NewsBite

John Howard

Yesterday

John Howard believes Kate Chaney is walking both sides of the street on gas.

Why John Howard thinks teals are done in WA

Western Australia’s affinity for gas could cost teal Kate Chaney her seat of Curtin, former prime minister John Howard says.

March

Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of hubris over comments he made about where he would live after the election.

Dutton doesn’t like Canberra, PM doesn’t like the Greens

Peter Dutton has caused outrage in the national capital by saying he would live in Sydney if elected, while Anthony Albanese became tongue-tied about Greens support.

From controversial rate hikes to politically sensitive cuts, the central bank has often found itself at the heart of the campaign narrative.

Inside four RBA decisions that shook up elections

From controversial rate hikes to politically sensitive cuts, the central bank has often found itself at the heart of the campaign narrative.

Why Albanese is confident of winning – partly thanks to Trump

The government quietly hopes the Trump effect will boost its chances, but the focus of the election campaign will be resolutely on domestic cost-of-living pressures.

Woodside wants to continue running the huge North West Shelf gas operation near Karratha until 2070.

WA Labor softens criticism over North West Shelf delay

The decision on whether the huge Woodside-run gas venture can run for another 40 years could end up being made by a minority government.

Advertisement

February

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘Prosperity first’ to get us out of economic stagnation

Whoever wins the next election, if a decision comes before you, employ one criterion: will this make Australia more or less prosperous?

January

Governor Bullock was at the forefront of the RBA “experiment” with a cautious approach (relative to the rest of the developed world) in raising the policy rate.

CPI pushes the rate cut door wide open

RBA is overachieving on inflation and should “break on through to the other side” to reduce the policy rate in February.

Senator Jane Hume in Melbourne on Friday.

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.

The stabilisation of Australia-Sino ties has been a welcome achievement of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

How independent can government-funded think tanks be?

The only real solution for Australia’s think tank dilemma is to seek private funding to promote good policy ideas

Fiscally reckless vote buying spending exercises that risk  delaying the arrival of pre-election rate relief.

Labor’s over the election barrel on Bruce Highway

It is fiscal integrity, more than political integrity, that is the concern as Labor embarks on what could be the start of an election spending spree.

Government advertising sepend jump 40 per cent at a time when the budget is deteriorating into bigger than previously forecast deficits across the next four years.

End the age of entitlement to taxpayer-funded political ads

Australia needs to get on top of the entitlement mentality to get the budget back in shape. A good place to start would be to stop paying for political ads out of the budget.

CSL Behring’s blood plasma business should underpin a rise in its share price.

The pressure tactics that turned CSL from ‘minnow’ to powerhouse

Previously unreported documents show US trade negotiators tried to bust CSL’s Australian monopoly. Brian McNamee says it spurred the company to global success.

Kerry Stokes.

Transparency lacking in WA media and politics

Readers’ letters on conflicts of interest between Seven West Media and Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas, the Howard government bugging East Timor, the alienation of young men and ADHD treatments.

Howard backs free trade and fossil fuels in Trump era

Trade experts doubt a 20-year free trade agreement between Australia and the US will influence Donald Trump’s decision on tariffs.

xx

Howard defends bugging; 5 explorers ride gold boom; Russia out of gas

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Advertisement
John Howard in 1998.

East Timor bugging ‘in national interest’: Howard

The former prime minister has reflected on controversy and success at an event marking the release of cabinet documents from 2004.

December 2024

Kevin Andrews’ funeral.

Political figures turn out for Kevin Andrews’ state funeral

Former prime minister Tony Abbott read the eulogy for the long-tim conservative Liberal MP at a service attended by politicians from both sides.

Anthony Albanese has a hat but does he have a rabbit?

For a government elected almost three years ago, the decline in Labor’s fortunes has been steep, and proportional to cost-of-living pressures that have driven out incumbents around the globe.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson arrives to speak at the event in Sydney on Friday.

Boris Johnson’s mispriced Australian tour fizzles out

The former UK prime minister is no longer hot property on the corporate speaking circuit.

November 2024

The late Tom Hughes, QC, in his Sydney chambers in April 2008.

Vale Tom Hughes: Distinguished last cab off the rank

A giant of Australian law, reforming attorney-general and a powerful behind-the-scenes figure, Tom Hughes leaves behind a remarkable legacy.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/person/john-winston-howard-3sr