How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On LGBTQIA+ Policy? We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s policies for LGBTQIA+ rights without the political spin. Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2022
Qantas vows to go to high court after losing appeal over unlawful baggage handler sackings Airline fails to overturn ruling that it unlawfully outsourced almost 1,700 jobs in part to avoid industrial action The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth In the Wentworth Project, sponsored by the University of Canberra’s Centre for Change Governance and The Conversation, we are tapping into voters’ opinions in this seat, which appears to be on a knife edge. The Conversation · May 4, 2022
PM sticks to criticism of NSW ICAC Prime Minister Scott Morrison has taken another swipe at the NSW ICAC while Labor's Anthony Albanese maintains a federal body is needed to clean up politics. AAP · May 4, 2022
No contact with Solomons' leader: PM Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has criticised Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not contacting his Solomon Islands counterpart as relations deteriorate. AAP · May 4, 2022
Morrison shrugs off 'buffoons' sledge from NSW anti-corruption watchdog commissioner Scott Morrison shrugs off a frank character assessment from one of the commissioners of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, who labelled critics of his organisation as "buffoons". ABC News · May 4, 2022
PM won't deal with independents on policy The prime minister has ruled out dealing with crossbench MPs and independents on policy should there be a hung parliament. AAP · May 4, 2022
Scott Morrison warns overly powerful Icac could turn Australia into ‘public autocracy’ Labor, which has promised to establish a national anti-corruption commission ‘with teeth’, says the PM’s comments show his ‘true colours are emerging now’ The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022
Daughter of Robert Pether, jailed and feared tortured in Iraq, asks Scott Morrison to intervene in his case Nala, 9, takes to social media to call on the Australian government to give more help to her father, who has been locked up in a Baghdad prison for more than a year. ABC News · May 3, 2022
Federal election 2022: Political parties spend big to win over West Australian voters An ABC analysis of advertising dollars being ploughed into social media campaigns by political parties reflects the key role Western Australia will play in the federal election. ABC News · May 3, 2022
Ruston dismisses suggestion Liberal party has ‘lost its way’; Hunter candidates square off – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022
How the Liberals lost the 'moral middle class' - and now the teal independents may well cash in Josh Frydenberg says they are fake independents, John Howard called them anti-Liberal groupies, Scott Morrison points out they are only standing in Liberal seats, and that a vote for them is in fact a vote for Labor. The Conversation · May 3, 2022
Vote Compass data finds most Australians support Indigenous Voice to Parliament — and it has grown since the last election Vote Compass asked whether Australia should amend its constitution to establish a representative body to advise Parliament on laws and policies affecting Indigenous peoples — and there was clear support for the idea. ABC News · May 3, 2022
Retirees need 'a fair go' from banks: PM The prime minister wants retirees and deposit holders to be treated fairly by banks as Labor pressures him to take responsibility for the cost of living crisis AAP · May 3, 2022
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Victorian government delivers a budget that’s a tale of two elections Analysis: While the budget seeks to repair the damage of the past two years, it’s clear some wounds are yet to heal
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Shock interest rate rise shows Australia’s economic exceptionalism is fading RBA’s decision is, in the words of one economist, ‘a radical revision’. Could this turn a plateauing of property prices into a rout?
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Seven’s election debate to air after Big Brother as prime minister snubs ABC The federal director of the Liberal party, Andrew Hirst, rejected the national broadcaster’s offer earlier this week without giving an explanation
Pedestrian.tv · May 3, 2022 Anthony Albanese Was Intv’d By Those Teen Journos, But Unlike Morrison He Wasn’t Condescending At least it went a bit better than when they chatted to the PM.
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 ‘Vote for us because we are not Labor’ is the most unfulfilling call to action in recent memory After the rate rise blow, Scott Morrison suggested Australians had been preparing for it and had ‘strengthened their balance sheets’. The rhetoric felt ludicrous
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Labor says rate rise highlights PM’s shredded credentials but Morrison insists it’s part of pandemic journey Scott Morrison says Reserve Bank has ‘made a very important statement about where we are now in our journey out of this pandemic’
The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022 Why is the Australian prime minister cooking apparently raw chicken curry? Scott Morrison has made curry night part of his carefully manufactured image, but this one didn’t go down so well. Stephanie Convery explains it to Cait Kelly, quickly
Pedestrian.tv · May 3, 2022 Scott Morrison Has Insisted His Salmonella Curry Was So Good His Fam Allegedly Wanted Seconds Culture crasher Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied claims he served raw salmonella chicken curry to his family.
ABC News · May 3, 2022 Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians ready for rate increase, as Labor warns nation faces cost-of-living crisis The Prime Minister says households are prepared to deal with the first increase to interest rates in more than a decade, but Labor says his government is not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures.
Al Jazeera · May 3, 2022 Australia hikes interest rates in potential election shakeup Reserve Bank of Australia’s move means millions of Australians face higher repayments on their home loans.
The Conversation · May 3, 2022 Why teal independents are seeking Liberal voters and spooking Liberal MPs One of the Morrison government’s biggest challenges in this election campaign is the rise of the “teals”, a group of 22 independents who have received funding from Climate 200.