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Albanese is the conservative who mugged the Liberals. Let’s hope he seizes the moment
Labor’s landslide success has opened up an opportunity for the government to advocate and implement more substantial and transformative policies than it might otherwise have been prepared to produce.
- Shaun Carney
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Australia’s youngest-ever senator goes back to school
Labor’s new crop of Senators are motivated to restore voters’ faith in major parties.
- Mike Foley
No, Zoe Daniel has not exited the stage
The former teal independent MP is stepping out in a new direction as part of a double act.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Unions say index super tax hit to protect ordinary workers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is under pressure from the union movement to overhaul his proposed hit on wealthy superannuation account holders.
- Shane Wright
Union boss appointed to $15b government fund board without checks
The Australian National Audit Office found several issues with the National Reconstruction Fund Commission since its creation in 2023.
- Olivia Ireland
Trump-Albanese meeting could happen in India
The prime minister has argued that Australia’s spending is more honest than NATO’s as he comes under pressure from the White House to put more dollars into defence.
- James Massola
Affordable fuel, no shortages: Bowen’s domestic reservation threat for gas industry
Peter Dutton shocked the industry by promising a domestic reservation scheme on massive LNG exporters. The Albanese government might deliver on his threat.
- Mike Foley
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It’s time, Sussan Ley: What Gough Whitlam can teach her about saving a lost party
Labor was reduced to a rump in 1966. Here’s how it came back to win the 1972 election.
- George Brandis
Former Queensland minister Rod Welford dies
Former Labor minister Rod Welford, who served in Queensland parliament during the Goss, Beattie and Bligh governments from 1989 to 2009, has died.
‘Trashing our economy’: Tehan maintains rage over Labor’s green agenda
The opposition’s new energy spokesman will attack the cost of Labor’s renewable energy goals, as the Coalition wrestles with a commitment to net zero.
- Mike Foley
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