Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is maintaining his defence of the tax overhaul in the recent budget.

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The Prime Minister is packing his bags for a diplomatic blitz this week, heading to Pacific nations, some of which are ...

The prime minister made two stops in the area on Friday – a sign of its growing political and economic importance in the ...

A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how th ...

The Albanese government was criticised on its first term for not doing enough. Now that it is prescribing reform, it’s ...

A NSW mayor’s push against pokies should serve as inspiration for federal Labor to make stronger moves against the harms of gambling addiction ...

Gyeongju, South Korea | When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, the warmth was unmistakable. The pair embraced before settling in for a ...

Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two ...