politics

ABC managing director Hugh Marks says he did not “make threats” to terminate departing news boss Justin Stevens, as senators question his sudden departure. Source link

The federal environment minister’s decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney’s CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court. Source link

Another sector has called for a capital gains tax change carve-out, warning the government that it will face a talent drain without it. Source link

Dickson MP Ali France has been referred to the Australian Electoral Commission with claims she is registered to vote at a vacant suburban block in her north Brisbane electorate.  Source link

An Australian woman with links to ISIS, who is barred from Australia on a temporary exclusion order, tried to board a flight home with the other members of Tuesday’s returning cohort, a Senate estimates hearing has been told. Source link

The defence minister brushes off calls for a “plan B” in case AUKUS fails, declaring it would be a step towards “giving up” on acquiring any new submarines at all. Source link

The government is treading carefully on carve-outs to its capital gains tax legislation amid backlash to its plan. Source link

Jobseeker services will shift away from a one-size-fits-all approach to a new tiered model, to be unveiled by the government later today.  Source link

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth will today announce major changes to Australia’s unemployment system, which currently supports more than 1 million jobseekers. Follow live. Source link

A group of so-called ISIS brides who left the notorious al-Roj camp in Syria last week have spent their first night home in Australia. Source link