The Latest Breaking News from Paul Keating

Former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe says she was advised by the party’s lawyers to say she had dated ex-bikie boss Dean Martin even though she hadn’t, and taxpayers paid for secret polling about what they thought of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and his pandemic lockdown efforts.

Australians with a mortgage have been hit with a record 10 consecutive interest rate rises as the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 3.6%

Former Australian PM criticises ‘extent of the bias’ in newspapers’ front-page report warning of armed conflict in Indo-Pacific

Former prime minister Paul Keating has unleashed on the Nine newspapers over their coverage of the threat posed by China.

Jim Chalmers must accept that it’s the narrative that’s important. Yes, the reforms are popular, but they can be made toxic with a few headlines.

The PM insists Australia will maintain its sovereignty in the event of a disagreement with the US or UK on military strategy

The director, who has died aged 79, was often referred to as the ‘other’ George Miller – but he should be venerated in his own right

The election of the Hawke Labor government on March 5 1983 began an era of once-in-a-century economic reforms that opened the Australian economy to the world. It floated the dollar, eliminated controls on international capital flows, and dismantled the high tariffs that protected local manufacturers from imports. It refocused Australia’s…

When the RBA governor raised interest rates for the ninth time this month, the treasurer and co mumbled ‘Carry on’ through gritted teeth.

There are calls for the nearly 1000 Chinese surveillance cameras and other recording equipment in government buildings to be replaced, and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek could kill off more fossil fuel projects after she knocked back Clive Palmer’s Queensland coalmine.

One of the United States' most respected former naval commanders says Australia could have nuclear-powered submarines in the water within 30 years.