This Month
Greens the worst political performers of 2024: AFR readers
The Greens have been judged the worst-performing party by readers of The Australian Financial Review, who criticised its MPs for obstructing parliament.
- Tom Rabe
November
- Analysis
- Federal election
Election looming, Greens take what they can get
Federal elections are usually remembered as contests between prime ministers and opposition leaders, but in 2025, Greens leader Adam Bandt has as much to lose as anyone.
- Tom McIlroy
Greens back down on housing blockade
Labor’s bills for a shared equity homeownership plan and changes to tax settings designed to spur the build to rent sector will pass parliament this week.
- Tom McIlroy
Voters furious at housing impasse, O’Neil warns Greens
The Housing Minister says voters will punish an ‘unholy alliance’ between the Coalition and the Greens.
- Tom McIlroy
October
Chalmers rules out big spending despite loss
Steven Miles looked like someone trying to spend his way out of trouble, not someone with an economic plan, the federal government believes.
- Phillip Coorey
Chandler-Mather declines to own Greens flop in Queensland
Max Chandler-Mather defended combative tactics after the party’s poor state election showing raised doubts about its bid to retain federal seats in Brisbane.
- James Hall
Greens’ power push suffers setback in Brisbane
The Greens had hoped to win six seats in the Queensland election, but instead are in a close race to retain the party’s two seats.
- Tess Bennett
Queensland rout puts Labor and Greens on notice
The Albanese government says the Greens are paying the price for their militancy, and their three federal seats in the Sunshine State are fair game.
- Phillip Coorey and James Hall
The housing policy choices facing voters
What are the choices facing voters in 2025 and which policies will actually help address the shortages of supply in Australia’s hectic property market?
- Tom McIlroy
Who’s up and down in this year’s Power List – and who wanted to get out
This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey and AFR Magazine editor Matthew Drummond take us behind the scenes of the 2024 Power Issue.
September
Australia’s 10 most powerful people in 2024
There are three new faces on the Power list – plus some big swings in the ranking.
- Tom McIlroy
Out in the cold: Why housing is just one problem for Labor
Unless Labor can dig its way out of its parliamentary quagmire, it faces the real possibility of ending up in minority government – or worse.
- Tom McIlroy
Housing fight for young voters plays out where they live: online
Pollsters and campaigning experts say a slew of social media posts over help for first homebuyers is a taste of things to come ahead of the election.
- Tom McIlroy
Greens, Coalition shrug off double dissolution risk from housing impasse
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the two parties are yet to put forward any rational argument against the government’s Help to Buy scheme.
- Tom McIlroy
‘Get on with it’: Labor’s patience runs out on housing roadblock
Anthony Albanese and Clare O’Neil say Labor’s plans on supply and affordability are being needlessly delayed by opposition from the Greens.
- Tom McIlroy
Senate showdowns loom over housing, RBA and the environment
The government says 13,700 affordable homes have been approved under the policies it has managed to legislate so far.
- Phillip Coorey
Greens’ housing solution: hire 1000 public servants and slug landlords
The minor party wants a new national authority to crack down on dodgy real estate agents and landlords, promising to hire 1000 federal public servants to enforce renters rights.
- Tom McIlroy
August
Labor, teals turn on Greens over CFMEU embrace
Zoe Daniel and Allegra Spender have joined the Albanese government in castigating the Greens for cosying up to the CFMEU.
- Phillip Coorey
How long it takes workers in common jobs to save for a home deposit
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says the Greens and the Coalition are blocking crucial legislation federally, but the states could do more to ease the situation.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
‘Political roadkill’: why Labor can’t get credit for its $32b housing plan
Newly appointed Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says the causes of the supply crisis facing Australian families are more complicated than legislation in parliament. She has a plan to break the deadlock.
- Tom McIlroy