Donald Farrell
Australia pushes for Trump tariff ‘offer he can’t refuse’
Jostling over Labor’s handling of the export strike sits alongside a partisan divide on whether we should send peacekeepers to Ukraine.
- Paul Sakkal
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- Exclusive
- Trade wars
‘I doubt it’: Top Trump adviser talks down chance of tariff exemption
The Coalition will accuse the government of a major foreign policy failure if it cannot secure an exemption to the steel and aluminium tariffs this week.
- Michael Koziol and Matthew Knott
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
‘They knifed us’: The spat that could come back to haunt Albanese
Minister Don Farrell’s office has accused the teals of berating government staff over donation reform. Teal MP Kate Chaney says the accusation smacks of sexism.
- Paul Sakkal
- Exclusive
- Trade
‘We will respond strongly’: Allies workshop how to talk back to Trump on tariffs
Canada’s visiting trade minister said Australia and Canada should forcefully argue the case for free trade as Donald Trump upends the global trading system.
- Matthew Knott
- Political sketch
- Trump diplomacy
Trump turns MPs into Yes Minister caricatures
Trade Minister Don Farrell is certain Australia is obeying the president’s trade diktats. Exactly how he couldn’t say.
- Nick Bonyhady
Watch: Teal MP, Labor minister in furious standoff over donation law to reduce campaign spending
A heated confrontation in the corridors of Parliament House has ramped up the dispute between the Albanese government and the teal independents.
- Olivia Ireland
- Exclusive
- Political donations
As teals attended drinks with Albanese, Dutton and Labor struck election overhaul
Big money in politics will become an election issue after furious independent MPs argued the proposed changes to cap donations will entrench the major parties’ dominance.
- Paul Sakkal
- Opinion
- Political donations
Labor and the Coalition are poised to launch a major attack on our democracy
This new donations bill will starve small parties and independents of the cash they need to compete while fattening up the coffers of the big players.
- Jenna Price
Getting elected to parliament for less than $800,000? ‘Rubbish’, Lambie says
Independent senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock are crucial votes on Labor’s electoral donations bill. They’re not happy with it at the moment.
- Olivia Ireland
- Opinion
- Political leadership
The best – and worst – of 2024: My list isn’t objective, but that’s the fun of it
Here are my top 10, for better or worse.
- George Brandis
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