How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On Mental Health Policy? We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s mental health policies without the political spin. Pedestrian.tv · May 5, 2022
Race for the Senate: could Labor and the Greens gain control? As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate elections, six senators for each state and the four territory senators are up for election. Unless… The Conversation · May 5, 2022
Stuart Robert says he does not know where Alan Tudge is and has been doing his job ‘for almost 12 months’ Robert adds to confusion after Scott Morrison said last month Tudge was still the minister and still in cabinet The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2022
How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On First Nations Policy? We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s First Nations policies and lay it all out without the political spin. Pedestrian.tv · May 5, 2022
Penny Wong says annual aid to Solomon Islands is 28 per cent lower on average under the Coalition than it was under Labor. Is she correct? Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong says the Coalition has spent 28 per cent less on development assistance to the Solomon Islands than Labor did when last in government. Is that correct? ABC News · May 4, 2022
State governments, doctors pressure major parties for election commitment to permanent increase on hospital funding States are ramping up the pressure on the major parties to pledge billions extra in public hospital funding to ensure patients across the country get the care they need. ABC News · May 4, 2022
Feeling again forgotten at a federal election, remote voters lament empty promises to close the gap With scant hope of getting jobs and crammed into crowded housing, remote Indigenous voters say they are cynical of promises to close the gap. ABC News · May 4, 2022
The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can't have both In the midst of Labor’s campaign about the cost of living, the Coalition has zeroed in on one of those costs – taxes – and guaranteed to stop them rising. Its Lower Tax Guarantee promises: The Conversation · May 4, 2022
We tracked election ad spending for 4,000 Facebook pages. Here's what they're posting about – and why cybersecurity is the bigger concern Have you noticed your Facebook and Instagram feed filling up with political ads lately? The Conversation · May 4, 2022
Half-time results are in: who's having a good election campaign, and who isn't? When pre-poll voting starts on Monday May 9, it will signal the denouement of one of the least compelling streaming series ever to secure repeat funding: #AusVotes2022. The Conversation · May 4, 2022
Australians overwhelmingly support action to reduce carbon emissions, Vote Compass data shows How much would Liberal, Labor and Green voters be prepared to spend each year to help prevent climate change? Vote Compass has the answer. ABC News · May 4, 2022
After COVID-19, experts say it’s ‘disappointing’ that health care isn't a bigger focus this election When it comes to managing your health, the first person you might turn to is your GP. Yet, so far, there has been very little in this election campaign on how either party would improve and fund access to quality GP care. ABC News · May 4, 2022
Undecided? Jaded with Australia’s major parties? Here are five stark differences between them this election I dedicate little attention to the daily campaign grind – but the contrasts between Labor and the Coalition are black and white The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022
New NSW logging rules still allow clearing of koala habitat, conservationists say Independent MP accuses Liberal party of caving in to its Coalition partner the Nationals on koala protection The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022
The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022 A shared equity scheme could help break the cycle of insecure renting for single parents Labor’s Help to Buy election promise would expand the Coalition’s scheme to people who can’t afford mortgage repayments on current house prices
ABC News · May 4, 2022 Coalition and Labor have pledged to freeze the age pension deeming rate until 2024. Here's what that means for pensioners Deeming is an assumption about how much income people earn from their investments — and it's part of the process the government uses to work out whether someone is eligible for the age pension.
Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2022 How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On LGBTQIA+ Policy? We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s policies for LGBTQIA+ rights without the political spin.
The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022 The election is a fight of who is disliked the least – there is a clear and growing destabilisation in our politics As the pandemic eases, confidence in major parties and traditional politicians is returning to earlier trends of disaffection and distrust
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Scott Morrison warns overly powerful Icac could turn Australia into ‘public autocracy’ Labor, which has promised to establish a national anti-corruption commission ‘with teeth’, says the PM’s comments show his ‘true colours are emerging now’
ABC News · May 3, 2022 Federal election: Rising interest and inflation rates dominate debate between Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers — as it happened Interest rates, cost-of-living pressures and how each party would start to repay our historic debt dominate the treasury debate. Look back at all the day's politics.
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Morning mail: RBA’s shock interest rate rise, Roe v Wade leak authentic, Apra award winners Wednesday: Federal election campaign brings unease in coal-rich NSW seat of Hunter. Plus: One Nation scrambles for candidates
The Conversation · May 3, 2022 How the Liberals lost the 'moral middle class' - and now the teal independents may well cash in Josh Frydenberg says they are fake independents, John Howard called them anti-Liberal groupies, Scott Morrison points out they are only standing in Liberal seats, and that a vote for them is in fact a vote for Labor.
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Coalition accused of stalling ban on imports made using slave labour Morrison government wants time to consult business and upgrade IT but campaigners say Australia is lagging other countries
The Conversation · May 3, 2022 View from The Hill: The interest rate rise is a political wild card The Reserve Bank, as expected, has thrown its wild card into the election campaign, but neither government nor opposition can be sure which side will be more damaged, or advantaged, by it.
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Labor says rate rise highlights PM’s shredded credentials but Morrison insists it’s part of pandemic journey Scott Morrison says Reserve Bank has ‘made a very important statement about where we are now in our journey out of this pandemic’