Krishani Dhanji

3 days ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji

Labor MP Josh Burns has plans to fix youth homelessness. The federal government’s new envoy for social housing and homelessness says the housing system has for too long been stacked against young people, particularly those experiencing homelessness. Burns says Labor is committed to earmarking a portion of the government’s planned 55,000 new social housing properties specifically for young people.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji

Australian households and businesses are missing out on billions of dollars of power bill savings, an expert has warned, after a scathing audit found the department in charge of the efficiency scheme for appliances has failed to properly administer it. The poor administration of the program has left consumers worse off, saidAlan Pears, a senior fellow at RMIT and Melbourne University, who helped develop appliance energy standards in Victoria.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji

Anthony Albanese has conceded it is “too hard” to build housing in Australia and promised the government will tackle regulation to fulfil its target of 1.2m new homes by June 2029. At the national press club on Wednesday, the prime minister said his government would go further to bring down the cost of building by targeting red tape and pushing the states to build more.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Ben Doherty

Crossbenchers are calling for a “transparent” inquiry into Aukus, with one independent MP accusing both major parties of “drinking the Kool-Aid”, as the US prepares for its own review into the trilateral defence pact. Several independents have long urged a relook at the deal between Australia, the US and the UK, signed in 2021, that is anticipated to cost Australia up to $368bn.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji

The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says the government is “alarmed” by Israel’s strikes on the Iranian capital, Tehran, warning the attacks risk further destabilising the region. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Israel had launched “preemptive strikes” on Iranian military facilities. Wong told reporters on Friday that the government was “alarmed by the escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran”. “This risks further destabilising a region that is already volatile.