News Articles for Australian Labor Party

The nation's health ministers are pushing for a greater federal contribution to public hospitals as Canberra declares there won't be more money, just goodwill.

The United States has recommitted to the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact after a secret internal review.

Australia is working through the details of the Pentagon's review of AUKUS which has given the nuclear submarine pact the green light.

A long-awaited national plan for artificial intelligence will boost Australia's global investment opportunities.

The prime minister is expecting to make progress on a landmark free trade deal with the European Union during a gathering of world leaders in South Africa.

Australia will not host the UN's annual climate summit in 2026, instead yielding to a rival bid from Turkey.

Albanese's hopes of reforming environmental laws this year have been quashed after senators blocked a move for an inquiry into the laws to be handed down in the final week of parliament, instead extending it into 2026.

Household power prices are expected to rise this financial year and Australia's emissions reductions will need to become much more ambitious, secret advice to the nation's energy minister shows.

Major reforms to Australia's environment laws will not be split up despite demands from the opposition.

Battlelines are being drawn in a fight between states and the federal government over who should pay for health and disability services.

Australia's central bank wants to remove surcharge fees on both debit and credit cards in a move it expects would save consumer more than $1 billion.

Australian business groups are "cautiously optimistic" a visit to China by Anthony Albanese will help normalise a fragile relationship with Beijing.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended Western Australian senator Dorinda Cox in the wake of her shock defection from The Greens to Labor, backing her to toe the party line.

Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King is confident the federal government's critical mineral stockpile will benefit the country moving forward.

WA's newest and closest seat was decided over the weekend, with Labor's Trish Cook claiming victory with a 0.5 per cent margin.

Climate 200-backed Independent Kate Hulett has failed to win the seat of Fremantle, with Labor's Josh Wilson returning for a fourth term.

Fremantle independent candidate Kate Hulett could lose an election by less than one per cent for the second time in as many months, as her grip on the electorate slips.

While a blowout result for Labor is evident across the country, two high-profile WA seats remain undeclared.

Anthony Albanese has been a busy bee as he remains determined to court voters until the campaign's final minute.

Australia is heading for another three years of sugar-hit policies bereft of long-term strategy, according to several industry-leading experts.

OPINION: A hung parliament could be Australia's best chance of achieving sensible housing policy in the next term of government.

Former premier Colin Barnett has lambasted policies to create a strategic critical minerals reserve as both damaging to industry and our key trade relationship with China.

Critical minerals miners have overwhelmingly welcomed Anthony Albanese's scarcely-detailed pledge to build a stockpile that could be used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations.

With early voting open and polling day just nine sleeps away, Business News looks at what the major parties are offering to voters.

Labor candidate for the newly minted semi-rural seat of Bullwinkel Trish Cook has refused to be drawn on whether Labor's live sheep export ban is hurting her bid for the seat.

Peter Dutton has pledged to increase Australia's defence spending to 3 per cent of the nation's GDP within a decade if elected next month, in line with US requests.

The latest Roy Morgan polling has pointed to a Labor majority in the May election, with confidence in the ALP its highest in 18 months - while support for the Greens again increased.

A re-elected Albanese government would splash $60 million on expanding Perth's ferry network following Premier Roger Cook's promise to build two new terminals.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers used a trip to Perth today to commit to a one-year extension of the instant asset write-off scheme.

If an election was called today, Anthony Albanese would become the first prime minister to win consecutive elections since John Howard.

An AFL ‘gather round' in WA could be on the cards after Perth MP Patrick Gorman took to Leederville Oval to spruik a $1.5 million investment in the oval, should an Albanese government return to power.

A former adviser to the WA agriculture minister has been selected to run as Labor candidate for Forrest in the upcoming election, as the prime minister revealed Australia will head to the polls on May 3.

Australians will go to the polls on Saturday, May 3.

Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton has used his budget reply speech to spruik four bills a Coalition government would introduce on the first day of parliament, if elected.

The federal government has unveiled a $27.6 billion deficit in its last budget before the May election, but insists the economy is on track for a soft landing.

Tight electoral margin and experienced candidates make Bullwinkel an electorate to watch.

Australia's economy is recovering thanks to the government's measures but an interest rate call is ultimately out of its hands, the prime minister says.

Peter Dutton appears to be kicking with the wind behind his back, with multiple opinion polls showing the Albanese government could be on the nose with voters as an election nears.

The Tonkin Extension Alliance consortium has been awarded a contract to deliver the $1 billion Tonkin Highway extension and Thomas Road upgrade project.

With political stalwart Bill Shorten set to step away from parliament in the coming days, WA MP Anne Aly has been named junior NDIS minister alongside Amanda Rishworth.