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Greg Piper is not one to throw hand grenades at the government on the floor of Parliament, so it is a measure of the importance of Newcastle's proposed container terminal that he chose to do so this week.

Mr Layzell's vote could be crucial to ending a six-year political debate over whether Newcastle can develop a large-scale freight terminal.

At the 2018 Victorian state election, Labor easily won a majority in the lower house of the Victorian parliament, but the upper house result was an anti-democratic shambles, as the Greens won just one of the 40 upper house seats, while three parties with very small vote shares won seats.

The Climate Council has put the nation's largest emitters on notice

Slashing budget deficits have long been cast as a Treasurer’s reason for being. But Jim Chalmers was muted on Tuesday.

A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 14-18 from a sample of 1,607, gave federal Labor 39% of the primary vote (down three since August), the Coalition 32% (up four), the Greens 10% (down two), One Nation 6% (up one), UAP 2% (steady), independents 8% (steady) and others 3%…

The Pensions Commission delivered an in-depth report last year that recommended the retirement age be moved to 67 by 2031 and 68 by 2039.

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

Tuesday: After state funeral watched around the world, Queen Elizabeth II’s final farewell belonged to her family. Plus, judge orders Adnan Syed’s release after two decades in prison