Big business has launched a scathing attack on a review that backed the Albanese government’s workplace reforms, arguing the process was not independent but a ‘political charade’ that was ‘economically dangerous’.
Labor is scrambling to strike more deals with third-party nations after raising the white flag on putting convicted murderers, rapists and drug traffickers back behind bars in Australia.
NDIS Minister Amanda Rishworth says there will be no tightening of what disabilities are eligible for the scheme despite the government facing a mammoth effort to rein in its costs, with Labor to instead launch a new review panel.
Anthony Albanese should not be considering carbon tariffs while he is leaning on Donald Trump to exempt Australian steel and aluminium exports from new duties, according to the Coalition.
Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic says Australia’s economy is too reliant on a ‘narrow set of industries’.
Labor MPs are warning Anthony Albanese that Victoria’s Jacinta Allan isn’t the only one who should be listening to ‘abandoned’ heartland voters.
Analysis from the parliamentary budget office shows the Albanese government is budgeting for a public service workforce that is cut by 20,000 over the next four years.
Billionaire real estate developer Harry Triguboff has forecast that Labor will be five to 10 years late in hitting its 82 per cent renewables target.
Labor Left heavyweights say a groundswell of community fears over crime and the anti-Semitism crisis pushed them to back Anthony Albanese’s decision to break with the party’s decades-long opposition to mandatory minimum sentences.
Taiwan’s top diplomat in Australia says the Trump administration’s declaration that Covid probably emanated from a Wuhan lab should ‘serve as a reminder for your future engagement with China’.
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