December 2024
Climate 200’s plan for a second teal wave
The nonprofit political campaign group is targeting up to 30 seats at the 2025 election, trying to level the playing field against the major parties.
- Tom McIlroy
Sharma tipped for promotion in opposition reshuffle
Peter Dutton is expected to use the departure of two shadow cabinet ministers and a handful of parliamentary secretaries to freshen his line-up ahead of the election.
- Phillip Coorey
Former adviser and trade boffin a frontrunner for Fletcher’s seat
Gisele Kapterian will seek to run in Bradfield, the seat of retiring MP Paul Fletcher. The challenger in the once-safe Liberal seat will be teal Nicolette Boele.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
November 2024
Coalition claims PsiQuantum deal falling behind
The Coalition claims the $1 billion deal to build a world-leading super computer had missed milestones.
- James Hall
September 2024
Big business called an emergency. The hotel obliged.
No sooner had Business Council of Australia CEO Bran Black declared a national emergency than loud sirens began ringing
- Myriam Robin
August 2024
Coalition claims ‘$1 billion captain’s pick’ as PsiQuantum answers emerge
New information reveals the Commonwealth engaged in a lengthy due diligence process before making a $1 billion bet on PsiQuantum.
- Tess Bennett
June 2024
Push to dump Liberal’s Chinese candidate in Bennelong
After boundary changes made the seat more winnable, rivals begun lobbying factional leaders to hold a vote to replace Scott Yung, party sources say.
- Aaron Patrick
May 2024
- Exclusive
- Quantum Computing
PsiQuantum in talks for bipartisan support but Coalition not swayed
PsiQuantum is confident of winning over sceptical politicians by highlighting its backing from both major parties in the US, where it has defence contracts.
- Tess Bennett
April 2024
Legitimate to question Higgins’ $2.4m compo: Liberals
The opposition says it is legitimate to question Brittany Higgins’ payout given Justice Michael Lee found there was no political cover-up of her rape.
- Phillip Coorey
Climate 200 targets 20 more seats including Dutton’s
Bradfield in northern Sydney, held by Liberal shadow minister Paul Fletcher, tops the teal movement’s list. It is also eyeing Peter Dutton’s seat, Dickson.
- Phillip Coorey
March 2024
In future, banks won’t need to see your licence to give you a loan
Laws allowing people to verify their identity online, rather than handing over documents, are set to win Senate support after Labor agreed to amendments.
- Tom Burton
- Analysis
- Telecommunications
‘Floptus’, hacks and outages: Optus show eyes next chapter
There has rarely been a dull moment at Optus. Now, a buyout offers a chance to reset.
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- Paul Smith
February 2024
Tradies lament dearth of hybrids with grunt in ‘grim’ EV market
Queensland tradie Henry Ladd would love to stop paying $220 to fill up his ute, but there’s no electric vehicle on the market with the towing capacity he needs.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Emissions
The fight over car emissions is only just starting
Chris Bowen says the new fuel emissions standards will make driving cheaper and give consumers more choice. Car companies disagree.
- Jennifer Hewett
Paul Fletcher faces unfriendly fire at NSW Liberals meet-up
The Liberal Party state council meeting on February 24 will consider a proposal to expel powerbroker Alex Hawke and a push to unseat former minister Paul Fletcher.
- Samantha Hutchinson
October 2023
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix
What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it will still need a road?
- Phillip Coorey
September 2023
Albanese cancels parliament to coincide with Washington trip
The opposition accused the prime minister of running scared after he quietly cancelled a week of parliament in October.
- Phillip Coorey
July 2023
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Identity reforms open new era of personalised government
The ambitious aim to have a working digital identity system up and running by the middle of next year paves the way for a raft of personalised government services.
- Tom Burton
April 2023
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Julian Leeser’s defection is good for the Voice, bad for Liberal unity
The shadow attorney-general and Indigenous affairs minister’s resignation from the frontbench hurts the one last thing the federal Liberals had going.
- Phillip Coorey
Former minister Ken Wyatt quits Liberals over Voice stance
Former minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, has resigned from the Liberal Party after it announced it would formally oppose the Voice to parliament.
- Updated
- Georgie Moore