This Month
Frydenberg’s glorious return to Kooyong appears inevitable
The former treasurer has the chess pieces in place to insert himself back into federal politics.
Greens senator defects to Labor on eve of super tax talks
The defection came just an hour after Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young suggested the party could compromise on its demands regarding the superannuation tax.
Nuclear policy was at odds with Lib philosophy: Paterson
Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson has put the Coalition’s nuclear power policy to the sword .
Liberal admits ‘tactical errors’ on tax and spending
Shadow finance minister James Paterson has admitted it was a mistake to oppose Labor’s income tax cut at the election and says the Coalition must re-establish its economic credentials.
May
Sussan Ley lays down the law to rivals
The opposition leader has marginalised her political rivals as she focuses on winning the economic narrative.
April
Teals ‘underestimated’ enemies and need help, Holmes a Court warns
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes a Court has launched a “fighting fund” to defend four key teal MPs he says are being outspent and outnumbered by their opponents.
February
Gaps emerge in coast surveillance as PM cops flak over Chinese drills
Defence officials did not know for 40 minutes that Chinese warships had started a live-firing exercise that disrupted commercial airlines.
Why antisemitism has become spy chief’s No. 1 worry
ASIO boss Mike Burgess fears anti-Jewish hatred has become normalised.
Coalition to pressure Labor on antisemitic crackdown in parliament
In the latest of a series of escalating incidents, eggs and verbal abuse have been hurled at five women near Bondi Beach and cars and buildings spray-painted.
January
A son of lefties, James Paterson takes it up to the PM on antisemitism
The ambitious Liberal senator has emerged as one of the Coalition’s most effective and hard-working shadow ministers.
December 2024
Dutton blocked show of political unity on antisemitism, says Labor MP
Josh Burns says the Liberal leader stopped shadow minister James Paterson reading a statement on his behalf condemning the Melbourne synagogue attack.
October 2024
‘Not remarkable’ that Coalition disagrees with the US: Paterson
After weeks criticising Labor over differences with the US, shadow home affairs spokesman James Paterson said the opposition also held a different view to the US on a ceasefire.
June 2024
Australia urged to list Iran’s enforcers as terror group
Canada’s designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group has put pressure on the Albanese government to follow suit.
May 2024
Future Fund sells stakes in Chinese firms linked to military, rights abuses
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has sold out of a range of Chinese companies, including brewer Tsingtao and energy and tech firms.
Giles orders urgent review into criminal ‘migrants’
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says he is looking at freshly cancelling the visas of non-citizens who a tribunal has stopped from being deported.
April 2024
Boat arrivals taken to Nauru after reaching mainland
A third boat has made it to mainland Australia in five months, adding to pressure on the Albanese government over border protection.
March 2024
Leaked documents reveal Australia targeted by Chinese hackers
The revelations come as the UK sanctions a Chinese state-affiliated group that hacked into its Electoral Commission systems.
‘Only one opinion matters’: Play hardball with Facebook, insider says
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says the health of Australian newsrooms and its democracy are on the line in the media versus Meta fight.
PM calls for aid access to Gaza, but no change yet on UNRWA freeze
As other countries resume funding, the Coalition is urging a cautious approach before lifting a freeze on $6m for key Palestinian refugee agency.
February 2024
Marles rips into defence ‘culture’
Defence Minister Richard Marles has sharpened criticisms of his own department, arguing there are “issues of culture” which need challenging.