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The reforms would limit spending by high profile independents.

Election donation rules target Palmer and Climate 200

New rules due to come into force in 2026 will cap spending in federal elections and dramatically speed up public disclosure rules.

  • Tom McIlroy
Knight’s Choice crosses the finish line.

Knight’s Choice wins Melbourne Cup in photo finish

It was a photo finish for all places and an upset victory; Coalition calls for Alan Joyce to lose Order of Australia. How the day unfolded.

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  • Hannah Wootton and James Thomson

October

There has been mostly radio silence from the teals on the Anthony Albanese Qantas flight upgrades.

The teals are strangely silent on Albanese’s flights

Maybe these independents don’t want to disrupt the system which may, one day, yield them a nice little upgrade on their way to Italy.

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  • Nick Hossack

August

Transport Minister Catherine King says too many Australians have been left high and dry by local airlines.

Aviation white paper arrives late, and lacks action on competition

More delayed than a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, the white paper lets the airlines off the hook.

  • Ayesha de Kretser

July

Fatima Payman will set on the Senate crossbench.

Labor strife exposes risk to our cohesion

Readers’ letters on Fatima Payman’s exit from the Labor Party; Monique Ryan’s call for an early election; handouts for Baby Boomers; the changing face of pharmacies.

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June

On just 15 occasions has the preamble to the teals’ questions in the House made any reference to either the MP’s seat or their constituents.

Teals are ‘paying the piper’ while Dutton plays Russian roulette

Peter Dutton reckons the cost of living doesn’t discriminate between the teal seats and the rest.

  • Phillip Coorey
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have butted heads on climate targets.

Dutton warns of recession as PM sidesteps over 2035 target

Anthony Albanese did not guarantee unveiling the 2035 emissions reduction target before the next election.

  • Phillip Coorey
Peter Dutton is taking on all comers over climate change policy.

Dutton escalates climate war with ‘out of touch’ teals

The Coalition will not release its 2030 emissions reduction target until after the next election. It says the teals are closet Greens who are out of touch with their voters.

  • Phillip Coorey
Josh Frydenberg, never without his phone, took his sweet time ruling out his interest.

Josh Frydenberg, media addict, scores another hit

A few days in the national conversation would have been like a puff of pure oxygen to his brain, awakening urges and impulses recently set aside.

  • Myriam Robin
Josh Frydenberg will not be trying to take Kooyong back for the Liberals.

Frydenberg rules out a return to politics – for now

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ended a brief flirtation with a return to politics, saying he will not seek preselection for his old seat of Kooyong.

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  • Phillip Coorey
If Josh Frydenberg wants to make a tilt for his old seat of Kooyong, he will need to replace

The Liberals need Frydenberg, but at what cost?

The optics of a bloke pushing aside a woman, especially in a teal seat, just because it’s suddenly become winnable, will be poor.

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  • Phillip Coorey

April

Student debt-holders will be hit by a 4.7 per cent hike in student debt on June 1.

Average HECS debts to rise by $2350 on June 1

There may be relief for student-debt holders in the upcoming budget, but it won’t come soon enough to prevent a 4.7 per cent increase.

  • Julie Hare
Growing student debt in a cost of living crisis is having a devastating impact on new graduates.

Relief in sight as anger over student debt escalates

Rising student debt is crippling a generation of recent graduates, but the Prime Minister has indicated help is on the way.

  • Julie Hare

March

Teals back cutting HECS indexation

Independent MPs are pushing for reform of the student loans system ahead of the May budget.

  • Julie Hare
The universities accord has the strong backing of several teals, including (from left) Allegra Spender, Monique Ryan and Zoe Daniel.

University reforms get thumbs up from teals, Nationals

The ambitious 25-year plan to double the number of people with a degree has found many fans in Canberra.

  • Julie Hare
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February

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says he wanted to pass the right to disconnect last year.

‘Horse has bolted’: Burke consults over right-to-disconnect fix

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has initiated a last-minute consultation with business over a technical fix to the right to disconnect.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Wong meets with UN’s Palestinian relief agency weeks after aid frozen

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has spoken with the head of the UN Palestinian refugee relief agency, Philippe Lazzarini, weeks after Australia froze aid. Follow updates live.

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  • Gus McCubbing

January

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
Independent MP Allegra Spender.

Teals issue tax cuts warning to Labor

Anthony Albanese will reject any deal with the Greens that would take more benefits of the stage three tax cuts away from high-income earners.

  • Tom McIlroy
Josh Frydenberg lost the seat to Monique Ryan at the 2022 election.

Frydenberg not running in Kooyong

Liberal nominations are due on Monday for former treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s former seat, with several candidates vying to unseat teal Monique Ryan.

  • John Kehoe

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