Sara Tomevska is a political reporter based in the ABC’s federal parliament bureau.
She is an award-winning journalist who has reported from the Middle East and eastern Europe, worked as a video-journalist in outback New South Wales, and covered state politics in South Australia.
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The prime minister describes the US midterm results as "very significant" and assures Australians he will continue to push for an end to the war in Iran.
King Charles has condemned the transatlantic slave trade as a "shameful chapter in history", during his address to Commonwealth leaders in the Caribbean.
Australians are bracing for more economic pain with the Reserve Bank expected to hand down its fifth rate rise this year later today.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in Antigua and Barbuda ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting where trade, climate change and AI are high on the agenda. The Prime Minister will also seek a tightening of rules for British backpackers coming to Australia, when he meets his UK counterpart later this week.
The prime minister is travelling to Antigua and Barbuda to discuss climate, trade and AI regulation with other Commonwealth leaders.
Pressure is growing on the Federal government to rein in spending as inflation rose to 4.3 per cent in the year to September. The higher than expected figure has raised expectations the RBA will hike interest rates again next week, for the fifth time this year.
In the wake of a violent attack on independent MP Helen Haines, the Australian Federal Police has revealed it has received nearly 800 security reports relating to politicians since January.
As budget blowouts go it doesn't get much bigger than Snowy Hydro 2.0.
Australia's biggest renewable energy project Snowy 2.0 won't be delivered until 2029 and will cost $25bn according to Snow Hydro's much-anticipated cost reassessment.
Snowy 2.0's budget may have blown out again, with a new cost reassessment putting the price tag at 22 billion dollars, up from an original estimate of just 2 billion when the project was announced in 2017.
There are big questions now about whether a full cost-benefit analysis will be made public, and what the latest figure means for Australian taxpayers and energy consumers.
Youth deradicalisation experts, the AFP and ASIO are calling for a societal approach to tackling rising threats, as the AFP warned of a 'tsunami' of youth crime hitting the country, due to rapid online radicalisation.
Youth deradicalisation experts, the AFP and ASIO are calling for a societal approach to tackling rising threats, as the AFP warned of a 'tsunami' of youth crime hitting the country, due to rapid online radicalisation.
the Coalition will oppose an EU free trade deal, stating it's "early days".
Business groups have urged the Coalition to back the $10bn deal, while the dairy industry is engaging with the Greens in the hopes the minor party will block the deal.
An Australian citizen was unlawfully held in immigration detention for 945 days due to a litany of departmental errors.
Australia's foreign minister accuses the Palestinian Authority of undermining the prospect of a two-state solution by postponing its first elections in two decades.
The Australian Taxation Office will delay the implementation of its controversial credit card ban.
An Australian counterterrorism team is investigating Australian links to a flydubai pilot who allegedly attacked a colleague in the cockpit.
The Coalition's proposed education overhaul also includes plans to fast-track teaching accreditation and possibly create pathways for military veterans to help tackle classroom discipline issues.
Plans to detain and deport visa overstayers, and cut down backpacker and student visa numbers are among the key pillars of Labor's newly unveiled plan to reduce net migration.
Immigration minister Tony Burke says he wanted more powers, to control temporary visas and has blamed the Coalition for a breakdown in talks over legislation.
After weeks of cabinet disagreement and delay the government has finally landed its much-anticipated migration policy, with plans to ban international students from bringing their families to the country.
After weeks of cabinet disagreement and delay the government has finally landed its much-anticipated migration policy, with plans to ban international students from bringing their families to the country.
The government has rejected criticism it's selling artists out to big tech, as leaked policy documents reveal the government is considering making inclusion in AI model training opt-out by default.
Details of One Nation's immigration policy are still being settled with one of its MPs suggesting the party is open to slashing Australia's permanent family visa intake.
One Nation MP David Farley says he is open to cutting visas for family members of Australian citizens, after the party announces a policy to stop temporary skilled migrants bringing their spouses and children to the country.
The One Nation leader says her focus is on a "decent standard of living" and "way of life", saying she does "not care" if cuts to skilled migration will affect businesses.
