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Anthony Albanese has promised to build 30,000 social and affordable houses over five years if Labor wins the next election.

More cheap flights could be on the way if Australians snap up the remaining 137,000 cut-price fares.

The royal commission into abuse and neglect of people with a disability will get an extra 17 months to report.

WA will welcome back capacity crowds and no longer require the wearing of face masks under a further easing of coronavirus restrictions.

The biggest jump in US consumer prices in 12 years has stoked inflation fears and prompted investors to abandon the Australian shares.

A $50 million penalty imposed on Telstra for fleecing vulnerable Indigenous consumers is a warning for corporate Australia, the head of the consumer watchdog says.

Job advertising as measured by the monthly SEEK employment report has grown by a record amount for a second consecutive month.

Gaming is likely to go ahead at Crown Sydney within months as the company undergoes a major transformation, a NSW regulator says.

A fundamental redesign of aged care is in the works but the higher wages needed to attract thousands of new workers are not in the budget's five-year plan.

The federal government has secured a deal for 25 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, with the first shipment set to arrive in Australia later this year.

Scott Morrison has denied squirrelling away billions of dollars in the federal budget ahead of the next election.

A huge area of ocean around two remote Australian territories will be protected as part of the federal budget, leaving conservationists grinning.

The state government will block future construction of the Perth Freight Link despite $1.2 billion in federal funding remaining on the table.

Concerns that markets may have peaked at record heights have forced Australian shares lower, despite the Commonwealth Bank impressing.

Some $500,000 has been included in the federal budget to increase Indigenous heritage protection through Australia's environmental protection laws.

Qantas has delayed its planned resumption of international flights until late December after the federal budget revised forecasts for overseas travel.

Australia's biggest bank is continuing to ride the nation's post-recession economic recovery after posting another jump in earnings.

Scott Morrison has argued the coronavirus pandemic is 30 times worse than the global financial crisis as he embarks on a sales pitch for the federal budget spending bonanza.

Scott Morrison is giving himself some wriggle room on getting all Australians COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of this year.

Spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme is expected to overtake the cost of Medicare within the next three years.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has casually shot down two Greens ideas for economic repair ahead of the federal budget.

Technology stocks have been routed on a downbeat Australian share market and a fund manager tips the tech slide will continue.

The ex-officio chair of the state’s Gaming and Wagering Commission has conceded he may have “erred” in believing the state’s chief casino officer’s relationships with Crown staff didn’t present a conflict of interest.

Boral has encouraged shareholders to reject Seven Group's $8 billion takeover offer, saying the bid undervalues its target.

Lawyers for Christian Porter and the ABC are returning to court as they prepare to do battle in a major defamation case.

Australians in need of mental health support are set to benefit from a $2.3 billion package included in the federal budget.

Employment rose in mid-April, but the ABS says it remains inconclusive what impact the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy has had on the labour market.

Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has flagged a "profound improvement" in the nation's budget bottom line.

Australia's share market had a record close and one fund manager said it could go much higher, thanks to the surging iron ore price.

Australia's tourism sector is urging the government to set a time frame for the nation's reopening as question marks remain over when international travel will resume.

Ex-Australia Post boss Christine Holgate has a new job at a parcel deliveries business.

The federal budget will include record funding on aged care and a "full response" to the damning findings of the royal commission into the sector.