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Crikey readers debate the merits of the controversial stage three tax cuts.

A national Newspoll, conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,219, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ago that had a 50–50 tie. Primary votes were 36% Coalition (down two), 33% Labor (up two), 13% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation…

The Albanese government can justly claim to have reasserted Commonwealth leadership on housing since its election in 2022. Media attention has focused mainly on the legislative stoush with the Greens over the Housing Australia Future Fund. But that’s only one element of a raft of initiatives from Canberra over this…

A ‘low-level radioactive waste management’ facility is planned for near Perth and US and UK nuclear waste could be stored here as early as 2027, and the latest Newspoll has Labor leading the Coalition 52% to 48% two-party-preferred.

The government continues to refuse freedom-of-information access to minutes of a committee established by the Coalition. When will it live up to its rhetoric on transparency?

Letters to the Editor: Mining rosters 'endangering' motorists' safety

Andrew Giles eases visa restrictions for at least two of the three people challenging new rules in high court

Failure to deliver stage three tax cuts will derail Labor’s strategy of offering competent, predictable government that voters will reward over the long term. And the argument that they’re unsustainable will no longer wash.

Labor’s changes to industrial relations are welcome and righteous, say Crikey readers, but its treatment of refugees and detainees not so much.

Peter Dutton wants more migrants and fewer migrants. Is this contradictory? Well, yes, but it doesn’t matter when you’re in opposition.

The federal minister for sport, Anika Wells, recently launched a discussion paper for a new National Plan for Sport, which will be the fourth such plan produced since 2001.