This Month
- Analysis
- Tax reform
‘It’s not 2022 anymore’: How teal MPs are reshaping their pitch
The shift in language from teal MPs to focus more on hip pocket issues such as tax over the past year tells a story about a changing political landscape.
- Ronald Mizen
January
The seat Liberal heavyweights believe can be wrestled from the teals
The coastal Perth electorate of Curtin provides the party its best chance of reclaiming a seat from the Teal independents, Liberal insiders believe.
- Tom Rabe
Teal MPs’ bid to scale back fuel subsidy could push up seafood prices
The West Australian fishing industry fears a push to overhaul the diesel fuel tax credit system for miners will eventually affect their sector.
- Tom Rabe
November 2024
- Opinion
- Federal election
Campaign finance laws could reduce not increase political competition
The community independents are right that this legislation is too important to be rushed through parliament in the final two sitting weeks.
- Richard Holden
Palmer set to challenge Albanese donation plans in court
Labor designed its plan for new political donations rules to withstand a constitutional challenge, but the billionaire miner says it is designed to rig elections.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Mining
Crossbench MPs eye tax credit overhaul on major miners
Teal independent Kate Chaney is working to build support in federal parliament to overhaul a lucrative fuel tax credit system accessed by major mining companies.
- Tom Rabe
September 2024
‘The kingmaker seat’: The former Uber exec tasked with taking on the teals
Returning to Australia after almost a decade as an executive with Uber in Asia, Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White says the ride-share giant helped shape his free market approach to politics.
- Tom Rabe
July 2024
The grassroots campaign targeting a Labor weak spot
Keep The Sheep has raised close to $450,000 since it was founded earlier this year, and is promising to target federal Labor seats in Perth.
- Tom Rabe
Chaney’s live export reversal ‘not motivated by reelection’
Independent member for Curtin Kate Chaney has rejected assertions a last-minute move to oppose the Albanese government’s live export ban was motivated by votes.
- Tom Rabe
June 2024
Cost of living will outweigh climate, even in teal seats: Dutton
Peter Dutton says his rejection of Labor’s climate change target will not stop the Liberal Party winning back critical teal seats.
- Phillip Coorey
May 2024
Stokes’ anti-AFR price rise could breach competition law: Samuel
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has faced political criticism – and calls for an ACCC investigation – for forcing The Australian Financial Review print edition out of his home state of WA.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones, Tom McIlroy and Tom Rabe
January 2024
- Exclusive
- Tax reform
CEOs urge summit to break tax ‘malaise’
The country’s peak business group will attempt to jumpstart a moribund reform agenda with a national summit.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Coalition voters win in Labor’s tax U-turn: PM
The Albanese government is touting statistics showing 85 per cent of voters in Coalition seats will be better off under its new income tax cut plan.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Veggies with a side of morality’: Liberals back Woolies war
Liberal MPs have backed in Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s call for a Woolworths boycott, saying Australians want companies to stay out of politics.
- Gus McCubbing
November 2023
Parliament needs more politicians, committee finds
A federal committee recommends capping campaign spending and cutting the threshold for reporting political donations, as well as more Senators for ACT and NT.
- Tom McIlroy
August 2023
Aviation cut from competition review amid Qatar row
The Albanese government insists it wants to see airfares come down and airline performance improve despite a carve-out from its review run by Danielle Wood and Rod Sims.
- Ronald Mizen and Ayesha de Kretser
July 2023
Cross-party push for Yes vote in WA
Labor, the Greens and teal independent Kate Chaney will join forces in Perth on Monday to push the Yes case for the Indigenous Voice to parliament.
- Phillip Coorey
Voice priorities ‘based on trust’ rather than legislation
Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has signalled the four key priorities for the Voice to parliament she outlined will not be enshrined in legislation.
- Michael Read
Nine apologises for Voice advertisement
Nine Entertainment Co has apologised for running an advertisement from Advance Australia that campaigned against the Voice to parliament and was criticised as racist.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
June 2023
Caps on political donations to keep ‘big money’ out of elections
But the teal independent movement argues caps set too low could nobble their ability to compete with the entrenched major parties.
- Andrew Tillett