Families and social services minister Anne Ruston has underscored self-reliance and empowerment as the basis of a new cashless debit card.

The Queensland government has a new women’s safety and justice taskforce underway to assess women’s experience in the criminal justice system.

Angus Taylor says a new gas-fired power station will drive down electricity prices — but the company building it says it's a green hydrogen power…

Scott Morrison has underscored the threat to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean posed by climate change, illegal fishing and marine pollution.

The latest national report on graduate outcomes suggests short-term graduate-employment rates have stabilised.

Prime minister Scott Morrison has rubbished the notion of a NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for the commonwealth.

Here’s everything you need to know about Ben Morton, one of Morrison’s newest minted ministers.

On Tuesday the standing committee on infrastructure, transport and cities will hear about the challenges and opportunities facing the construction industry.

Victoria has brought forward plans to place mental health practitioners in the state’s secondary schools by a whole year.

Scientists believe that for people living with type 2 diabetes, losing 15% or more of their weight could reverse the disease.

Ben Morton has been elevated from an assistant minister with responsibility for the public service, to a fully fledged minister in the portfolio.

Staff who work in commonwealth parliamentary workplaces are now able to access a new independent complaints mechanism.

The federal government has committed $30 million to building a new nuclear medicines manufacturing facility at Lucas Heights in Sydney.

Embassy official Hua Chunying said the efforts of the Quad nations were to drive a wedge between other regional countries and China. …