Latest federal government News

CGT changes abandon Australia’s junior minerals explorers
Council Connect 11 September, 2026
Why an algorithm ‘choice’ is meaningless without transparency 
Anson Receives $212 Million Additional ‘Tax Credit’ From Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development for Green River Lithium Project
1,600 Local WA Jobs At Risk In Proposed Backpacker Cuts
NSW’s constructive approach to trust taxation issues is welcome and other states should follow
OPAN WELCOMES PROTECTIONS FOR EXISTING AGED CARE RESIDENTS, SEEKS CLARITY ON HIGHER EVERYDAY LIVING FEE
Did the government back down on its gas reservation policy? No – most changes make sense
WA Must Rein In Gas Industry’s Daylight Robbery
The Netherlands forced Meta to let users ditch algorithmic feeds. Here’s what happened
Real pollution cuts, not accounting tricks: Greens announce support for improved INFM, oppose Labor’s greenwashing carbon bill and IFLM
Visa Delays Putting Harvest At Risk
Albanese Govt backflips on packaging laws, betrays ocean and environment
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Completion of the C-23 Canal Estuary Project to Reduce Harmful Discharges into the Indian River Lagoon
Australia Hits Half Million Battery Electric Vehicles
Council Takes Closer Look At Smart Glasses
World EV Day: Australia Hits Half a Million Battery Electric Vehicles – And the Real Race Is Just Starting
Tax Workers Dudded By Outsourcing Loophole
‘A prescription is not an outcome’: RACGP calls for real test of women’s health trial
City and Tennis Victoria rally for Geelong Regional Tennis Centre
NSW new commonwealth stranded patients put pressure on Hunter hospitals
Canadians distrust government-funded local news, but it might the industry’s best bad option
Top bureaucrats don’t want to be criticised on social media, but their fix may be unconstitutional
Government’s Digital Duty of Care a welcome step, but children must help shape what comes next, Foundation says
$34 billion wiped from housing values shows government has role in boosting supply confidence 
Cleveland-Redland Bay Road upgrades to get locals home sooner and safer
Farmers can now produce more of their own energy than ever – but will they?
Could the White Australia Party succeed in challenging its ban?
New Supported Independent Living Homes In Perth’s South
Dire Warning: Early Emergency Bushfires In Qld And NSW
Transurban At IPA Partnerships Conference 2026
Federal Labor must deliver more aged care places for Tasmanians
Funding boost for potential EBV vaccine which could prevent glandular fever, related cancers and multiple sclerosis
Council Connect 28 August, 2026
You can’t teach boys to respect women if you can’t define what a woman is
Infrastructure investment needed to support inner Melbourne growth
Industry Welcomes Investment In Forestry’s Future
Mayor calls for regional councils to share in battery benefits
The quarter of a trillion dollar shortfall leaving states and territories scrambling 
Latest survey raises concerns for dugong populations in the Gulf of Carpentaria
Dementia Australia and Carers Australia call for urgent review of respite care
Aged care funding rise “a cut in everything but name”, warns Anglicare Sydney
CLP fighting for better Territory health outcomes on the national stage
Trust is key: why home energy upgrades need more than rebates
New transitional housing to support more women and children
QANTAS DOUBLES FLIGHTS TO PALAU AS AUSTRALIAN VISITATION QUADRUPLES
Australia risks leaving small business behind in AI race: COSBOA
Standing up for regional Queenslanders against the Albanese Labor Government’s disaster betrayal