10+ hour, 22+ min ago   (98+ words) AFR New Victorian Energy Minister Jaclyn Symes says a One Nation-led plan to cut bills by cancelling a huge cable project and increasing gas generation is misleading voters, and that the government has all but ruled out changes to a…...

11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (97+ words) AFR The government, the opposition and business have rushed to condemn One Nation’s immigration policy as economically reckless but Pauline Hanson said such reactions from “vested interests and elite economists” were to be expected. As the major parties scramble to…...

13+ hour ago   (81+ words) AFR Mark Cutifani, a one-time lead candidate to replace Richard Goyder as chairman of Woodside, has quit the board of the country’s largest oil and gas producer. The sudden departure comes just six months after the former Anglo American chief…...

14+ hour, 52+ min ago   (151+ words) afr.com Plans to build a camp for some 1200 immigrants sparked a novel protest by residents of a hamlet north of London, as the UK grapples with housing asylum seekers. Mike Nixon, a member of Piddington Parish Council, outside the…...

18+ hour, 58+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Commonwealth Bank is ratcheting up the pressure on financial regulators to rein in Macquarie’s use of a corporate structure it alleges provides an unfair competitive advantage, after commissioning economic analysis to show how the arrangement supports Macquarie’s rapid growth…...

17+ hour, 43+ min ago   (99+ words) afr.com Pauline Hanson’s One Nation will slash foreign temporary visa holders by more than 750,000 over three years by targeting international students and families of skilled migrants, tapping into growing voter dissent over housing shortages and stretched public services. The…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (74+ words) afr.com One Nation will again aim to set the agenda, this time with an immigration policy which, while hard line, is not unsophisticated. Another week looks set to be dominated by One Nation’s policy agenda. Last week began with…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago   (107+ words) UK MP Johnny Mercer: I served in Afghanistan. Andrew Hastie is a true patriot not a “traitor”. AFR I am baffled by the descent of some of her veterans into a place where true loyalty to the idea and values…...

18+ hour, 44+ min ago   (67+ words) AFR Treasury has appointed deputy secretary Katrina Di Marco as its new tax boss, as Jim Chalmers tries to iron out changes to capital gains tax and trusts announced in the May federal budget. Di Marco will succeed outgoing deputy…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago   (85+ words) AFR Recently departed Reserve Bank board member Ian Harper has revealed that nearly one-third of monetary policy decisions over the past decade were split votes, challenging long-held assumptions of central bank unanimity. Harper said there was “very vigorous” debate among…...