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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and state premiers have finalised a historic five-year health agreement, injecting an additional $25 billion into Australia’s public hospital systems.

The Labor Environment Action Network, the ALP’s most influential environmental wing, has launched a high-stakes campaign to strip major mining companies of billions of dollars in fuel tax credits.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in East Timor on Jan. 28, marking his first official visit as leader to the strategic northern neighbour.

The Albanese government will fast-track approvals for energy-intensive data centres in a bid to capture investment from the global artificial intelligence boom.

Nearly five million social media accounts belonging to Australian teenagers have been deactivated just a month after the country implemented a world-first ban on under-16s.

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has joined a group of leading central bankers in publicly backing US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Kevin Rudd will step down as Australia's ambassador to the United States at the end of March, a year earlier than scheduled.

Meta says it has blocked hundreds of thousands of accounts as Australia enforces a landmark under-16 social media ban.

The Trump administration is deploying additional federal officers to Minneapolis after protests erupted over the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

The Albanese government has announced a $1.2 billion plan to establish a strategic reserve prioritising antimony, gallium, and rare earth elements—minerals crucial for clean-energy technologies, advanced manufacturing, and defence systems.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a federal royal commission into the Bondi beach massacre, responding to weeks of pressure from community leaders, Jewish groups, victims’ families, and political and industry figures.

Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser has signaled that the next cash rate adjustment is more likely to be a hike rather than a cut, despite recent signs of easing inflation.