This Month
- Analysis
- Federal election
From Beaconsfield to Bruce: Labor’s loss will be education’s gain
Bill Shorten will rival, if not supplant, Kim Beazley as the best prime minister Labor never had.
- Phillip Coorey
August
- Opinion
- Retail
Business CEOs push back on political grandstanding
Big business makes mistakes as well as money, but chief executives like CBA’s Matt Comyn and Wesfarmers’ Rob Scott are pushing back against “fact-free” accusations.
- Jennifer Hewett
Vengeful Peta Credlin and Tony Abbott take on NSW moderates
Brian Loughnane is reviewing the NSW division while his wife Peta Credlin and her ex-boss Tony Abbott call for its takeover.
- Myriam Robin
Gabby RBA spills its press flacks
If the intention is for Reserve Bank figures to keep giving interesting speeches, its figureheads are going to need serious PR support.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Research
Aussie innovators pushed to focus on five ‘missions’
New priorities, outlined by Science Minister Ed Husic, include the net zero transition, supporting healthy communities and “elevating” Indigenous knowledge systems.
- Updated
- Tom Burton
July
Revolving door of PMs embarrassed Australia: Albanese
Anthony Albanese has acknowledged Labor’s contribution to the chaos that blighted Australian politics for almost two decades.
- Phillip Coorey
Was the greatest Labor politician of his era corrupt?
Many people believe NSW Premier Neville Wran used his office for personal profit. A biographer wants to correct the record.
- Milton Cockburn
China’s front-row seat to Darwin’s air force manoeuvres
It wouldn’t be “appropriate” for China to participate in Exercise Pitch Black. But it can easily watch.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Revealed: Turnbull’s Paris option to revive French subs deal
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull paved the way for Australia to renegotiate the French submarine contract when Labor came to power, but there was silence from the new government.
- James Curran
What’s Peter Dutton got against David Crowe?
Midwinter Ball speeches are meant to be roasts, and we’d never suggest journalists are off-limits. But Dutton’s dig at Crowe is starting to form a pattern.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
June
Bill Shorten’s speechwriter earning $620,000
A former scriptwriter for soap operas Sons and Daughters and A Country Practice now earns more than a senator as “specialist speechwriter”.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
May
Husic calls for lower corporate taxes
Industry Minister Ed Husic has called for a lowering of corporate tax, either via direct reduction in the rate or through an economy-wide investment allowance.
- Phillip Coorey and Kylar Loussikian
- Exclusive
- Robots
‘Inflection point in history’: Government unveils robotics plan
Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic has a plan for Australia to use and export more AI-infused robots to boost national productivity and industry.
- Paul Smith
April
A judge may decide if Pauline Hanson is a white supremacist
The far-right senator’s career of racial commentary is on trial in the Federal Court.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- Domestic violence
Politicians alone cannot stop violence against women
Malcolm Turnbull best summed up the challenge a decade ago when he sought to address domestic violence. The challenge for Anthony Albanese is little different.
- Phillip Coorey
Former Border Force boss rattles the tin, eyes the ASX
The former face of the Coalition’s Stop the Boats campaign wants $20 million to fund his private security outfit’s roll-up of three other companies.
- Updated
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Energy transition
The PM has made a silly billion-dollar bet on solar panels
The price of solar panels has plunged and overseas makers are going broke, making it even more puzzling why the government is making a $1 billion taxpayer bet.
- John Kehoe
Uber’s ‘espionage plot’ to ‘crush’ Packer-backed rival GoCatch
Well before the ride-sharing giant dominated, it had a big local rival. This week, Victorian courts will hear explosive claims of how it killed the competition.
- Paul Smith
March
Bruce McWilliam, the man you never want in the other corner, retires
Billionaire Kerry Stokes’ corporate fixer and media executive is leaving the group. A sometimes divisive figure, he has advised the country’s most influential moguls.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
NSW slams ‘absurd’ GST system as WA gets another $6.2b
Western Australia and Victoria are the biggest winners of the annual GST distribution, while NSW and Queensland will cop a revenue cut next financial year.
- Updated
- Michael Read, Samantha Hutchinson, Tom Rabe and Gus McCubbing