Today
Costello, Abbott, Credlin join global New Right circuit
The global conservative circuit has a growing cohort of Australians.
- Mark Di Stefano
January
- Opinion
- Australia Day
Extend, don’t change the date of Australia Day
There is a way to recognise our Indigenous heritage, British foundations and immigrant history by marking them over two days – the 25th and 26th of January.
- Nick Dyrenfurth
Liberal candidate for Bradfield says women must get better at winning
“I lost in my first pre-selection but I then I learned from my experience how to win,” says Gisele Kapterian, the Liberal Party’s new candidate for Bradfield.
- Ronald Mizen
Liberals choose female tech executive to take on teals in Bradfield
Holding the affluent north Sydney seat will be crucial to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s chances of limiting Labor to a one-term government.
- Ronald Mizen
September 2024
PwC chairman sells family publishing business
Hardie Grant has bought up John Green’s family business. Here’s hoping it doesn’t signal an end to his writing.
- Myriam Robin
‘Put this to bed’: Dutton feared federal damage from Deeming saga
Court hears of text messages from the federal Opposition Leader telling John Pesutto to end the furore over MP Moira Deeming’s appearance at a rally near neo-Nazis.
- Gus McCubbing
July 2024
States should drop ‘ridiculous’ uranium bans: Mundine
Former ALP national president Warren Mundine says state government should end their bans on mining uranium, and the Mirrar people should be able to negotiate whether the practice remains at Jabiluka.
- Updated
- Staff
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Uranium mining bans belong to a previous era
Labor’s efforts to keep Australia’s energy transition uranium mining-free amount to a self-defeating hobbling of the nation’s green superpower hopes.
- The AFR View
February 2024
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Dunkley is the Liberal Party’s chance to advance on Morrison
The timing of the former PM’s departure with the byelection is coincidental but symbolic of potentially a new form of politics on the centre-right that’s democratising democracy.
- John Roskam
November 2023
Heavyweight funds to anchor Fuse Minerals IPO; Dec 18 listing date
The copper play, backed by a host of WA mining bigwigs, will look to raise up to $10 million at the public offer stage.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
October 2023
Mundine still wants second referendum after Voice defeat
No activisit and chairman of regional copper explorer Fuse Minerals says voters needed time to heal after the referendum campaign.
- Tom Richardson and Tom McIlroy
- Analysis
- Voice to parliament
Gina Rinehart lights up the secretive No campaign party
Guests describe the No campaign’s party as “jubilant” but the official line paints a more sombre picture of the private event.
- Tess Bennett
Mundine, Price threaten to sue Financial Review over ‘Nazi’ cartoon
Two of the No campaign’s leaders, Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, have sent letters warning they will file defamation lawsuits.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Exclusive
- Voice to parliament
Seems nothing can melt No-vote hearts: Pearson
Leading Yes campaigner Noel Pearson urges supporters to maintain hope but says Saturday’s referendum appears lost and Australia was a “hard country now”.
- Maxim Shanahan and Michael Pelly
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Don’t be surprised if ethnic communities vote No
If polls are correct about the triumph of the No vote, expect large numbers of multicultural voters to be part of the revolt against establishment bodies.
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Analysis
- Voice to parliament
Even Indigenous support for Voice may be failing
The No vote is ahead in the five federal electorates with the largest Indigenous populations as a proportion of voters, new polling says.
- Aaron Patrick
Dutton criticises ‘offensive’ Voice cartoon
The Opposition Leader said he had a long record of fighting to protect against violent extremism, including as a police officer and member of parliament.
- Tom McIlroy
Calls for Voice audit may put Mundine-linked firms in spotlight
Advocates for Indigenous constitutional recognition say contracts linked to the leading No campaigner should be included in any probe of government spending.
- Tom McIlroy
September 2023
Why the Yes camp needs a miracle
Worryingly, more than half of respondents in one poll shifted to the No camp because the more they found out about the Voice, the less they liked it.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Even recent history shows why Indigenous Australians need a Voice
Voting Yes will be a national commitment to listening, dialogue and partnership, in contrast to the failed top-down approaches of the past.
- Shireen Morris