FED:One Nation pips Labor in Newspoll as PM's support slips One Nation has edged ahead of Labor on primary votes, a Newspoll survey suggests, and the prime minister's popularity has taken a hit. AAP · Jun 7
One Nation's historic surge puts PM's focus on economy Pauline Hanson's party has for the first time in a poll's history overtaken Labor in popularity, as Anthony Albanese points to people being left behind. AAP · Jun 7
Australia’s housing market is cooling – but a Sydney flat with a broken shower still costs nearly $1m Linly and Lena needed steady incomes, Linly’s parents’ help, the federal 5% deposit scheme and NSW’s stamp duty discount to buy a two-bedroom flat in Ashfield The Guardian - AU · Jun 7
FED:'Apples with oranges': Labor brushes off Kiwi PM's dig A visiting leader's remark that taxing capital gains would be "disastrous" has been brushed aside by Labor figures who deny it was a dig at its big reforms. AAP · Jun 7
'Someone else's knife fight': AUKUS doubts resurface Australia should re-examine whether it needs a fleet of crewed submarines at all or could just rely on underwater drones, says Greens senator David Shoebridge. AAP · Jun 7
Regrettable references and claims of ‘rigged’ election laws: why this week has reignited Jacinta Allan spill rumours Just months out from the Victorian election, the premier’s performance has left some MPs wondering if it’s too late for Labor to change leaders The Guardian - AU · Jun 6
Australian housing was already cooling before the budget – but how cold it gets depends on two key factors Most economists believe the chronic undersupply of homes will eventually push prices higher once interest rates ease and the tax changes are priced in The Guardian - AU · Jun 5
Amid choppy waters around ‘secondhand subs’ and Trump, Labor’s sensitivity about the Aukus debate is growing Labor needs to do a better job explaining why one of the most expensive decisions ever taken by an Australian government should remain in the national interest The Guardian - AU · Jun 5
Afternoon Update: Barnaby Joyce’s bungled interview; 100,000 cockroaches seized; and a ‘kick in the bollocks’ for music Barnaby Joyce and a One Nation colleague have struggled to detail the party’s housing policy in TV interviews The Guardian - AU · Jun 5
Is it really worth getting on the pension just to avoid Labor’s new capital gains tax? Recent news articles have floated the idea some retirees might try to sidestep the government’s new minimum capital gains tax (CGT) by qualifying for as little as A$1 of the age pension. The Conversation · Jun 5
Tired MPs pass political donation laws as lawyers lurk State MPs have sat into the wee hours to pass laws to restore political donation rules that could attract another High Court challenge. AAP · Jun 5
The Guardian - AU · Jun 4 Allegra Spender defends voting against CGT reform – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Jun 4 Morning Mail: Penny Wong’s Israel broadside, Nauru issues rare statement, snow season fears Foreign affairs minister says she believes women who claim sexual assault by Israeli troops; island nation issues rare statement after whistleblower claim
The Conversation · Jun 4 Politicians have long misunderstood the ‘working class’. The rise of the far right shows how mistaken they have been Class has always mattered, and now social democratic parties that sprung from a working class — including the Australian Labor Party – are finding out why.
The Conversation · Jun 4 Australian unis have dropped again in global rankings. Here’s why we can’t just shrug it off More than half of Australia’s universities dropped in global rankings this week.
The Conversation · Jun 4 Grattan on Friday: Hanson prepares to take the big stage as Husic hits out at straitjacket on caucus When One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club on June 17, there will be landmines everywhere.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 4 Husic says Labor pile-on after Aukus criticism ‘not healthy’ – as it happened This blog is now closed
AAP · Jun 4 'Not concerned': minister under fire over child report A state minister has become embroiled in a major inquiry's report that exposed years of systemic failure in child protection, sparking urgent reforms
AAP · Jun 3 MP targeted in fake professor smear campaign A post on social media cites concerns raised by a fake academic to put scrutiny on the supposed net worth of a Labor politician.
The Conversation · Jun 3 What would it take for Pauline Hanson to become prime minister? There has been a lot of speculation lately, not least from Pauline Hanson, about the possibility of the One Nation leader riding her surging polling figures into the Lodge at the next election.