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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has revealed the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan relies on many of Australia’s coal-fired power stations running for at least another 12 years – far beyond the time frame officials expect the ageing facilities to last.

It comes as the opposition leader says Gooreng Gooreng man Justin Mohamed is being flown around the world ‘doing I don’t know what’

Just 20% of Greens voters supported blocking the government’s Build to Rent and Help to Buy legislation

Coalition’s lack of costings and absence of detail has been seized upon by critics of Australia’s potential landmark energy shift

Coalition to weigh up Hunter earthquake risk in nuclear plan.

When the Greens tell Labor they’re ready to negotiate, what they usually mean is they’re preparing to make populist demands that can’t or shouldn’t be met.

A national Newspoll, conducted September 16–20 from a sample of 1,249, had a 50–50 tie for the third consecutive time. Since the last Newspoll three weeks ago, primary votes were 38% Coalition (steady), 31% Labor (down one), 13% Greens (up one), 6% One Nation (down one) and 12% for all…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are neck and neck in the polls but Labor's primary vote is struggling.

Australia’s curious mix of moderating inflation, weak growth but strong employment means we should prepare for more differences of opinion

Stung by criticism, the Albanese government has hit back – but knows radical policies could easily see it out of power