Today
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Yesterday
Super tax to catch 500,000 workers if not indexed
About 500,000 workers will be caught by Labor’s new super tax if the $3 million threshold is not indexed. Only 64,000 will be hit if it is.
Indigenous leader takes aim at Greens, Labor amid Cox saga
A prominent WA Indigenous leader and human rights expert has criticised Labor and the Greens over their handling of the Dorinda Cox saga.
This Month
Budget, ferries, AFL stadium could crash Tasmanian government
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has threatened to send voters back to the polls for an early election if parliament passes a motion of no confidence in his ability to manage the state’s finances.
Greens and Labor close in on $3m super tax deal
The Greens have pledged strong in-principle support for the controversial policy to ensure “wealthy Australians pay their fair share of tax”.
Powerful union puts Dorinda Cox on notice over Labor’s gas agenda
Anthony Albanese’s move to recruit Greens defector Dorinda Cox has angered sections of the West Australian Labor Party.
Cox defection shows Greens have ‘lost their way’: Albanese
The prime minister said Dorinda Cox’s defection to Labor should not affect Senate negotiations on superannuation tax or other bills.
Greens senator defects to Labor on eve of super tax talks
The defection came just an hour after Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young suggested the party could compromise on its demands regarding the superannuation tax.
Federal Court faces audit prospect over legal expenses
The court is again dealing with criticism it is failing to properly disclose spending.
May
Recount to start in election’s closest run race
Bradfield on Sydney’s North Shore goes to a recount, while independent MP Zoe Daniel has requested one in the Melbourne seat of Goldstein.
‘We risk achieving nothing’, warns Nats MP after Coalition split
Nationals MP Darren Chester says his party risks spending years in the wilderness achieving nothing if it fails to rejoin the Coalition.
Industry super pushes for Chalmers to change retirement tax hike plan
The country’s two largest pension funds have privately lobbied the government to index the tax’s $3 million threshold to inflation to maintain confidence.
Nats must reunite with Libs sooner rather than later
The prospect of prosecuting their agenda is made more likely if the Nationals end their self-imposed exile and recombine with the Liberal Party.
Labor has ‘no intention’ to ban SMSF borrowing in $3m tax negotiations
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says negotiations in the Senate to pass Labor’s super tax increase have yet to begin.
Albanese’s thumping win has changed the rules of the game
The election result has entrenched Labor’s power. It might take an unholy alliance for Susan Ley and Larissa Waters to have any impact.
From Jakarta deals to Vatican kneels, Albanese crafts his statesman act
The PM is looking relaxed and comfortable in the face of a demoralised opposition. But is this as good as it gets for Labor?
Waters favourite to replace Bandt as Greens leader
Larissa Waters is the favourite to replace the vanquished Adam Bandt as the leader of the Greens.
Four charts that show why Liberals are struggling to win elections
A “first past the post” electoral system would have delivered the Coalition an extra 13 seats, analysis by The Australian Financial Review shows.
Will the Greens learn from their election disaster?
The minor party is scrambling to select a new leader and is showing little signs of learning any lessons from its defeat.
Liberals implode but Labor’s hardest test to come
Not even a Paul Keating spray can deflect Labor’s euphoria over its extraordinary win. What Anthony Albanese will do with that in government is much less secure.