Opposition reshuffles shadow ministry after underwhelming Dunkley byelection result There have been internal calls for the Coalition to announce more policy in the lead-up to the next election The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2024
Coalition flags expanding super for housing policy amid increase in house prices Michael Sukkar says policy may need to be revised amid increase in housing prices but the ‘broad strokes’ would remain the same The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2024
Dan Tehan condemns ‘big Australia’ policy but won’t reveal Coalition’s immigration plan Shadow immigration minister wants ‘better Australia’ but refuses to say what level of migration Coalition would pursue in government The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2024
Dunkley shows the Liberal party’s ‘more of the same’ is not a path to government Labor cannot afford to be complacent but if Dutton can’t win a seat after 13 interest rate rises then maybe the strategy needs a rethink? The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2024
Peter Dutton’s pre-Dunkley detainee scare blew up, but cost of living is the real electoral dynamite The opposition leader’s line of attack in question time came unstuck, but it was an irresponsible ploy all the same The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Afternoon Update: Meta to stop paying Australian publishers for news; Linda White dies; and the best LGBTQ+ shows ever made Current contracts with publishers that expire this year will not be renewed by technology giant The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Peter Dutton doubles down on immigration attacks despite Victoria police clearing detainee of assault charges Deputy leader Sussan Ley refuses to delete tweet claiming ‘Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Morning Mail: secretive firm behind Coalition messaging, NZ vape ban defiance, shooting near Gaza aid trucks FOI reveals $135,000 in public money to secretive firm to help rightwing campaigns; New Zealand exporter vows to continue e-cigarette trade The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show Exclusive: Whitestone Strategic, which has close ties to rightwing lobby group Advance, was paid to craft messaging on topics such as vaccine mandates and renewable energy The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Assault charges to be dropped against man released from indefinite detention hours after Dutton question time attack Police say CCTV footage indicates another man, not the 44-year-old former detainee, involved in alleged sexual assault in Melbourne The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal Anyone reading the Australian’s Newspoll survey might think there was an actual proposal in place to build small modular nuclear reactors around Australia – except there isn’t The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Calls for Closing the Gap to be 'above politics' With only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets on track to be met, a range of senators put forward different ideas on how best to address Indigenous inequity. AAP · Feb 28, 2024
Former NSW government accused of ‘pork barrelling at public’s expense’ after scathing audit The $5bn post-pandemic spending program ‘not informed by robust research or analysis’ auditor general finds The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2024
Deal allows police to march in parade – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2024 Australian voters are increasingly driven by issues rather than party loyalty – and that’s bad news for the old political order Climate crisis deniers beware! These days, the environment and other traditionally left-leaning issues are more likely to be front of mind when Australians – young and old – head to the polls
The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024 Morning Mail: big gender pay gaps revealed, Coalition pulls ahead in poll, police told to sit out Mardi Gras Landmark data paints stark picture of gulf at leading companies; Anthony Albanese sees trustworthiness fall in latest voter survey
The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024 Guardian Essential poll: Coalition leads for first time since election as Anthony Albanese’s trust ratings tumble Exclusive: Labor’s change of position on stage-three tax cuts appears to have hit the prime minister’s personal favourability
The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024 Minister admits likely shortfall in funding for Labor’s regional decarbonising program Exclusive: Catherine King describes $400m budget for decarbonising program as ‘modest’ and says it will require ‘additional funding in future’ to meet aims
The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024 Afternoon Update: Zachary Rolfe says racist language rife in NT police; Barnaby Joyce takes a week off; and Gaza death toll to pass 30,000 Former police officer apologises for using racist language in text messages
The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024 Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest labels Coalition push for nuclear energy ‘bulldust’ and a ‘new lie’ Mining billionaire says cost of nuclear will be four to five times that of renewables and opposition’s policy is ‘an excuse for doing nothing’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2024 Senate votes against reviving Qantas inquiry – as it happened This blog is now closed.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2024 Greens-Coalition alliance may force Chalmers to keep power to overrule RBA on rates Chalmers had announced plans to scrap the veto power but former treasurers and RBA governors say it is a vital ‘safety valve’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2024 ‘Everything is so expensive’: tax cuts, cost of living and the battle to win the Dunkley byelection Early voting may be slow but political analysts say the Melbourne electorate’s mood may be an indicator for Australian politics as a whole
The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2024 Ukraine appeals to Australia and France for more ammunition as it marks two years since Russian invasion Ukrainian ambassador to Australia also urges west not to succumb to ‘fatigue’ in its support for Ukraine
The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2024 Afternoon Update: PM says Coalition ‘just wrong’ on visas; ex-Ten presenter and partner missing; and can you remember these ‘best picture’ films? Albanese says visa checks for Palestinians ‘exactly the same as what was in place’ under Coalition