The Latest Breaking News from Keith Pitt

Retiring backbencher gifts a lump of coal for Christmas

A retiring backbencher known for his staunch opposition of a net-zero carbon emissions target has taken a swipe at his party leader on his way out the door.

AAP · Dec 20, 2024

Residents urged to take shelter as bushfire rages in south-east Victoria – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2024

Social media companies won’t be able to compel people to provide digital or government-issued ID to verify age

Big tech platforms won’t be able to compel people to provide digital ID or government-issued identification documents such as a passport, when verifying age for social media accounts.

The Conversation · Nov 26, 2024

The week in parliament: the theoretical impossibility of Tucker Carlson and nuclear tensions simmer in Coalition ranks

Far-right provocateur ducks cocktail party, Climate 200 takes aim at fresh electoral targets and Labor MP stumbles into a nest of Nats

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2024

Morning Mail: Coalition reignites climate wars, security council endorses Gaza ceasefire plan, Titmus sends Paris warning

Barnaby Joyce and Keith Pitt call for withdrawal from Paris agreement; new push for US-backed agreement

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2024

If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?

The Coalition’s energy policy is leveraged on regional discontent about renewables. But many farmers don’t want nuclear in their back yard either

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2024

PM rules out alcohol tests for MPs after Joyce video

Anthony Albanese says federal politicians should not be subject to random alcohol tests at work in response to a video of Barnaby Joyce drunk in public.

AAP · Feb 15, 2024

Jim Chalmers warns restoring tax cuts to high earners would ‘smash’ budget by almost $40bn

Treasurer’s data estimates reimposing old stage-three cuts while retaining Labor’s plan for low and middle earners would cost $39bn over four years

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024

Can Labor win the war on gambling advertising or will it capitulate in a brutal betrayal?

Any retreat from the proposed bans would be seen by some as a betrayal of the most personal kind

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2023

The week in parliament: a rowdy protest, ‘aggressive’ MP behaviour and then the pressure cooker blows

Qatar Airways decision and questions to Richard Marles raise hackles, NSW Liberals jostle for Senate seat and Trump’s gift to UAP’s Ralph Babet

The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2023