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Australia's top grain exporter has been banned from sending barley to China after disputed claims pests were found in multiple shipments.

States and territories have been urged to endorse a new definition of coronavirus hotspots as the federal government turns the screws on border closures.

Labor will support an extension of wage subsidies even if concerns about employers cutting working hours are not addressed.

The Morrison government will allow other states and territories to join Victoria in accessing $1,500 pandemic payments for workers without sick leave.

JobKeeper will be extended to a 12-month scheme but reduced in two stages as part of the federal government's overhaul of coronavirus support.

The WA premier is benefitting from a well-received response to the pandemic but faces the real challenge at the state poll in March.

After commuting thousands, if not millions of kilometres from his home in Perth to Canberra since 2007, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann is calling it a day.

The government and Labor have inched closer together on energy policy but an olive branch extended across the gap has yet to be grasped.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian private and public sector organisations are being targeted in a sophisticated cyber attack by a foreign entity.

Australia's unemployment rate is expected to hit eight per cent when wage subsidies, but the forecast is looking less grim as the health situation improves.

Anthony Albanese believes the coronavirus has handed Australia a once-in-a-generation chance to reshape its economy and the nation must seize the opportunity.

Josh Frydenberg's first budget was a triumphant "back in black" performance but his second is predicted to show a $143 billion black hole in the nation's finances.

A major global credit rating agency has put a dampener on the federal parliament's likely passing of a $130 billion stimulus package aimed at supporting the economy through the coronavirus pandemic.

Wage subsidies designed to save six million jobs are one step closer after passing the first hurdle of a scaled-back federal parliament.

The Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled as the prime minister faces calls to cancel mass gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Scott Morrison is reducing the number of federal government departments and sacking five senior bureaucrats in a major shake-up of the public service.

Labor has walked away from its planned major redistribution of income, and sought to clarify confusion over coal mining that cost it at the last federal poll.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will receive an extra $1 billion in federal funding for a 'green bank' to invest in pumped hydro power, batteries, and gas energy projects.

Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese has used a speech in Perth to defend the importance of the mining industry, saying the market should be allowed to determine which projects, including in the coal sector, are able to proceed.

Westpac and ANZ have followed the lead set by rivals Commonwealth Bank and NAB and will not pass on Tuesday's 0.25 per cent rate cut in full.

Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has branded Bunnings underpaying some workers' superannuation for almost a decade as "wage theft".

The man responsible for Australia's fuel stocks does not believe drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oilfields will drive up domestic petrol prices.

WA opposition leader Liza Harvey's blaming of "meth zombies" for Perth's weak retail sector talks down the WA capital, Labor leader Anthony Albanese says.

Scott Morrison vowed to roll back regulation, pass tax reform and fight militant unions in his first major economic speech since the LNP's surprise election victory this past month.

Tax cuts could be made law as early as next week if the Morrison government meets Labor at the negotiating table.

Anthony Albanese is moving to expel John Setka from the Labor Party, after the controversial union official criticised anti-domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty.

Anthony Albanese could soon be elected unopposed as the new Labor leader after challenger Chris Bowen pulled out of the race.

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is running for the position of Labor leader, putting him in contest with colleague Anthony Albanese.

Tanya Plibersek has announced she will not contest the Labor leadership, despite being backed by Julia Gillard and Bill Shorten, leaving Anthony Albanese as the only declared candidate.

The findings of the royal commission into unions, particularly as they apply to Labor leader Bill Shorten, may yet extract a political price.

One crucial question was missing from the excellent TV documentary The Killing Season, and it goes to the heart of the matter.

Bill Shorten seems intent on winning support of the Labor rank and file before taking on the government.

Bill Shorten is coming under greater scrutiny and growing pressure due to his underwhelming performance since becoming opposition leader.

Federal Labor's leadership ballot, which will involve rank-and-file members for the first time, has the capacity to make or break the party – including in Western Australia.

For all the political grandstanding over new rail or road projects, politicians need to remember it's the taxpayers' money they're spending.

Last week's failed leadership tilt has sparked further upheaval in the Labor caucus and yet another ministerial reshuffle.

Federal Labor needs to rethink its approach if it is to survive beyond the next decade or two.

The cost for sinking the railway line for the Northbridge Link has blown out by $100 million, months before a contractor is nominated to begin the project.