Michelle Grattan

The federal-territory agreement aims to see up to 270 houses built annually in remote Indigenous communities.

The Future Fund is Australia’s largest financial asset. At the end of last year, it had $272 billion in assets under management.

An independent review finds the projected cost of Australia’s $120 billion infrastructure pipeline has blown out by $32.8 billion.

If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its challenges appear little short of dire.

Centrally the RBA review will examine the bank’s objectives, including the ‘continued appropriateness of the inflation targeting framework’.

At every age group, less than 50% of women were full-time in 2021, according to the Wages and Ages: Mapping the Gender Pay Gap by Age data series.

This was one of a range of measures federal and state energy ministers decided at their Wednesday meeting to discuss the gas crisis.

Peter Dutton has declared there is more to him than his tough side, as he formally announces he will stand for the Liberal leadership.

Foreign minister Marise Payne said the agreements were “inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations”.

The PM is seeking to focus the climate conversation on the ‘how’, saying “there [have] been enough conversations about the ‘when’, it’s about the how, now”.

The health minister was hospitalised overnight for observation, antibiotics and fluid. Hunt ‘is expected to make a full recovery.’

Her detractors describe her as a ‘nice person’ but lacking the capacity or political authority to deal with the defence behemoth and its continuing problems such as the vexed submarine program.

The Citizen Experience Survey, done regularly and nationally, measures public satisfaction, trust and experiences with Australian public services.

Campbell’s hasty retreat from his citation decision of less than a fortnight ago will raise questions about whether there will be soft pedalling on other aspects of the Brereton report, although it is considered likely most will be implemented.

Both China and the United States have suffered reputational damage with the Australian public as a result of their handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a Lowy COVID poll.