Avoid ‘inauthentic’ odyssey for every vote, Barnaby Joyce warns
Joyce has urged the Coalition to reject climate virtue, beware of being ‘inauthentic by trying to win every vote’ and avoid mimicking Climate 200-backed teal independents.
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Landmines for Dutton as MPs urge policy fight
Peter Dutton is facing internal pressure to pivot after Anthony Albanese’s decision to hold a May election, with Coalition MPs pushing for more substantive policies they can sell to disillusioned voters.
‘Communities’ fuel teals’ success: Holmes a Court plays down Climate 200 influence
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes a Court will claim his independents movement does not run campaigns or target seats despite the group providing funding, polling and election support for 35 hand-picked teal MPs and candidates.
Build a home? That’s $576k before you start
Australians are paying up to 49 per cent of the total value of home and land packages on taxes, regulatory costs and infrastructure charges, which have accelerated by as much as 106 per cent since 2019.
Chalmers ‘obsessed’ with clean energy future
Jim Chalmers has declared that the energy transformation and carving out a fourth economy are his ‘obsession’ and ‘reason for being’.
Budget big guns a-hunting they will go in hope of snaring voters
With the budget countdown clock starting, expect the PM’s cabal to be shrewd, hyperpolitical and calculated as Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher put the finishing touches on an economic blueprint they hope will anchor a Labor election win.
Coalition cries foul over Climate 200 ‘push polls’
Coalition frontbenchers Dan Tehan and Julian Leeser have attacked Climate 200 over ‘push polling’ they say favours its hand-picked candidates.
Flood of cash, no restraint: Treasurer to avoid cuts to spending
Tax reform is unlikely in Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget with the focus to instead be on more temporary cost-of-living relief and the guarantee of growing spending on health and education.
Budget in better shape but ‘no credit for Labor’
Jim Chalmers’ budget deficit is on track to be $11bn below Treasury forecasts on the back of a tax take estimated to be $12bn higher than projected, as economists warn the improvement has nothing to do with ‘any politician’.
Chalmers working on ‘Battle of Burbs’ March 25 budget
The Treasurer and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher are ready to hand down a pre-election budget in 18 days, as Anthony Albanese rules out an April election as a result of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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