PM set to announce COVID-19 inquiry: report Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could be poised to announce the details of a special commission of inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 pandemic. AAP · Sep 20, 2023
Australia remains 'engaged' after India concerns raised Australia has expressed its concerns over allegations from the Canadian government that India was involved in the domestic shooting of a Sikh separatist leader. AAP · Sep 20, 2023
Towers to be torn down for first housing 'accelerator' Victoria will spend its share of federal housing funding building 769 new homes, including more than 230 in a redevelopment of two dilapidated Melbourne towers. AAP · Sep 19, 2023
‘Chill out’: Albanese asked about calling Indian PM ‘the boss’ as storm brews over alleged assassination Australia says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by claims India behind death of Sikh leader in Canada but Albanese reluctant to be drawn on issue The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023
‘Derelict’ Carlton towers to be demolished and rebuilt in federal housing fund’s first project Anthony Albanese praises Victorian government for not ‘flogging off’ site to developers as he announces project alongside Daniel Andrews The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023
‘Quite strange’ for Coalition to reject disinformation crackdown it originally proposed, Albanese says Prime minister defends social media bill amid concerns from Christian groups it could portray religious teachings as misinformation The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023
In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan's 30 years ago When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits China later this year he will encounter a nation whose future is about as uncertain as it was 50 years ago when Gough Whitlam became the first Australian prime minister to visit in late 1973. The Conversation · Sep 18, 2023
Concerns over voice misinformation as voter roll closes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to cut through misinformation, as the voting roll is set to close ahead of the referendum. AAP · Sep 18, 2023
Wife of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle urges Anthony Albanese to stop prosecution Louise Beaston says their lives were shattered when her husband was charged after speaking out about the tax office’s pursuit of tax debts from small businesses The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2023
Burney tells pro-voice rally crowds ‘history is truly calling’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2023
Ron Barassi, AFL great, dies aged 87 One of the sport’s most loved and influential figures has died peacefully and ‘surrounded by loving family’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2023
The Australian Greens lost the rent cap battle, but will they win the war for votes? Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2023
Grattan on Friday: Langton and Price fight with passion and gloves off for beliefs Anthony Albanese cemented victory in the 2022 election by being mostly highly cautious and having Labor run, by and large, a tight campaign. If he loses the Voice referendum, which is looking very likely, his own overreach and the “yes” campaign’s ill-discipline will carry a good deal of blame. The Conversation · Sep 14, 2023
The Long walk to Canberra for the voice brings a moment of hope for progress, unity and grace ‘Fear stops us from ever stepping out, we’ll never get anywhere – we will stay in the same place’, Albanese said The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023 Developer ‘deeply regrets’ comments – as it happened This blog is now closed.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023 Julian Assange: more than 60 Australian MPs urge US to let WikiLeaks founder walk free Exclusive: MPs from major parties say continued extradition and prosecution would be ‘unjust’ and lead to an ‘outcry’ in Australia
Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2023 Corporate Australia fails to sway public as Indigenous Voice faces defeat Australian businesses’ support for the Voice is doing little to boost the flagging fortunes of the ‘yes’ campaign.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023 Australia’s voice debate is being flooded with misinformation and lies. Here are some facts Australians will have to face themselves in the mirror the day after the 14 October referendum
The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2023 The Indigenous voice debate is testing Australia’s democracy – and we can’t give in to rancorous polarisation Peter Dutton knows that the louder the contention about the voice gets, the more Australians will switch off
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023 Australians start applying for mail-in ballots ahead of Indigenous Voice referendum Voters have begun applying for mail-in ballots ahead of the Oct. 14 referendum that would create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2023 Greens agree to support Labor’s $10bn housing fund, breaking months-long impasse Greens leader Adam Bandt and housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather say minor party will now support Housing Australia Future Fund
The Conversation · Sep 11, 2023 Voice support and Albanese's ratings continue to tumble in Resolve and other polls The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on October 14. A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 6–9 from a sample of 1,604, gave “no” to the Voice a 57–43 lead in a forced choice, out from a 54–46 “no” lead in August. Initial…
The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2023 Asking Australia for an Indigenous voice isn’t new – it’s been a long and difficult struggle An informed vote in the 2023 referendum requires an understanding of the history that has made it possible
The Guardian - AU · Sep 10, 2023 Morning Mail: Chinese academic surveillance, Rubiales to resign, Russia’s win at G20 Visiting academic surveilled across Australia, president of the Spanish football federation to step down, Moscow shielded from criticism over the Ukraine war
The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2023 Albanese pushes for EU free-trade agreement settlement by end of the year – as it happened This blog is closed for now