Brett Worthington
ABC.net.au
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers caps super tax breaks for accounts with more than $3 million
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. → Read More
Labor defends potential superannuation changes that Coalition says would break election commitments
A bitter war of words is continuing between the federal government and the opposition as Labor continues to float winding back tax breaks on the nation's highest superannuation balances. → Read More
Liberal Alan Tudge quits politics, Josh Frydenberg rules out comeback
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out contesting the by-election triggered by former Coalition minister Alan Tudge announcing his retirement. → Read More
Four Australians missing in Türkiye earthquake, search-and-rescue team sent to help
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says four Australians who were in the region of a devastating earthquake in south-east Türkiye and Syria remain unaccounted-for. → Read More
Lidia Thorpe quitting liberates her and the Greens to advance different Voice positions
There was a sense of inevitability as Lidia Thorpe stepped up to the microphones to announce she was quitting the federal Greens. It was always going to end like this. → Read More
National cabinet receives Medicare report but fails to reach new agreement for strained health sector
National cabinet delays taking any decisions about funding Australia's healthcare sector, opting to wait until later in the year to decide how the federal government, states and territories will address the strained sector. → Read More
Voice to Parliament comes into sharp focus as referendum turns increasingly political
Anthony Albanese is returning to the playbook that delivered Labor government, but it remains unclear if that will deliver constitutional recognition for First Australians. → Read More
Microsoft and Apple among the global companies accused of 'turning a blind eye' to child sexual exploitation
Some of the world's biggest technology companies, like Microsoft and Apple, aren't doing enough to prevent the spread of child sexual exploitation on their platforms, according Australia's e-Safety Commissioner. → Read More
Labor MP Josh Burns breaks ranks and calls for reversal on plans to cut subsidised psychological visits
The federal government is under pressure from its own backbench to reverse a decision to halve subsidised psychological visits. → Read More
Federal government slashes psychologist visits for Australians seeking mental health treatment
Subsidised visits to psychologists will be halved within weeks, with the federal government abandoning a program added at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Elder in David Littleproud's electorate rebukes Nationals over opposition to Voice to Parliament
Gunggari elder Lynette Nixon, who lives in western Queensland, joins a chorus of calls for the National Party to review its opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. → Read More
Report into Scott Morrison's secret ministries show how far Australia's democracy had strayed
Virginia Bell's recommendations are so innocuous its little wonder Morrison's replacement, Labor's Anthony Albanese, was quick to declare he wanted them implemented in full, writes Brett Worthington. → Read More
Government blames typo for incorrectly costing multi-employer bargaining
The federal government blames a typo for a $5,000 discrepancy in the estimated cost some businesses could incur during multi-employer bargaining. → Read More
Defence ordered to investigate if former personnel were approached to provide military training to China
Defence Minister Richard Marles orders his department to investigate reports former members of the ADF have been approached to provide military training to China. → Read More
Ed Husic says looming gas price rises caused by 'glut of greed', not supply shortages
Federal Industry Minister Ed Husic has launched a blistering attack on gas companies, accusing them of failing to take a price crisis seriously. → Read More
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Labor's budget is a 'missed opportunity' to help Australians in time of need
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton dubs Labor's first budget a failure filled with broken promises in tackling the cost-of-living crisis. → Read More
Anthony Albanese flags NDIS spending crackdown as federal budget forecasts cost blowout
There are growing concerns about the sustainability of a central Labor policy following new budget projections showing the extent of National Disability Insurance Scheme cost blowouts. → Read More
Anthony Albanese considering electricity market intervention as federal budget forecasts surging prices
The federal budget is forecasting a 56 per cent increase in electricity prices and a 44 per cent increase in gas prices in the next 18 months, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to flag possible market intervention. → Read More
Australians in for tough financial times as federal budget forecasts declining real wages and high living costs
Australians are facing a bleak couple of years, with Treasury forecasting dual woes of sustained high living costs and declining real wages. The budget bottom line has improved but Treasurer Jim Chalmers is warning of tough decisions in coming months. → Read More
Anthony Albanese gave the solicitor-general cover reviewing Scott Morrison — but he chose not to take it
The solicitor-general could have answered the Prime Minister with one word. That he went so much further in rebuking Scott Morrison's secret ministries is an indication of just how unchartered the waters the government has found itself sailing in are. → Read More