The deputy leader of the Nationals says the party has struck a deal to allow more foreign workers into Australia to work on farms, hinting that an agriculture-specific visa could soon be announced.

A SYDNEY man accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia allegedly sent thousands of dollars to Islamic State.

Malcolm Turnbull has claimed mutual cause with Olympic hopefuls and Bill Shorten has been abused and embraced.

The Reserve Bank is holding the line on low interest rates for years to come, but some economists warn the risks of an inflation "rebirth" are rising, an issue the US central bank will be discussing this week.

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Labor has accused the Turnbull government of being “entirely deceptive” over its centrepiece budget savings bill.

SENIOR Liberals admit the Defence Minister’s comment about the SA-based shipbuilder have hurt in the Fisher by-election.

AOC boss and IOC vice-president John Coates says he expects the Japanese public will get on board with hosting the Olympic Games again once the country boosts its vaccination numbers.

TONY Abbott has revealed he wants the nation to vote for ­constitutional change to recognise indigenous Australians in 2017.

An Australian woman charged with poisoning her friend must be ­executed if found guilty, says the victim’s father.

It's been one year since the Ruby Princess arrived back Sydney Harbour and her passengers were allowed to disembark and scatter across the world. Cruise lover Marilyn Halladay, one of the first Australians infected with COVID-19, is itching to set sail once more.

New Zealand will take 150 refugees from Australia each year for three years, settling a deal first struck by former prime minister Julia Gillard almost a decade ago.

Josh Frydenberg is being warned that massive federal government debt from emergency pandemic spending could double in coming decades as borrowing costs rise and spending costs blow out.

A REPORT on income management has declared there is no evidence it has resulted in changes in spending or consumption.

The flights will take off from "priority areas" around the world and will be organised by the Commonwealth over the next few months.

THE notorious US anti-communism campaigner Joe McCarthy would be proud of the Australian Senate.

THE focus on high test scores is masking the failure of schools to improve their students’ learning.

THIRTY-FOUR schools in remote locations will from next year roll out the “old-school” ­literacy program trialled on ­Cape York.

The anti-Trump and anti-Brexit forces share a snobbery toward ordinary voters.

The sacking of the ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has brought her often challenging, sometimes tumultuous, two-year tenure at the top of the national broadcaster to an end.

It is an offence in Queensland to carry an unconcealed gel blaster in public from February 1, with police urging owners of the toy guns to be fully aware of their responsibilities or face harsher penalties including jail time.

CLIVE  Palmer’s new legal ­defence to serious allegations of fraud and dishonesty reveals that he made very little profit.

FACTIONALISM, poor management and unchecked expenses have driven the National Union of Students to the financial brink.

The independent MP says he will back a Coalition government, but the latest figures suggest his support won’t be needed.

Firefighters in SA are now contending with a grassfire near Rapid Bay, after more than 120 fires broke out on Monday burning nearly 40,000 hectares.