The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Cost of living to dominate election cycle

As a new Newspoll showed Anthony Albanese drawing level with Scott Morrison as preferred leader, the cost of living has emerged as a major campaign issue.

AAP · Mar 13, 2022

Pressure mounts on federal government to cut fuel excise – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2022

Morning mail: Russia escalates war with attack near Poland, Daniel Andrews pushes sick leave trial, top Aussie pools

Monday: Victorian premier Daniel Andrews will push ahead with a paid sick leave trial for workers in insecure employment. Plus: Australia’s top 10 public swimming pools

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2022

Anthony Albanese says he is ‘hungry’ for election win and has learned from Labor’s past ‘mistakes’

Opposition leader tells Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes program he is hopeful of victory and voters are tired of Scott Morrison

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2022

Labor to consider civilian natural disaster agency as alternative to ADF as recovery focus switches to mental health

Shadow defence minister Brendan O’Connor says defence force should be trained for military purposes, not for disaster response

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

‘The LNP are feeling threatened’: the growing ambition of independents challenging Coalition MPs

‘Voices of’ candidates and other independents, in some cases funded by the Climate 200 group, are putting government seats under pressure

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Scott Morrison says Covid close contact isolation rule ‘redundant’, more mobile homes on way to NSW flood victims – as it happened

Prime minister says old rules are ‘starving businesses of staff’. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

After the trauma of defeat, it makes sense for Labor to play it safe. But why has it taken so long for Albanese to define himself?

Labor’s current mindset is planning and hoping. But the party needs a gear change to convince voters their leader is the man for the moment

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2022

Warrior, patriot, political player: Labor’s Kimberley Kitching remembered after sudden death

Sudden death of first-term senator facing a preselection battle has shocked the nation’s capital

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2022

VIDEO: Floods bring Morrison more trouble; Labor's Kimberley Kitching remembered

University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Paddy Nixon talk about this week in politics.

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2022