Greens won't hitch a ride to minority rule, PM says As he unveiled Labor's candidate in a marginal Adelaide seat, the prime minister says a minority deal in a future second term with the Greens is off the table. AAP · Jun 6, 2024
Fight over Israel, Gaza rhetoric as aid request lingers Politicians are blaming each other for stoking community tensions over the war in Gaza as the Albanese government mulls a request for aid. AAP · Jun 6, 2024
Shorten and Coalition MPs clash over NDIS fraud – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2024
Anthony Albanese accuses Coalition of ‘secret’ plans to cut Australian wages In speech to ACTU conference, prime minister says opposition’s ‘gut instinct is always to gut workers’ rights’ The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2024
PM fires up union faithful, praises workplace changes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spruiked his government's industrial relations changes in a speech to the Australian union movement. AAP · Jun 5, 2024
Albanese meets with Nauru leader to boost Pacific ties The prime minister has had one-on-one talks with Nauru President David Adeang, focusing on bolstering links with the Pacific nation.. AAP · Jun 5, 2024
Bandt hits back after Albanese and Dutton accuse Greens of inflaming Gaza protests Greens leader accuses prime minister and opposition leader of trying to ‘distract from their complicity’ in Gaza war The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2024
PM, Dutton condemn Greens on electorate office protests Major parties have united in attacking the Greens for stoking tensions on the Middle East conflict after electorate offices have been subject to protests. AAP · Jun 5, 2024
Leichhardt Oval works funded but Tigers yet to commit A local council has voted to put $10 million towards a redevelopment of Leichhardt Oval, but the state and federal governments are yet to come to the party. AAP · Jun 5, 2024
Afternoon Update: PM denounces pro-Palestine protests at Labor offices; P&O Cruises Australia to shut down; and X changes porn policy Albany says the protesters’ ‘actions to intimidate have no place in democracy’ The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2024
Pro-Palestine protests closing MPs’ electorate offices ‘have no place in a democracy’, Albanese says Prime minister denounces ‘actions to intimidate’ as Australia Palestine Advocacy Network condemns his remarks The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2024
Immigration brouhaha rumbles on as Dutton hits out With the Labor government poised to update a controversial immigration direction, Peter Dutton has deflected attacks on his record as immigration minister. AAP · Jun 4, 2024
Morning Mail: voters call for social media age limit, Mexico cheers first female president, De Minaur marches on Essential poll reveals support for higher age limits as Dutton approval dips; Claudia Sheinbaum wins in Mexico with 60% of vote The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2024
Wong defends sending NDIS minister to Ukraine talks NDIS minister and former opposition leader Bill Shorten will attend a Ukrainian peace summit on behalf of Australia, raising the eyebrows of the opposition. AAP · Jun 3, 2024
The Conversation · May 31, 2024 View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison It was often said of the former Morrison government that it found parliamentary sittings particularly fraught. The same has become true of its successor.
The Guardian - AU · May 31, 2024 Matt Canavan claims Trump convictions a ‘political witch hunt’ as Greens declare Republican ‘unfit to be president’ Anthony Albanese refuses to comment on Trump guilty verdict as minor parties condemn or celebrate result
AAP · May 31, 2024 Hundreds of visas reinstated on 'Australian connection' More than 180 visa cancellations were overturned by a tribunal after the government ordered foreign nationals' connections with Australia be made a priority.
The Conversation · May 30, 2024 Grattan on Friday: Government’s pursuit of a hate speech law could take it down another cul-de-sac Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and his “shadow”, Michaelia Cash, are both volatile characters. When they met this week to discuss the government’s draft religious discrimination bill, an incendiary issue in the best of circumstances, sparks flew.
The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024 Drones used to track immigration detainees released after high court decision, Andrew Giles reveals Immigration minister says ‘we know where they are’, as Labor talks tough during fallout over visa cancellation and indefinite immigration detention
The Conversation · May 30, 2024 Labor’s new National Urban Policy is welcome. But will it be transformative? In March 2021, then-Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese declared “cities policy has been one of the abiding passions of my time in public life”. He promised a new national urban policy framework if Labor was elected.
The Conversation · May 29, 2024 Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas In announcing Australia’s support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed his government’s commitment to net zero even further out of reach.
The Conversation · May 29, 2024 Is Australia doing enough to respond to Papua New Guinea’s catastrophic landslide? The total number of people killed in the landslide in Papua New Guinea’s remote and mountainous Enga Province will probably never be known. Shortly after the entire hillside collapsed on Friday, it was speculated around 150 men, women and children had lost their lives. Such a death toll is tragic…
AAP · May 29, 2024 Ukraine appeals to PM Albanese to attend peace talks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has spoken to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about an upcoming peace summit he hasn't confirmed he will attend.
AAP · May 29, 2024 Coal, gas communities should not be left behind: PM Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says communities with power stations that are closing down need to be supported as part of the transition to net-zero.
AAP · May 28, 2024 PM eyes off second term ahead of election countdown With under a year until the next election, Anthony Albanese says cabinet is looking at what it will offer to voters, setting up a cost-of-living showdown.