Politics & Economy

The 2017 Budget has taken a distinctively punitive attitude to welfare recipients, flagging random drug testing linked to benefits, demerit points for...

The Government is raiding the aid budget yet again in 2017 with a further $303.3 million cut. The Wire’s Henry...

A political crisis is unfolding in Venezuela, protesters have barricaded the streets of Caracas as President Maduro plans to rewrite...

Ahead of the 2017 Federal Budget, organisations from around the country met in Canberra yesterday for a People’s Budget summit....

Centrist Emmanuel Macron is celebrating a resounding victory over his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen in the second round of...

On the eve of the release of the 2017 Federal Budget, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the Australian Federal Police...

The peak body for Australian disability support organisations has released a report criticising the performance National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)...

In less than two months after taking over as Premier of Western Australia, Mike McGowan has announced closure of 16...

Protesters in France threw petrol bombs during rallies marking the international workers’ holiday of May Day. One police officer received...

Last night the Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced plans to reduce university funding in the tertiary education sector through an...