THE Australian Rugby Union will dramatically cut back the number of contract top-ups it offers, and have already begun shortening the length of contracts on offer.

THE company installing the $36 billion national broadband network has frozen negotiations over vital contracts, alleging exorbitant demands from construction companies.

THE company in charge of the $36 billion national broadband network has frozen negotiations over vital contracts, citing exorbitant demands from construction companies.

TONY ABBOTT has shelved a pledge to increase the tax-free threshold and introduce a flat tax if elected after acknowledging there would be losers from such changes and the budget would need to be in surplus to compensate them.

In the dying days of a hard-fought campaign in Balmain I had a very revealing exchange with a voter. I was speaking to a middle-aged woman who had been agonising over whether to vote against Labor for the first time in her life. She told me several "passionate conversations" she'd..read more