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Terri Butler pictured as the Member for Griffith in Parliament House, Canberra in March 2021.

Greens turned to populism to win my seat: Terri Butler

Butler was on course to become environment minister until the Greens’ snatched her Griffith seat, promising to address aircraft noise.

  • Latika Bourke

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he new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, partner Jodie Haydon and dog Toto walking out of his Marrickville house. 22nd May 2022. Photo: Edwina Pickles / SMH

Albanese set to reshuffle frontbench after voter backlash against two senior MPs

Deputy leader Richard Marles says Labor is hopeful it will secure a majority government, while frontbenchers Kristina Keneally and Terri Butler are likely to lose their seats.

  • Lisa Visentin
Adam Bandt

‘Greenslide’ on the way with boost to minor party in Brisbane seats

Greens leader Adam Bandt is upbeat about the party’s prospects of adding to its numbers in both the Senate and the lower house.

  • Katina Curtis
Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water Terri Butler said Labor would establish an independent Environment Protection Agency if it is elected.

Labor makes 11th-hour environment pitch

Labor has pledged to set up an independent national environmental watchdog if elected, holding back its most significant green commitment until the eve of the federal election.

  • Mike Foley
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese during a doorstop interivew during a visit to Tritium, a manufacturer of ev chargers, in Murarrie, Queensland, on Tuesday 19 April 2022. April 2022. fedpol ausvotes22

Labor launches attack over climate as Coalition questions clean energy plan

Labor launched into the Coalition on climate policy after Angus Taylor claimed the opposition’s renewable energy plan would drive up power bills.

  • Mike Foley and Lisa Visentin
Greens leader Adam Bandt will target the influence of fossil fuel companies on the major parties as he campaigns to win the balance of power in the Senate.

Independent voters should back Greens in Senate: Bandt’s pitch for power

Greens leader Adam Bandt wants voters backing independents in the lower house to put the Greens first in the Senate as he bids to hold the balance of power in the upper house.

  • David Crowe
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Labor has rolled out messaging centring leader Anthony Albanese in its pitch to Queensland voters, at a pre-campaign rally in Brisbane on Sunday.

‘Albo 2022’: Labor launches presidential-style pitch to Queensland voters

The ALP leader has been labelled an ‘honorary Queenslander’ as he fronted a rally of party faithful in the state’s most marginal seat, ahead of an election expected to be called within days.

  • Matt Dennien
Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

Ley introduces national environment standards in pursuit of ‘one-touch’ development approvals

Critics say the national standards created to help streamline environmental approvals of major developments fall short of what’s needed to save threatened species.

  • Mike Foley
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

Ley defends plans for environment law change

Environment Minister Sussan Ley has promised a shake-up of federal laws will maintain current protections for wildlife and World Heritage areas as Labor questioned her pledge to develop new national standards.

  • Mike Foley
Environment Minister Sussan Ley is seeking to change environment laws to implement a "one touch" major project assessment system.

Morrison government resurrects Abbott's 'one-stop shop' environment laws

An environment approval system the Abbott government tried and failed to create is being resurrected under a bill introduced to Parliament on Thursday.

  • Mike Foley

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