Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has called for the federal government to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP at an ...

But after the announcement, futures markets sank by as much as 4.5 per cent ... a hit after Donald Trump announced the 10 per cent tariff on Australia. Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer Australia ...

A re-elected Albanese government would allow all Australian first home buyers to purchase with a 5 per cent deposit, avoiding lenders mortgage insurance, in an expansion of an existing scheme.