A group of eight Coalition MPs want the major banks to follow their US counterparts in pulling out of the UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance after Donald Trump’s election, saying membership risks hurting business competitiveness and access to finance.
The Coalition’s new foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman has signalled a Dutton government would push for reforms of the UN amid criticisms of the body’s stance on Israel.
Immigration expert Abul Rizvi says Peter Dutton’s election pledge to slash the permanent migration program may limit the skilled worker intake and damage the budget bottom line.
A Labor life member says the party will ‘pay a heavy price at the ballot box’ for failing to act decisively on anti-Semitism, and Jewish Labor voters will abandon Anthony Albanese.
New opposition communications spokeswoman Melissa McIntosh has accused the ABC of downplaying Australia Day celebrations and focusing coverage on ‘divisive’ protests.
Chris Bowen says he remains hopeful that global warming can be limited to close to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels despite the world’s largest economy pulling out of the Paris agreement.
Peter Dutton will set a 2035 emissions reduction target if he wins the election, senior Coalition sources say, as he warned leaving the Paris accord – like Donald Trump – would damage Australia’s trade relationships.
The political furore over social cohesion has escalated, with Anthony Albanese’s hand-picked Islamophobia envoy weighing in.
The Albanese government has raised the prospect of working more closely with Democrat-controlled states in the US on climate change initiatives.
A Dutton goverment would conduct an audit of what the Coalition claims is $119bn of stalled resources projects that could deliver high-paying jobs and greater tax revenue.
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