This Month
How the Australian Club kiboshed Alan Jones’ membership
Retired radio shock jock Alan Jones’ influence and reputation survived one arrest. Will it survive his latest?
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Big four
A levy to help rural banking is also a tax on innovation
The quest to leave no one behind in the regions cannot come at the expense of working households in the outer suburbs and elsewhere.
- Alexander Sanchez
US-Australia relationship will thrive, say PM and Dutton
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have congratulated Donald Trump on his win. The victory reinforced concerns inside Labor over the damage inflation can inflict on governments.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
October
Ex-health minister backs COVID inquiry’s criticism of the states
Greg Hunt said the findings echoed his own concerns over the unilateral actions of the premiers, and notes more people had died from the virus since Labor was elected.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- US election
Trump is the elephant in the room on climate targets
The US election result next week will influence the world’s global climate change action plans, including Australia.
- John Kehoe
Six things Australia got wrong in the pandemic
The federal government’s expert review into Australia’s COVID-19 crisis response says future pandemics should be handled differently.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Government grants
Coalition, Labor both promised $50m to this business. No one knows why
During the last election the major parties pledged funds to a run-down Hobart zinc smelter without proper advice. This is why it matters.
- Ronald Mizen
Bennelong restaurant preps for Jordan Peterson and ex-prime ministers
Dining with the popular online conservative sends a signal about the current state of Liberal party ideas.
- Mark Di Stefano
Broken planning system slows home approvals
Readers’ letters on how to speed up housing starts; subcontractors and developers; Anthony Albanese’s home purchase; gas for Japan; climate migration; and Scott Morrison’s space job.
Morrison heads new space job as global rocket industry heats up
Scott Morrison will be the overseas face of Space Centre Australia, charged with urging Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other firms to launch their rockets from Australia.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Desperate Labor resorts to the ‘wedgislation’ it used to mock
This government is still in its first term yet is deploying end-of-days tactics – an observation not lost in an anxious backbench.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Vocational training
Taxpayers paid McDonald’s $72m to train its staff
McDonald’s Australia and its franchisees were the biggest beneficiaries of the Coalition’s $5.8 billion trainee and apprenticeship wage subsidy, documents show.
- Ronald Mizen
September
‘The kingmaker seat’: The former Uber exec tasked with taking on the teals
Returning to Australia after almost a decade as an executive with Uber in Asia, Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White says the ride-share giant helped shape his free market approach to politics.
- Tom Rabe
ScoMo’s new private office may need new private toilet
The former prime minister is lining up his office in Sydney’s CBD.
- Mark Di Stefano
Clare O’Neil in housing policy hall of mirrors
Labor wholeheartedly adopted the First Home Buyer Guarantee Scheme upon winning office. And would go on to announce it many, many times.
- Myriam Robin
- 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
‘She’s done’: Sharaz, Higgins ‘mocked’ Reynolds over sick leave
Brittany Higgins and her partner mocked Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds after she took sick leave from parliament, a Perth court has heard.
- Tom Rabe
Feds launch takeover of dysfunctional NSW Liberal division
The NSW Liberal Party will be placed under control of party elders amid fears its ineptitude could cost Peter Dutton dearly at the federal election.
- Phillip Coorey
August
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Why Paul Keating is furious with Jim Chalmers
For the first time, the former Labor leader is slamming the Albanese government on economics rather than AUKUS. It’s all about the politics of aspiration.
- Michael Stutchbury
Higgins’ partner offered media pictures of alleged rape couch
The boyfriend of Brittany Higgins offered to send pictures of the couch she was allegedly raped on to a journalist, a Perth court has heard.
- Tom Rabe