The Latest Breaking News from Russell Broadbent

The weekly shop for groceries has grown unbearable for some households with the price of certain essential goods almost doubling at major grocers.

There have been three federal polls since my October 13 article on the federal Resolve poll that still had Labor far ahead. These polls show a tie in Morgan and two two-point Labor leads in YouGov and Essential. There has been a clear trend to the Coalition in polls conducted…

Backbencher Kate Thwaites says the existing system is failing sole-parent families, and she hopes the government will rectify the problem in the looming May 9 budget.

Opposition leader blames state division for result, while Victorian MPs say lack of distinct policy direction hindered candidate

The hysterical response to changes in superannuation policy, led by the Murdoch press, is not as effective as it used to be

Two Liberal MPs agree with Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ call to discuss superannuation tax breaks, and NT police say Zachary Rolfe, the police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager, will face consequences for what he wrote in a 2500-word open letter. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that…

The worst thing a government can do, according to opposition politicians and some of the commentariat, is to break election promises.

Angus Taylor says Coalition will fight any changes but Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer says we should not ‘shy away from having a conversation’

Committee hears ParentNext program is ‘punitive and prescriptive’, with threats of payment suspensions ‘significantly detrimental’ for families