The Latest Breaking News from Larissa Waters

'Crossroads moment': Greens at odds over carbon scheme

Polluters will be able to use carbon credits from existing native forests after Labor won support for a new accounting method, creating a rift among the Greens.

AAP · Sep 10

Contentious koala park plan to go ahead as three Greens senators cross the floor

Party backed plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in NSW to offset its climate pollution, but three senators dissented

The Guardian - AU · Sep 10

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on why progressives need to ‘take on’ One Nation

First elected to parliament in 2007 at the age of 25, Sarah Hanson-Young is now the Greens’ longest serving federal politician.

The Conversation · Sep 3

Labor faces parliament challenge to budget tax reform

The treasurer will need to get the Greens or the coalition on board in order to make sweeping changes in his fifth budget a reality.

AAP · May 13

Coalition vows to repeal Labor’s ‘toxic’ negative gearing and capital gains tax budget changes

Opposition leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Tim Wilson say future Coalition government would reinstate generous rules for property investors

The Guardian - AU · May 13

'Need to do more': Labor to lift lid on housing reform

Australians are under financial pressure and the government cannot "just sit back", the prime minister says, as his treasurer prepares to hand down the budget.

AAP · May 11

Gas tax hopes flicker as reservation scheme revealed

Big gas companies will need to inject more LNG into the Australian market under a plan aimed at bringing down prices and shoring up supply.

AAP · May 6

Anthony Albanese accused of ‘caving to gas companies’ as Labor set to reject new export tax

David Pocock says prime minister – who is trying to shore up fuel supplies – is parroting industry talking points

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24

Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission

Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public

The Guardian - AU · Apr 18

Gas, property lobbies fire up over proposed tax reform

More than three in five Australians want the government to slug gas companies with a 25 per cent export tax, as prices soar due to the war in the Middle East.

AAP · Mar 23