As the United States continues to scrutinise the AUKUS deal, Australia and the United Kingdom have agreed to deepen their nuclear submarine partnership under that deal.

The country's biggest private operator of psychology clinics is set to shut nearly all of them, and mental health experts are worried about the consequences.

Federal Labor has wasted no time introducing legislation to the new Parliament to reduce student debt and clamp down on dodgy childcare operators.

Politicians turned up in Canberra today for the start of Parliament's first sitting week since the federal election.

After Saturday's state election in Tasmania, neither major party has secured a majority of seats in the Parliament.

Lachlan Young, the man accused of murdering 23-year-old Clunes woman Hannah McGuire, has entered a plea of guilty, eight days into his trial. 

Australia's unemployment rate has risen to 4.3 per cent. It's highest level since November 2021.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited the Great Wall of China, just as another Labor PM, Gough Whitlam did in the 1970s.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he and China's President Xi Jinping have had a warm exchange in Beijing.

The Treasurer Jim Chalmers is downplaying official advice stating the Federal Budget isn't sustainable unless taxes are raised and spending reduced.