Senate dealmaker David Pocock has joined mounting calls for Jim Chalmers to launch a sweeping review of the tax system that would consider lifting the GST.

It goes to the integrity and reputation of public administration.

A new unit inside the Australian Electoral Commission would be tasked with adjudicating on the truthfulness of election advertisements. 

The Albanese government would have the numbers to axe the stage three tax cuts in the Senate.

Minor parties and independents in both houses of parliament could be excluded from shaping Labor’s proposed national integrity commission.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will double the tax rates paid by Australians with superannuation account balances worth more than $3 million, in a move he says is about budget sustainability and equity.

The latest ranking of revenue foregone shows the usual suspects topping the list

Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis

Laws across Australia have shifted significantly to limit protest and are being used to restrain or intimidate those who speak up

Oil and gas companies are extending their presence in sport, from elite levels down to grassroots

Lobbying is the scourge of democracy. Independent Senator Pocock and MP Ryan are pushing reform to rein in the power of money in politics.

Key crossbench senators say the federal government must end the native timber industry to meet Australia’s commitment to a new international deal to protect nature.

Concerns raised about links between ads, increased betting and risky behaviour, as well as prevalence of chances to gamble

Landowners invited the independent senator and environmental and legal experts to the Darling Downs as they fight large-scale gas expansion eastwards across the Condamine River

The United Nations secretary-general delivers a dramatic speech warning the heatwaves searing much of the northern hemisphere have been a "disaster" for the planet. An emerging El Niño means it may...

No trees have been planted under the Morrison government’s $37.5m program designed to replant damaged bushfire areas after the Black Summer fires.

Our reporters have uncovered a cache of messages, sent by Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo to a Liberal powerbroker, where he tried to protect his allies and denigrate his enemies.

The extremes of the past year will soon become commonplace, as rivers dry and temperatures rise

Antarctic sea ice has usually been able to recover in winter. But this time it's different, with levels taking a sharp downward turn at a time of year when sea ice usually forms reliably — and...

Mark Speakman reveals his vote, but he has urged the prime minister to split the referendum question.

A top constitutional lawyer has warned that federal parliament needs stricter rules on who gets favoured status when seeking influence.

Dozens of constitutional and public law teachers from across the country have signed a letter in a bid to tackle "misunderstandings and misconceptions" about the Voice to Parliament.

Kamilaroi woman Louise Taylor becomes Australia's first female Indigenous Supreme Court judge. It is the second time she has made history, after she was appointed as the ACT's first Indigenous...