This Month
Greens seek profit from human misery: Labor MP
The Greens say they will keep trying to destabilise the government over the war in Gaza.
- Phillip Coorey
Farmers vow to hurt Labor over live sheep export ban
WA farmers will begin doorknocking in marginal Labor-held electorates this week, vowing to make the Albanese government pay for a ban on live sheep exports.
- Tom Rabe and Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Payman owes her place in the Senate to Labor
Readers’ letters on Senator Fatima Payman’s stance; how the NDIS drains productivity; misguided calls for a rate rise; why renewables add up; and the need to end live sheep exports.
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
‘A cruel joke’: Why AUKUS might leave Australia stranded
A group of defence experts says that the Albanese government is on course for a financial and strategic AUKUS disaster, in the final part of an exclusive series.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Labor’s identity politics tensions exposed
Senator Fatima Payman is also now part of the Greens’ political weaponisation of the Gaza war to try to win Muslim votes in Labor-held seats.
- The AFR View
How Fatima Payman is defying political traditions
In the era of identity politics, are rules requiring Labor MPs to bind behind collective decisions out of step with the views of younger voters?
- Andrew Tillett
‘I’ve been exiled’: Payman threatens to quit Labor
The WA senator has hinted she may quit the Labor Party after claiming to have been “exiled” in a bid to force her resignation from parliament.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Australia needs more transparency in important policy debates
Readers’ letters on politicians’ lack of detail; Labor action against Fatima Payman; the value of accountants; why Joe Biden must withdraw; and Peter Dutton’s nuclear charade.
June
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In the end, Payman gave Albanese no choice
For the second time in this sitting session Fatima Payman has stolen the agenda and derailed the government’s attempts to spruik cost-of-living relief.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- UK
Will Keir Starmer go wobbly on AUKUS?
The fantasy of a post-Brexit “global Britain” is gone, but British Labour says it will be everywhere around the world, and all at once.
- James Curran
Wong scolds Payman as factions consider a stiffer penalty
Labor MPs are entitled to be angry at Senator Fatima Payman’s disregard for caucus solidarity, the foreign minister says.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
ALP should be flexible like UK Labour and ditch the three-line whip
Fatima Payman crossing the Senate floor is a chance to fundamentally revisit Labor’s approach to caucusing.
- Michael Easson
PM ‘suspends’ rebel senator, factional bosses stir
Labor’s factional bosses say Anthony Albanese disrespected the caucus by overriding its authority when dealing with rebel senator Fatima Payman.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses the floor over Palestine
The first-term Labor senator has avoided expulsion from the ALP after voting with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood.
- Tom McIlroy
PM tells troops to campaign on cost of living and nothing else
Anthony Albanese has told his troops July 1 will be a critical day, and they must be out in their electorates.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor’s new climate chief Matt Kean says nuclear not viable
Anthony Albanese has announced Matt Kean as the next chairman of the Climate Change Authority, but again refused to commit to announcing its recommended 2035 target.
- Phillip Coorey
Most readers oppose nuclear on economic, technical grounds
More than half surveyed readers oppose Peter Dutton’s plan to build nuclear reactors in Australia by 2050, citing concerns over the Liberals’ uncosted plan.
- Edmund Tadros
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Election countdown: Labor has plenty of laws to pass before voting day
With the election due within 12 months, Labor ministers privately concede that some policies could be pushed back into a likely second term.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Dutton’s high-stakes nuclear gamble
The opposition leader is betting big on nuclear power, and Labor is delighted to take on his challenge.
- Jennifer Hewett
‘Dangerous escalation’: Jewish MP deplores attack on his office
Police have launched a manhunt after pro-Palestinian activists smashed windows and tried to set fire to Labor MP Josh Burns’ office.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett