Today
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Revolt over Labor bid to stem ATO tax break for small businesses
A fresh row has erupted over small business following attempts by the government to ram through new legislation that affects firms with tax debts.
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- Phillip Coorey
Yesterday
Parliament squabbles, then unites to condemn antisemitism
Anthony Albanese says antisemitism stands in “vile opposition” to Australian values.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Governance
Why backlash against woke capitalism is good for Peter Dutton
The working class and working poor have become a volatile “new swinging” group of voters. Major political parties are beginning to target these voters.
- Kos Samaras
This Chinese app could shape the election. It’s not TikTok
Rednote skyrocketed in popularity after a potential ban on TikTok was announced. Now Australian politicians on all sides are flocking to it.
- Gus McCubbing
This Month
Treasury claims Liberals’ ‘long lunch’ tax break will cost billions
Labor claims Peter Dutton’s long lunch tax deduction could cost between $1.6 billion and $10 billion a year. The PBO says otherwise.
- Phillip Coorey and Michael Read
How this unlikely trio of mayors is combatting antisemitism
Sydney mayors will meet on Thursday uniting to warn Australia’s social cohesion is at stake amid antisemitic attacks.
- Paul Karp
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Cost of accessing Dutton doubles as C-suites clamour for access
Business people are paying up to $15,000 to be seated next to Mr Dutton at corporate fundraisers, according to several business sources.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Builders push for limits on CFMEU wage-bargaining powers
Civil contractors are starting to lobby all sides of politics on reforming the construction industry, which could curb the CFMEU’s dominance of government projects.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- WA election
Why the WA Liberal leader thinks her state prefers Dutton to ScoMo
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam refuses to concede the looming state election is unwinnable, and say the exit of COVID-era premier Mark McGowan has changed the equation.
- Tom Rabe
Coalition to pressure Labor on antisemitic crackdown in parliament
In the latest of a series of escalating incidents, eggs and verbal abuse have been hurled at five women near Bondi Beach and cars and buildings spray-painted.
- Ronald Mizen
Spending cut details after the election, says Dutton
The opposition leader says the Coalition will work out its belt-tightening once in government.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Voters will be better off under Labor, PM promises – again
Anthony Albanese concedes he hasn’t been able to keep the same pledge he made three years ago, but insists this time will be different.
- Phillip Coorey
January
- Opinion
- Federal election
Dutton’s economic pitch is all vibe, not details
Dutton’s back-to-basics approach on economics offers a sharp contrast to Labor’s bigger government record of the past three years, but policy proposals are scant.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Federal election
Albanese is stuck in fast-moving Trump world
The failure of the government to generate any excitement for its agenda is as alarming for Labor stalwarts and MPs as it is encouraging for the Coalition.
- Jennifer Hewett
Harsh historical markers in antisemitism’s ‘tsunami of hate’
Antisemitism is not new in Australia, but the current wave has left the Jewish community more fearful than before.
- Andrew Tillett
Albanese making the same mistake as Keating: Dutton
Peter Dutton has likened the Albanese government’s priorities to “the failed social experiment” that drove Paul Keating’s ejection from office.
- Phillip Coorey and Paul Karp
‘Devil you know or one you don’t want to’: The fight for Sydney’s west
Multicultural communities are angry at Labor’s response to Israel’s military action in Gaza, but independents face an uphill battle to unseat two senior Labor MPs in Sydney’s west.
- Paul Karp
ASX resets record; Trump blames DEI for crash; Dutton says he’ll cut public service
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Peter Dutton is not Donald Trump. He can’t afford to be
The opposition leader’s role in delivering marriage equality should be a reminder that he is not an unyielding arch-conservative, as a growing narrative by his detractors suggests.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor ‘working towards’ March 25 budget
Jim Chalmers says Australia’s inflation is lower than major advanced economies; Donald Trump offers public servants seven months’ pay to resign. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade