Chilling aerial photographs show how NSW fireys saved homes from almost certain destruction. Residential developments once hidden in hinterland now look like islands among an ocean of flattened and charred trees 335km north east of Sydney.
Australians of faith believe the Labor Party has abandoned them, Chris Bowen warned yesterday as he withdrew from the ALP leadership contest just 29 hours after announcing that he was a candidate.
Independent MP Zali Steggall has acknowledged the role of lobby group GetUp! in raising climate change awareness amid her election battle with ex-prime minister Tony Abbott — but denied that it was wholly responsible for her victory.
The ghosts of prime ministers past may have finally been vanquished with Scott Morrison’s election victory. Malcolm Turnbull and his loyalists have haunted the Coalition in the past few months with a stream of retirements and defections.
A baby-kissing blitz revealed future unhappy voters; Shorten labelled ‘backflip Bill’ for a series of blunders on policy; why a Liberal-voting Indian ex-pat is going to vote for Labor; and, Leaders to call ‘time’ on election: ‘no time to change’ and ‘time for change’. Day 35 of the federal election campaign.
Chris Bowen has been accused of “denigrating” receptionists and checkout operators by cherry-picking childcare workers to be in line for a government-mandated pay rise.
The Australian Automobile Association has warned Labor car manufacturers could be forced to pay a billion dollar bill for vehicles that do not meet the party’s target to slash fuel emissions, while the Coalition says taking a holiday road trip in an EV could add an extra day of travel.
A NSW Greens candidate has been forced to apologise for encouraging violence against politicians and showing disregard for dead police officers on social media.
Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten last night squared off in the first nationally televised debate of the election in an encounter punctuated by plenty of huffing and puffing but no killer blows. Here’s the wrap for Day 19 of the federal election campaign.
More than a million Australian retirees will be hit by Labor’s retiree tax. This is an unprecedented attack on older Australians and their hard earned savings.
Former deputy prime minister John Anderson has described attacks on Scott Morrison’s faith as an ‘outrageous’ assault on the freedom of religion after the Prime Minister hit out at the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) for mocking him at worship on Easter Sunday.
Bill Shorten has gone missing from Labor campaign materials in must-win seats as polling reveals voters in marginal electorates dislike the Opposition Leader; How the leaders spent their Easter ceasfirel; Bob Brown leads anti-Adani convoy in a Tesla; and, the Coalition battling water buyback backlash. ELECTION UPDATE
The federal election campaign has taken an ugly turn after Jewish MP Julian Leeser’s campaign posters were defaced by Nazi symbols. Vandals drew swastikas and a Hitler moustache on images of the Liberal member for Berowra in Sydney’s north.
Aston Martin, Maserati and Rolls-Royce are among the high-end sport cars expected to avoid being hit with Bill Shorten’s aggressive plan to cut fuel emissions. Labelled a ‘free ride’ for the rich, the proposed emissions standard of 105g CO2/km is unlikely to apply to companies selling fewer than 2500 cars a year.
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