Peter Dutton
Albanese, Dutton reflect on 2024 in Christmas messages
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton gave thanks to essential staff working over the holiday period.
- by Olivia Ireland
Latest
Respect all public sector workers with a fair wage
Sydney’s rail network will be strangled by industrial action in the lead-up to New Year after the NSW government failed to strike a pay deal with the Rail Tram and Bus Union.
Dutton to revamp his election-year frontbench as MPs head for exits
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a revamped frontbench as soon as this weekend, in a shake-up to replace two shadow ministers and promote younger MPs.
- by Nick Bonyhady and James Massola
‘He’s scared’: Dutton demands debate as Albanese taunts ‘hiding’ opposition leader
Albanese mocks Dutton for hiding from proper press conferences, but Dutton challenges the PM to a debate.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Australian economy
The nation has lost its horsepower. Why? Because our leaders are too scared to act
The mid-year economic update is a dismal portrait of a mediocre nation, but both sides of politics are culpable.
- by David Crowe
Dutton said a reactor’s waste would fill a Coke can. Try 27,000 of them
Australia would face a big nuclear waste task under the opposition’s energy policy, which would generate hundreds of barrels of spent nuclear fuel a year.
- by Mike Foley
In defence of the middle ground on Gaza
Rodger Shanahan perfectly sums up the disturbing nature of Middle East commentary, where “advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other”.
Editorial
Nuclear energy
Australians don’t want a nuclear wasteland in their backyards
The main stumbling block facing a Coalition plan for nuclear power stations around the nation will be where to store the waste.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Political leadership
Albanese has taken hits but isn’t a terrible PM. Cut him some slack
Labor is slipping in the polls and there is even a whiff of leadership talk in Canberra. Albo may have tried to avoid picking fights but voters won’t cop that approach any longer.
- by Paddy Manning
Exclusive
International students
Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers
Labor will issue a go-slow on student visa processing once universities hit a certain number to get around Peter Dutton’s decision to block its student caps bill.
- by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
Is Angus Taylor really claiming nuclear power will cut power bills by 44 per cent?
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have said their nuclear energy plan will cut power bills by 44 per cent. But experts say this cannot add up.
- by Mike Foley
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