Tom Lowrey
Federal government seeks advice on Darwin port lease to China
Security advice is being sought on whether the controversial lease of the Darwin Port to a Chinese-owned company should be scrapped. The...
Budget will remove cap on child-care subsidies for middle and upper-income parents
Caps on childcare subsidies for higher-income earners would be removed and costs slashed for families with two or more children under a...
Broader, faster vaccine delivery on agenda as national cabinet meets
For the second time this week, national cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss Australia’s troubled vaccine rollout – with an eye...
‘Right to repair’ laws for fixable electronics pushed forward
Australia’s consumer affairs ministers have agreed to consider laws boosting people’s ability to repair their phones and other electronic goods, rather than...
‘Hockey owes me’: Former Helloworld executive burns ambassador
A former Helloworld executive who met Australia’s ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey to discuss embassy travel arrangements said the meeting...
Bureau of Meteorology hits out at ‘inaccurate’ reports of local forecasting changes
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) provides arguably Australia’s most popular government service, so perhaps it is unsurprising suggestions of major changes to...
NSW scraps plan for massive cull of Kosciuszko brumbies
A proposed cull of wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park is being scrapped and any future culling will be outlawed under...
New senator Jim Molan has ‘no regrets’ about posting far-right videos on Facebook
Newly-elected Liberal senator and retired senior Army officer Jim Molan is defending his decision to share anti-Muslim videos posted by far-right UK...
Australians team works to help humans walk on Mars
When astronauts finally arrive on Mars, there are fears they will not be able to set foot on the Red Planet’s surface,...
Worst mass murder of police in Australian history remembered
Police have gathered in a remote forest near the southern New South Wales town of Braidwood to mark 150 years since the worst...