Pablo Vinales

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Pablo Vinales

Peter Dutton will pledge to better prepare Australia for future geo-strategic threats by spending an additional $21 billion on the military between now and 2030, which would be almost double Labor's planned increase to the defence budget.Under the Coalition's plan overall defence spending will rise to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next five years, from the current level of 2 per cent.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Pablo Vinales

When Ziad Basyouny heard about a protest unfolding at Granville Boys High School in Sydney's west, he felt compelled to join in. The students were voicing their concern after their support officer Wesam Charkawi was temporarily barred from attending the school for pushing back against the widespread condemnation and "selective moral outrage" of two Bankstown nurses who were captured on video threatening to harm Israeli patients.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Pablo Vinales

Affordable housing is set to be a key election issue and the Federal Government is promoting its signature Housing Australia Future Fund as a critical policy to address the housing crisis. It's released figures today which show the policy has completed 340 new homes and about 5,400 under construction in the first round. The $10 billion fund which was legislated in 2023, with the support of the Greens, and aims to build 30,000 social and affordable homes over the next five years.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Pablo Vinales

A row over the Coalition's nuclear energy plan, and its contribution to Australia's carbon reduction goals, has led to calls for the agency to be overhauled. Climate Change Authority Chair Matt Kean says the nuclear energy policy would seriously impact reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Shadow Climate Change Minister, Ted O'Brien, has labelled the agency a puppet of the Government.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Pablo Vinales

The Prime Minister has made Medicare a cornerstone of Labor's re-election campaign with an $8.5 billion commitment to make it cheaper for all Australians to see a doctor. At a campaign style rally in Tasmania on Sunday, Anthony Albanese promised nine out of 10 GP visits will be bulk billed by 2030. The announcement was quickly matched by the Coalition.