The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

Speaking at the same Yes23 campaign launch in Sydney, Julian Leeser says ‘Australians aren’t a perfect people … but are good-hearted’

People voting against the proposed Indigenous voice are rallying in major cities, arguing the referendum has divided Australia.

'We are getting a COVID-19 pandemic inquiry, not a royal commission'.

The government has hit major headwinds and it’s unclear who might provide the motivation for a change in direction

Nearly a year ago, a privately financed inquiry, led by Peter Shergold, a former head of the prime minister’s department, finished a review of Australia’s handling of the COVID pandemic.

The Albanese government has been forced to defend its decision not to set up a royal commission but rather a three-expert inquiry into the pandemic.

Meanwhile, Twitter has been ranked the worst of five major tech platforms for spreading climate change misinformation

Sharon Claydon says it is vital skills are not lost from the region.

Experts will look into Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but decisions taken by the states on lockdowns or border closures will be exempt.

Inquiry headed by independent panel of experts will cover commonwealth pandemic response but exclude unilateral actions of states or territories

Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce a ‘deep’ inquiry with wide-ranging powers into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 21-year-old male Liberal candidate for Mark McGowan’s WA seat wanted to know if his female Labor opponent would resign if she got pregnant.