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LNP candidate for Fadden says cost of living weighing

The LNP candidate for the federal seat of Fadden says voters aren't thinking about ex-LNP minister Stuart Robert's involvement in the robodebt scandal.

AAP · Jul 14, 2023

Fadden will show if voters are ready to blame Labor for the economy, or keep bashing the Coalition

Peter Dutton wants to portray the government as too focused on the voice, but while an Aston-style upset is unlikely, the opposition leader is still on thin ice

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2023

RBA lifer Michele Bullock may have the luck of playing good cop to Philip Lowe’s bad

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s first female governor will begin her appointment at or very near the end of the cycle of rate rises

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2023

Grattan on Friday: Fadden byelection is Dutton's immediate hurdle but party reform is the bigger challenge

Stuart Robert has kept well away from the byelection to choose his parliamentary successor, but Labor has made sure the controversial former member hasn’t been forgotten.

The Conversation · Jul 13, 2023

Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics. Few outside the federal Coalition, at any rate. His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past. Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on…

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2023

NSW appoints former gaming commissioner to lead panel into cashless gambling trial

Michael Foggo to help oversee the delayed pilot program, now expected to begin before November

The Guardian - AU · Jul 12, 2023

Voice needed for change, Davis says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023

Morning Mail: Closing the Gap report shows ‘why we need a voice’, robodebt raised in Fadden fight, EU trade talks stall

Latest report shows four key targets for Indigenous outcomes are missed, as Labor highlights Stuart Robert’s links to welfare scandal in lead-up to Saturday’s byelection

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023

Labor targets Stuart Robert and his handling of robodebt in negative ads before Fadden byelection

Series of social media ads says robodebt ‘destroyed lives’ in bid to encourage voters to turn against LNP

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023

KPMG and Deloitte refuse to join PwC in banning political donations in Australia

Analysis finds PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY donated $4.3m to Labor and the Coalition over the past decade

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023