March
Barnaby Joyce makes election pitch from the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
Armed with a plum as a prop, the former Nats leader chose one of the country’s most exclusive clubs to tell voters he understood their cost of living stress.
Influencers v has-beens turns the budget into a showdown
Faced with a dire budget set-up, Chalmers threw open the doors to the nation’s social media self-promoters.
BHP’s Mount Arthur closure plans face pushback from politicians, union
The massive thermal coal operation would be closed at the end of the decade under plans lodged by the resources giant, which wants to build a hydroelectric dam.
January
Get moving on charging EV drivers for road use, politicians urged
Having helped kill a Victorian scheme in the High Court, the Commonwealth must step in with a solution for dwindling road-user revenue, says the nation’s peak motoring group.
Follow Trump’s lead on gender choices: Coalition MPs
Australia should follow Donald Trump’s moves to recognise only two sexes – male and female – say prominent opposition MPs Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan.
Opposition savings from housing, green energy funds in doubt
Senator Jane Hume says the Coalition will interrogate Labor’s billions of dollars tied up in funds for housing, clean energy and manufacturing, but admits they may be difficult to unwind.
September 2024
How business and economists can become relevant again
A central problem is that good economic policies have not been well communicated and have often been debated in an echo chamber of elites.
July 2024
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.
February 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
September 2023
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.
July 2023
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.
June 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.