Alan Kohler: The Liberal Party is a retirement village for male baby boomers The Liberal Party is not only seen as having no answer, it’s seen as part of the problem, writes Alan Kohler. The New Daily · Jan 22, 2023
NSW Coalition split on cashless gaming as independent warns against regional exemptions Premier Dominic Perrottet rules out different rules for clubs and pubs in the bush, in contrast to deputy premier Paul Toole The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2023
National galleries and museums hopeful for May budget cash lifeline after Anthony Albanese labels them 'starved of funds' Organisations such as the National Library of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia have sounded warnings about their ongoing viability, following budget cuts and surging operating costs. ABC News · Jan 18, 2023
NSW Labor promises to create ‘great koala national park’ if it wins power Party re-commits to establishing 300,000-hectare park in state’s north to turn around animal’s ‘grim trajectory’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2023
‘Undermine our road safety’: promised rewards for ‘safe’ NSW drivers criticised by experts Labor and the Coalition promise to ease penalties for ‘low-level’ offences if they win the state election The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2023
Former Milton Anglican school site destined to reopen to public students The leader of a "full" South Coast high school says the details of commitments from the Coalition and Labor to use a former private school for public education need to be made clear. ABC News · Jan 18, 2023
Peter Dutton accuses PM of evading questions on whether Labor would legislate voice to parliament if vote fails Anthony Albanese says he is not ‘leading with a position that assumes a loss of a referendum’ on the Indigenous voice The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2023
NSW treasurer refuses to say if $1,000 a day pokies spending cap is too high as he ridicules Labor policy Key independent MP calls for a $100 daily limit as Coalition comes under pressure to release details of its cashless gaming card The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2023
Australian officials warned in 2021 about possible recruitment of ex-ADF members by Chinese military Unclear what action, if any, then defence minister Peter Dutton took at the time The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2023
NSW Labor’s moves on poker machine reform renew pressure on Dominic Perrottet, experts say Call for detail on proposed cashless gaming scheme as questions raised about opposition’s pledge The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2023
NSW Labor promises to ban political donations from clubs amid fight over poker machines Opposition leader Chris Minns pledges to reduce number of machines as Dominic Perrottet hits out at Bob Carr The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2023
Three issues will decide if Labor’s climate policy is a success – what the government does next is key Carbon credits are about to play a central role in Australia’s climate response The Guardian - AU · Jan 13, 2023
Daniel Andrews shrugs off questions about barbecue he and PM attended at Lindsay Fox’s mansion Coalition demands answers about Anthony Albanese’s meeting with billionaire following helicopter ride reports The Guardian - AU · Jan 12, 2023
Australia must not rely on emissions offsets if it is serious about climate crisis, Ian Chubb says Head of carbon credit system review says absolute emissions cuts must be priority as Albanese government weighs up limits on use of credits The Guardian - AU · Jan 11, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Jan 11, 2023 Cardinal George Pell divides opinion in death as in life Conservative politicians remember Pell as a ‘saint’ and a ‘martyr’, while others prefer to acknowledge victims of child sexual abuse in the Catholic church
The New Daily · Jan 8, 2023 Anthony Albanese breaks resolution early, opens fire on Peter Dutton After a Christmas lull in hostilities, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have opened fire over the Voice to Parliament.
The New Daily · Jan 5, 2023 Big tech calls out Tony Abbott on a point of fact Tony Abbott has accused tech giants of trying to control how Australians think and vote in a spat over the indigenous Voice referendum.
ABC News · Jan 5, 2023 Unions NSW splits from Labor on cashless gaming to stop 'scourge on society' In a rare move, the top union boss in NSW is siding with the Coalition government on major gambling reform, urging Labor not to play politics with the working class.
The New Daily · Dec 29, 2022 TND’s Newsmakers of the Year: Winner! The biggest newsmakers – these are the people who grabbed our attention the most in this turbulent year of 2022.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 29, 2022 Yemen, Solutions... Arab Coalition Opens Doors, Iran Closes Them It is not possible to explain the events of the year 2022 in Yemen without returning to a “golden day”, after which the defense equation led by the Arab Coalition and the Yemeni Armed Forces changed. The day was November 21, 2021. It was after that day that Houthi military…
The Conversation · Dec 22, 2022 Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas The Liberal Party’s review of its election rout has highlighted the party’s broad and deep problem with the female vote, but shied away from recommending quotas to elect more women.
ABC News · Dec 22, 2022 Liberals' election post-mortem blames COVID-19, scandals and faction warlords for loss An internal Liberal Party review of the Coalition's devastating election defeat finds Scott Morrison was a decisive factor in the result, and recommends an overhaul of the party organisation to end factional infighting and improve candidate preselections.
The Conversation · Dec 21, 2022 In Voices of Us, Tim Dunlop considers the outsiders re-energising politics – and takes aim at dumbed-down media and do-nothing politicians Did Bill Shorten lose the unlosable election in 2019 because he was too frank about franking credits? Was John Howard’s defeat in 2007 a voter reaction against WorkChoices?
The New Daily · Dec 20, 2022 The Morrison government spent a record amount on taxpayer-funded advertising, data reveals In the lead-up to the May 2022 election, the Coalition government’s advertising spend skyrocketed yet again.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2022 New Victorian Liberal MP tells Labor to ‘get out of churches’ and rails against ‘failed socialist experiment’ Fellow Liberal new arrival Evan Mulholland calls for prison sentences to be scrapped for some drug offences