Elfy Scott

4 days ago | sbs.com.au | Elfy Scott

Liberals and Greens leadership hopefuls are jostling for position after the leaders of both parties lost their seats in the recent national election. The National Party's top spot is also up for grabs, as per party protocol to hold a leadership spill after every federal election. Here are the frontrunners in each race, what they've said since announcing their candidacies and when the party rooms will meet to make their decisions.

1 week ago | sbs.com.au | Elfy Scott

Tens of thousands of have already been reported in Australia so far this year, and with flu season around the corner, experts are concerned that many people aren't taking the consequences seriously enough. More than 63,000 flu cases have been reported this year, tracking above the average number of cases for the past five years. The number of cases seen so far, combined with a persistently low for flu, have set off alarm bells in the medical community.

1 week ago | sbs.com.au | Elfy Scott

While Anthony Albanese has secured a second term as in a landslide victory for Labor on Saturday, some races have not been called yet. The Melbourne seat of Goldstein is expected to be won by Liberal Tim Wilson, according to polling group Redbridge, after a close contest with incumbent teal MP Zoe Daniel. Simon Welsh, director of political research and polling firm Redbridge, said Goldstein was different to some of the other teal seats in that it had more middle-class aspirational voters.

1 week ago | sbs.com.au | Elfy Scott

PUNTOS DESTACADOS:El tesorero Jim Chalmers considera que lo que está sucediendo entre Estados Unidos y China “ensombrece la economía global”. El gobierno de Albanese dice ser "realista" sobre las posibles consecuencias de los aranceles de Trump en la economía global. Hace unos días Albanese minimizó la preocupación de que Australia pudiera enfrentarse a una recesión económica.

1 week ago | sbs.com.au | Elfy Scott

Managing the risk of global economic uncertainty is the government's first order of business, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says, after an early-morning briefing with the Treasury secretary following Labor's historic election victory.