The migration strategy won’t silence Dutton but Labor is backing away from the feared Big Australia The Albanese government is reducing migrant intake as it seeks to make inroads to easing the population and housing squeeze before the next election The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2023
Coalition opposes Australia tripling renewable energy, backs nuclear power pledge at Cop28 Ted O’Brien declares global climate summit ‘the nuclear Cop’ despite only 11% of nations backing the pledge The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2023
Liberals need to reconsider negative gearing and housing policies, outgoing Victorian MP Matt Bach says Former frontbencher says the Coalition has an opportunity to win over Millennials and Gen Z voters struggling to enter the housing market The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2023
Labor passes preventive detention laws as judges gain power to cancel citizenship of serious offenders Move comes as attorney general Mark Dreyfus has fiery exchange with reporter over government’s response to high court indefinite detention ruling The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Labor down but still has large lead in federal Resolve poll; it's close in Queensland A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted November 29 to December 3 from a sample of 1,605, gave Labor 35% of the primary vote (steady since November), the Coalition 34% (up four), the Greens 12% (down one), One Nation 5% (down two), the UAP 1% (down one), independents 9%… The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023
Labor and Greens strike deal to establish nature repair scheme Legislation being debated in the Senate will create a market to encourage private spending on projects that protect and restore biodiversity The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023
Mark Dreyfus approved human rights commission’s intervention in indefinite detention case Attorney general signed off on AHRC’s intervention in favour of the plaintiff NZYQ, provided it made clear it was doing so on its own behalf The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023
Morning Mail: Coalition flies to Cop28, Westpac suffers major outage, UK nuclear site hacked Customers lose access to accounts and cards after system update failure; conservative lobby groups fund trips by frontbenchers to Cop28 The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023
Greens accuse Labor and Coalition of ‘race to the bottom’ over migration bill – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023
Coalition to have sizeable contingent at Cop28 despite Peter Dutton jibe at climate change minister’s attendance Frontbenchers Paul Fletcher and Bridget McKenzie part of group of nine MPs who will be in Dubai funded by Coalition for Conservation and Environmental Leadership Australia The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023
Two immigration detainees charged after release due to high court ruling Coalition calls for Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles to resign as fallout from NZYQ decision continues The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023
Dutton urges PM to put preventive detention on national cabinet agenda – as it happened Follow live The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023
‘Unacceptable risk’ test to determine if freed migrants go back to detention under proposed law Labor hopes to push new laws through parliament this week to allow courts to order the re-detention of migrants or refugees freed after the landmark NZYQ high court ruling The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023 If Labor wants to break a high court losing streak, it must take the drafter’s pen off Peter Dutton Being in the right is not worth much if the Albanese government allows the opposition to bully it into making laws that won’t stand up in court
The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023 Labor’s new laws to re-detain migrants at risk of reoffending to be modelled on Coalition’s anti-terror orders The draft laws allow the government to apply to a court to put migrants released after a landmark high court decision back in detention
The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2023 Murray-Darling Basin plan: what Labor’s new ‘breakthrough’ laws mean for the environment and communities New legislation extends the timeframe of the plan for three years and removes a cap on water buy-backs to support the river system’s health. Here are the details
The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023 The week in parliament: things get ugly on immigration detention with political blood spilled on both sides Only one more joint sitting day to go in a brutal year, Ed Husic weighs in on theatre controversy and a hint of Christmas cheer
The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023 Peter V’Landys accuses politicians of ‘outright lies’ as plan to extend Racing NSW chair Russell Balding’s tenure fails Racing body will need to scramble to replace chair after Coalition and crossbench team up to try to strengthen oversight
The Conversation · Nov 30, 2023 Grattan on Friday: As Albanese's fortunes slide, people start to wonder what sort of PM Peter Dutton might make Peter Dutton has his tail up, but he’s being careful to manage expectations. As the opposition celebrates its suddenly improved fortunes, Dutton told the party room this week that inevitably the government would recalibrate over the summer break.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023 Coalition plan to privatise visa processing to be subject of new inquiry Announcement comes after revelation Infosys had 46 meetings with lobbyist Scott Briggs to discuss bid for IT work
The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023 Net zero by 2050 and interim target of 70% emissions reduction by 2035 passed by NSW parliament Greens and Coalition band together to force Labor to pass stronger greenhouse gas legislation than original policy
The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023 Labor blames Peter Dutton’s decisions as immigration minister for ‘mess’ of indefinite detention Opposition leader allowed a man referred to as NZYQ apply for a visa after being convicted of raping a child
The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023 Ministers will no longer approve Australian Research Council grants under bid to stop ‘political interference’ Labor move follows review that found trust had been ‘dramatically eroded’ by controversial grant decisions made by former Coalition ministers
The Conversation · Nov 29, 2023 Extra senators for ACT and NT will benefit left but increase malapportionment The Poll Bludger has summarised the final report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) that was released Monday. The most contentious recommendation is that the number of senators for both the ACT and the Northern Territory be increased from two to four.