Today
‘I clearly disagree’: Albanese criticises Grace Tame T-shirt
The activist and former Australian of the Year wore a T-shirt with the slogan “F--- Murdoch” at an official reception at The Lodge.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- AI
Australia’s head not in the AI game
The prime minister’s rambling answer to a press club question on Australia’s engagement in the AI arms race shows how complacent political and business leaders are.
- Updated
- Sandy Plunkett
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Australia must face down US tech bosses and Trump
Global tech giants will still be powerful when Trump is not. Policy settings made today by Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton need to keep that future in mind.
- Paul Smith
This Month
Dutton overlooks deputy Sussan Ley in frontbench reshuffle
Sydney Liberal David Coleman has emerged as the winner of Peter Dutton’s new-look team, blocking the deputy Liberal leader’s bid to take on the shadow foreign affairs portfolio.
- Tom McIlroy
What Albanese meant, what was left unsaid in his opening election salvo
Financial Review journalists have broken down the claims and criticisms of Anthony Albanese’s first major speech of the year.
- Tom McIlroy
- Analysis
- Federal election
PM promises the voters his full attention, but are they listening?
The PM tacitly conceded the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum had been a major blunder.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton willing to negotiate minority government, PM rules out deals
Peter Dutton is prepared to negotiate with like-minded independents if necessary; Anthony Albanese says ‘the only coalition sits on the other side’
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Federal election
Trump’s difference is in the detail second time around
Anthony Albanese was not going there when asked about this. But be assured the pressures Donald Trump is unleashing will make the need to change inevitable.
- Laura Tingle
Dutton’s path to victory: how the Coalition thinks it can win
The Opposition Leader is not just focused on the most obvious seats where the margins are thinnest. He wants to redraw the electoral map.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Victorian election
All of a sudden, Allan is running out of time in Victoria
New polling that reveals a record slump in support for Victorian Labor will have Prime Minister Anthony Albanese worried too.
- Patrick Durkin
Australia won’t exit Paris agreement with Trump
Anthony Albanese makes a range of promises during National Press Club address; Peter Dutton calls for more patriotism after statues were vandalised. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
Election countdown; Australia and Trump; Liberal defection
Welcome to the first edition of The Week in Politics newsletter, your new must-read wrap of the stories that matter from Canberra and beyond.
- Tom McIlroy
PM offers $10k bonuses for apprentices to help reach housing target
Apprentices in the residential housing sector will receive $10,000 bonuses, under a $626 million push by the Albanese government.
- Phillip Coorey
Antisemitism surge reflects ‘systemic racism’: Palestinian lobby
Australia’s peak Palestinian body condemns recent antisemitic attacks but says media and politicians also need to share blame for fuelling community tensions.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Three-year terms keep us stuck in short-term thinking
As campaigning starts earlier each election, politics becomes overtly tactical, the public service enters zombie mode and business watches on frustrated as nothing gets done.
- Phillip Coorey
Liberal candidate for Bradfield says women must get better at winning
“I lost in my first pre-selection but I then I learned from my experience how to win,” says Gisele Kapterian, the Liberal Party’s new candidate for Bradfield.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- The AFR View
States must step up the antisemitism fight
The antisemitic attacks on Jewish Australians are a national scandal. It’s up to state governments and police to protect all citizens equally.
- The AFR View
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- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Pacific diplomacy
Canberra should help us help the Pacific, for everyone’s gain
The government should not think businesses can be coerced into operating in the region but remove disincentives, writes TechnologyOne chief executive Ed Chung.
- Ed Chung
Heat on ‘criminals for hire’ over antisemitic attacks
There is no evidence terror groups and rogue nations are behind some recent antisemitic attacks, investigators believe.
- Andrew Tillett