Aged care levy on the table: Anika Wells Sarah Ison theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Skyrocketing childcare costs are mitigating Labor’s landmark subsidies and jeopardising one of Anthony ­Albanese’s key measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, with parents reporting increases of up to $20 a day for care. Sarah Ison theaustralian.com.au/nation/labors-…

A new test to prevent specialist contractors being inadvertently caught up in the Albanese government’s “same job, same pay” laws is being ­examined by Tony Burke. Says the government also open to phasing in the laws - over months, not years. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Exclusive: One in five public aged-care beds is being forced to close under ­Victoria’s union-backed nurse-to-patient ratios, sparking warnings that Labor’s 24/7 targets will trigger aged-care shutdowns when they come into force next month The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/nursing…

Vladimir Putin’s regime is defying new laws enacted by Anthony Albanese to evict the Russian Federation from a Canberra site near Parliament House, sparking an extraordinary diplomatic standoff over the land. ⁦Ben Packham⁩ ⁦Rhiannon Down⁩ theaustralian.com.au/nation/standof…

Former Labor leader Simon Crean has died, aged 74. #auspol

"Spirit of cricket" when it suits. The overreaction has been something else. #Ashes

Labor has seized on England’s febrile treatment of the Australia cricket team to reignite its push for a republic. ⁦Rhiannon Down⁩ theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Consulting giant KPMG’s lead partner responsible for defence and space industry work has a second job as an army reserve brigadier that grants him insider access to Defence information and ­decision-makers. theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

.United Workers Union urges the Albanese government to use the ALP ­national conference to commit to reviewing the stage-three tax cuts, declaring they need to be revamped to help low- and middle-income workers through the cost-of-living crisis. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Follow the ALP's national conference on The Australian's live political blog. We will have updates throughout the day. Expecting debates on trade, superannuation and housing. #auspol The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

The federal government is planning a 32-line addition to the platform relating to the contentious AUKUS deal in a move to allay union concerns over the pact. #auspol The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Labor’s national executive will remain evenly split between Right and Left factions, holding 10 seats each, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese maintaining his ex-officio casting vote as party leader. Peter Marshall failed in his bid. By Troy Bramston theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Labor has backed the right of workers to ignore phone calls and emails from their bosses after hours. Will “work to implement Senate committee recommendations, including an ­enforceable right to disconnect”. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Senior Labor ministers have warned that China will have 21 nuclear submarines and 200 major warships in the water by 2030, sparking an urgent need to deliver AUKUS submarines and defence technologies to ­prevent war in the Indo-Pacific. #auspol theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

On the final day of national conference, Anthony Albanese has urged Labor party members and unionists to "campaign like you've never campaigned before" ahead of the referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament. #auspol The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

China has warned against being made the target of the AUKUS agreement as union leaders vow to apply heavy scrutiny over the government’s jobs pledge for the construction of nuclear submarines. #auspol theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

Nation faces decades of deficits as population ages, Intergenerational Report reveals. #auspol theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Breaking: Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has struck a breakthrough deal with employers representing some of the nation’s biggest resource and energy companies, splitting business opposition to Labor’s industrial relations bill. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Extraordinary security breach. The four pro-Palestine protesters managed to jump the 2.5m fence to the right of #parliament’s public entrance, which was installed as part of a $126.7m security upgrade in 2017 #auspol #Auspol2024 The Australian