July
Joyce’s talk of bullets and ballot boxes enrages PM
Anthony Albanese called on Peter Dutton to dump Barnaby Joyce for using “completely unacceptable” language at an anti-offshore wind rally.
- Jessica Gardner
February
Barnaby Joyce to be diagnosed with a sleep disorder on live TV
The former Nationals leader has insomnia and sleep apnoea; plus: former Oz editor Chris Dore’s first target; Tabcorp open to its own free-to-air TV channel.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Rookies inject moral clarity into Joyce’s fall and antisemitism’s rise
Tania Lawrence and Michelle Ananda-Rajah are newcomers to parliament, but they showed up the elders this week.
- Phillip Coorey
Joyce an embarrassment like Les Patterson: Labor MP
Labor MP Tania Lawrence likens Barnaby Joyce to Sir Les Patterson and suggests he reconsider his position an MP.
- Phillip Coorey and Cindy Yin
Greens demand negative gearing change before backing homebuyer scheme
The minor party, emboldened by Labor’s backflip on income tax cuts, wants to clamp down on property investors in return for backing new shared equity scheme.
- Andrew Tillett
Coalition dilemma on backing Labor’s tax cuts
Peter Dutton is leaning towards trying to amend, and then wave through, Labor’s revamped tax package to avoid being criticised for opposing tax cuts for low-income earners.
- Phillip Coorey
September 2023
- Analysis
- Carbon challenge
Nationals already back Labor’s net zero – they just don’t know it
David Littleproud is adamant the Nationals oppose Labor’s 2030 emissions target while backing Australia’s Paris commitments. Both can’t be true at once.
- Jacob Greber
July 2023
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Productivity is policy for the young
It is younger generations who suffer as complacent Baby Boomers refuse to see the point of growth-driving productivity reforms.
- Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski
June 2023
- Opinion
- NACC
Why Gallagher is drawing fire over the Brittany Higgins saga
Katy Gallagher is just the latest politician to be attacked over her handling of what is alleged to have happened in Parliament House. But the long-running saga resonates much more broadly with the public – for better or worse.
- Jennifer Hewett
May 2023
Labor offers $215m to end decade-old live export legal stoush
Cattle farmers have been offered the money to end the court battle over Labor’s 2011 temporary ban, well below the industry’s $2 billion demand.
- Ronald Mizen
April 2023
Nats punch above their weight after Jacinta Price promotion
David Littleproud refused to dump another Nationals shadow minister to make way for Senator Price.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: What are the Liberals up to?
Julian Leeser, Peter Dutton, Barnaby Joyce and Coalition’s stance on the Voice; unfair criticism of RBA; safeguards and CCS; agricultural data; AFR, Pymble Ladies’ College and equality.
Albanese optimistic on Voice despite Liberal ‘no’ push
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese remains confident Australians will back an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite the coalition opposing the proposal.
- Andrew Brown
Inland rail to go ahead after $2b in ‘sunk costs’
Labor insists that despite being unable to do a cost-benefit analysis on the project, its regional and climate benefits mean it must go ahead.
- Jacob Greber
Barnaby Joyce’s pet rail project suffers ‘astonishing’ blowout to $31b
An independent review by Kerry Schott slams board incompetence for huge delays and budget blowouts on Barnaby Joyce-led inland rail.
- Jacob Greber
December 2022
Infrastructure Australia’s independence must be maintained: business
Business wants the Albanese government to maintain a predominantly independent board to oversee its key infrastructure advisory body.
- Tom McIlroy
Australia does not have to choose between US and China: Beijing envoy
In her first public comments on the bilateral relationship in two years, Madame Fu Ying, a former ambassador and senior Chinese lawmaker, said she was optimistic about Sino-Australian relations.
- Michael Smith
Beijing envoy calls for climate co-operation
With Canberra out of the deep freeze, China’s ambassador wants to tackle global warming. But a new flashpoint looms over a visit to Taiwan by Australian MPs.
- Andrew Tillett
November 2022
Backlash grows against Nationals’ Voice rejection
The respected Indigenous leader has savaged the Nationals for rejecting the Voice to parliament, saying leader David Littleproud is playing to redneck voters.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Infrastructure Summit
Infrastructure Australia wins new mandate
The national body was supposed to take the politics out of infrastructure project selection and funding. It hasn’t worked out that way – now the Labor government wants a reset.
- Jennifer Hewett