politics

A Senate grilling of Optus executives reveals the company sat on information about deaths resulting from its triple-0 outage for nearly a day before telling the public. Source link

The state government defends spending $1 million on an advertising campaign about Western Australia’s GST deal, as the fight to protect the state’s carve-up of the distribution ramps up. Source link

The Coalition says it cannot support major reforms to Australia’s environment laws in their current reform, setting a bar as they enter deep negotiations with the federal government. Source link

An Aboriginal-led domestic violence support service is demanding answers over stalled progress in establishing a women’s shelter in remote Northern Territory. Source link

It’s an inconvenient truth that a housing crisis that took a generation to create cannot be fixed easily. The damage will likely take another generation to undo, unless the solution comes at the expense of those who already own their homes. Source link

As it negotiates with the Greens and the Coalition over its proposed overhaul of environment laws, Labor is preparing a campaign accusing the minor party of obstructing its agenda. Source link

Many people paying off mortgages were hoping for a cash rate cut, but recent inflation data means that is highly unlikely. Source link

The decision by the party’s Federal Council does not bind federal parliamentarians but could pave the way for them to make a similar move as early as this week. Source link

Experts warn that Australian food manufacturing is under threat as shoppers turn to cheaper imported items, but the federal government is trying to promote locally grown produce. Source link

And until someone — redundant workers, big business, the RBA or government — foots the bill, interest rates are unlikely to budge from here.  Source link