Employers will soon have to commit to achieve or make progress on gender equality targets in their workplaces after federal parliament passed law changes. The changes apply to employers with more than 500 workers, meaning nearly 2000 workplaces will need to meet the new standards, with...
Plans to set aside gas for the domestic market will bring power prices down, Peter Dutton claims, but Australians remain in the dark about how much better off they would be under the proposal. The opposition leader visited western Sydney on the second day of the...
Australians will soon be able to clear border control more quickly at American airports. A program allowing expedited clearance upon arrival in the US will be expanded to include Australian passengers, after laws passed federal parliament. The United States’ Global Entry Program allows for travellers to get...
Taxpayers won’t have to bail out Australia’s largest power station – for the coming year at least – as the clock ticks on a once-in-a-generation energy transition. Origin Energy decided not to trigger the first year of the $450 million risk-sharing deal for the ageing coal-fired...
Voters are hearing less about nuclear and more about gas from the federal opposition as the major parties struggle to sell their visions for cheaper, cleaner power. Building seven nuclear power plants in five states is central to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to reach net-zero...
Motorists are expected to hit the brakes on plug-in hybrid electric vehicle sales in Australia after a tax exemption that cut thousands of dollars from their purchase expired. Automotive industry experts called on both major political parties to reinstate the tax concession on Tuesday, saying a...
Price gouging at the checkout could be made illegal by the end of the year as Anthony Albanese says major supermarkets are “taking the piss”. Labor has promised to make excessive supermarket pricing illegal, to fix what it has labelled a gap in the nation’s competition...
Both major political parties are being urged to cut the price of household solar batteries this election to slash electricity bills and reduce pressure on the national grid. Energy groups and academics call for bipartisan support for a national battery scheme, saying it could have as...
Women are working multiple shift jobs to boost their income as they face greater financial instability than their male colleagues. An analysis of more than 700,000 shift workers across hospitality, retail, health care and services found women’s share of shift-work hours grew in 2024. Yet female shift...