Jake Evans

Promotions, demotions and retirements — find out who is entering cabinet or picking up a ministry out of the Albanese government's reshuffle.

Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Representatives and the federal Minister for Indigenous Australians is one of two senior ministers retiring from politics as part of a reshuffle of the Albanese ministry.

Seven Israeli settlers involved in violent attacks on Palestinians and illegal settlement activity in the West Bank are hit with financial sanctions and travel bans.

In a letter penned by South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, state and territory premiers warned they remained unsatisfied with planned changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which they warned would "risk creating service gaps" if some responsibilities were shifted to the states. 

A tax benefit has allowed Australians to save tens of thousands of dollars when buying plug-in hybrid cars but the motor industry warns that is set to end next year and it could slow sales and undermine emissions reduction efforts.

William says he and other NDIS participants have the same wants and aspirations as anybody else — and a sex work ban would deny a whole section of the community from a "deeply ingrained human need" based just on their circumstances.

Marking 10 years since MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the grief steels Australian hearts in the fight to hold Russia accountable, just as it did a decade ago.

Two Russian-born Australian citizens are accused of obtaining Australian Defence Force material to share with Russian authorities.

A man released by the High Court following the NZYQ decision has been charged with breaching his visa conditions by visiting within 200 metres of a school or childcare centre on eight separate occasions.

Australian children with a rare form of cancer known as neuroblastoma will no longer need to spend $500,000 and travel to the US for treatment, as the federal government agrees to cover costs immediately while the drug gets local approvals.

Recognising a rise in Jewish people in Australia being targeted after the October 7 Hamas terror attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appoints Jillian Segal as the first special envoy for anti-Semitism.

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten confirms he will ban sex work from being accessed through the disability insurance scheme, which advocates say would rob participants of the freedom to control their own lives.

Greens deputy Mehreen Faruqi says it should be left to Palestinians to decide whether to dismantle Hamas, as she also makes claims that ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman is being "vilified" by her former party.

Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon is reportedly summoned to a meeting in Canberra and warned his nation could not expect Australia's support if it goes to war with listed terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

A loophole in the government's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard could be exploited by car makers seeking to import higher-polluting vehicles, and would undermine the first three years of the new climate laws.

Isolated incidents of EV batteries landing in the tip will become more common as the first wave of electric vehicle batteries reaches its end-of-life, the sector says, posing more risk of a "catastrophic" landfill fire.

Priceline, TerryWhite Chemmart and other major pharmacy chains reject new vaping laws making them the only legal sellers of vapes, signalling to franchisees they should not sell the products without a prescription.

Julian Assange has spent his first night home in Australia, after a legal saga that has lasted more than a decade. Assange's team says he is now a free man, and his wife says their reunion was a moment only an image can describe.

The WikiLeaks founder and once-fugitive Julian Assange lands in Canberra after a plea deal gives him "time-served" on a conspiracy charge for leaking US intelligence 15 years ago.

People who vape will almost certainly be sent into the black market by planned restrictions to ban vape sales outside of pharmacies, say crime experts — especially if legal vapes cost more.

Vaping businesses say they have been left in the lurch by a vape sales ban due to pass parliament and begin on Monday. They warn the closure of their businesses will push more people into the black market.

The federal government's deal with the Greens to weaken a vaping ban due to start from next week is "disappointing", leading health officials say, but it will still have a massive impact on the availability of vapes for young people.

Vapes will be banned from sale outside pharmacies, but adults will not need a prescription to buy them, as the federal government agrees to water down its proposed ban to win over the Greens.

The Coalition wants to build nuclear reactors at seven locations across the country, with several sites on or near known fault lines. And while nowhere is immune to earthquake risk, the bigger problem could be an increase to engineering costs. 

The Coalition could press on "in the national interest" to establish nuclear reactors in seven communities even if locals oppose it, despite previously suggesting it would only progress nuclear on the condition that host communities approve.