer Asta Hill says she is putting human rights at the centre of her leadership – without shying away from addressing community safety
AAP · Nov 22, 2025 D-day looms for nature overhaul but final deal elusive The environment minister has urged the coalition and Greens to come to the table and do a deal on big reforms to Australia's nature protections.
AAP · Nov 21, 2025 Unlike Australia, NZ centre-right sticks with net zero Chris Luxon's coalition government has been savagely criticised by advocates for its climate policy shifts, but the prime minister remains a net zero fan.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025 Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws Exclusive: Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party
AAP · Nov 21, 2025 PM urged to dump 'backward' Defence awards changes Labor's proposed changes to how people can appeal a Defence decision to refuse honours and awards have failed to secure the backing of a parliamentary inquiry.