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  • Gosling will not stand aside after speaking with Albanese as bail conditions varied

    By Editor | August 1, 2026

    The federal Labor MP says he will continue serving while contesting the charges, after a Darwin court allowed him to attend functions alongside NT Administrator David Connolly under strict conditions. Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling has declared that he will not stand aside and intends to continue serving after speaking with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,…

  • Chisholm pledges Labor support for coal as Asian demand endures

    By Editor | July 31, 2026

    Assistant Resources Minister Anthony Chisholm says coal will remain integral to regional energy security and steelmaking, although government forecasts point to increasingly divergent trajectories for Australia’s thermal and metallurgical coal exports. The Albanese Government has delivered one of its clearest recent assurances to Australia’s coal sector, with Assistant Minister for Resources Anthony Chisholm declaring that…

  • Job mobility falls to 7.2 per cent as Australia’s post-pandemic churn recedes

    By Editor | July 31, 2026

    Australia’s workforce has become less mobile, with the proportion of employed people changing employer or business falling to 7.2 per cent in the year to February 2026. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show just over one million employed Australians changed jobs during the period, compared with a mobility rate of 7.7 per cent in…