Yesterday
Student caps not for migration reasons, Senate hearing told
An employment department official said student caps were not intended to bring down net migration, an explanation at odds with what the government says.
- Julie Hare
Double dissolution election threat ‘serious’: Labor
Labor is preparing to reintroduce its stalled shared equity housing bill into parliament next week, in an attempt to increase pressure on the Greens.
- Tom McIlroy
September
Dutton loose with the truth on benefits of nuclear energy
Readers’ letters on the opposition leader’s nuclear push; international student caps; the Victorian Liberal Party; childcare costs; and the Greens.
The unassuming senator with Labor’s fortunes on his shoulders
Queensland is at the centre of two crucial elections in the coming months, and the personable Murray Watt might be the bridge builder who helps tip things for the ALP.
- James Hall
‘Greens are out of control’: RBA reform dead as Labor rejects demands
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to create a specialist monetary policy board at the Reserve Bank is dead after the government ruled out working with the Greens.
- Updated
- Michael Read
Supermarkets ‘faked discounts’; RBA reform dead; ASIC targets crypto
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- Opinion
- Property market
Senate standoff shows politics and policy are a long way from perfect
The complexity of the housing challenge requires a level of cooperation between governments and politicians that feels a long way from the debate we are having.
- Laura Tingle
Out in the cold: Why housing is just one problem for Labor
Unless Labor can dig its way out of its parliamentary quagmire, it faces the real possibility of ending up in minority government – or worse.
- Tom McIlroy
Going gets tough for Labor in the Senate as time gets short
Only two bills were passed by the upper house this week, further adding to the government’s legislative backlog.
- Tom McIlroy
Housing fight for young voters plays out where they live: online
Pollsters and campaigning experts say a slew of social media posts over help for first homebuyers is a taste of things to come ahead of the election.
- Tom McIlroy
Albanese rejects Greens’ demands for a climate trigger
The prime minister has ruled out the minor party’s requests in return for legislative support, even though Tanya Plibersek says she is negotiating.
- Phillip Coorey
Senate showdowns loom over housing, RBA and the environment
The government says 13,700 affordable homes have been approved under the policies it has managed to legislate so far.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor bluffing over Greens EPA deal, Dutton tells miners
Peter Dutton says Labor will destroy its WA electoral prospects if it deals with the Greens on the EPA legislation.
- Phillip Coorey
Greens demand RBA keeps power over how banks lend
The minor party wants to retain laws that allow the central bank governor to tell banks how to lend money and that give the government a veto over interest rate decisions
- Updated
- Michael Read and John Kehoe
- Exclusive
- Jobs
The most common jobs MPs had before they were elected
Anthony Albanese was a party official and Peter Dutton was a police officer, but neither are from the most popular vocational backgrounds in federal parliament.
- Ronald Mizen
Greens’ housing solution: hire 1000 public servants and slug landlords
The minor party wants a new national authority to crack down on dodgy real estate agents and landlords, promising to hire 1000 federal public servants to enforce renters rights.
- Tom McIlroy
August
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Greens, Coalition set the pace on a hapless government
Anthony Albanese’s Labor has been left as piggy-in-the-middle, trying to catch a ball being thrown by the opposition parties.
- Laura Tingle
- Updated
- Big four
Big business faces down Canberra’s ‘insidious’ populist policies
Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn has warned “performative” attacks is eroding trust, highlighting the rising tensions between MPs and corporate Australia.
- Updated
- James Eyers, Carrie LaFrenz and Lucas Baird
Labor should invest in demonising Bandt as well as Dutton
The government wants us to believe Peter Dutton is dangerous and divisive. It might need to focus on the leader of the Greens as well.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Retail
Business CEOs push back on political grandstanding
Big business makes mistakes as well as money, but chief executives like CBA’s Matt Comyn and Wesfarmers’ Rob Scott are pushing back against “fact-free” accusations.
- Jennifer Hewett