Politics Now: Liberals under attack over supermarkets plan
Labor has blasted Peter Dutton’s forced divestiture policy as an abrogation of Liberal Party principles, accusing the opposition of outsourcing policy development to the Nationals.
Joe Kelly
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Treasury chief holds reins in funding plan
Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy would be given new powers to conduct ‘sector assessments’ to determine whether projects qualify for support under Labor’s Future Made in Australia plan.
Principles abandoned: Liberals under attack
Labor has mocked Peter Dutton’s forced divestiture plan as an abrogation of Liberal Party principles, accusing the opposition of outsourcing policy development to the Nationals.
Price check, Dutton aisle as Liberals split
The Coalition has split over Peter Dutton’s plan for new divestiture powers to break up major hardware and grocery retailers, with Liberal MPs saying they were ambushed over the policy.
Politics Now: CFMEU demerger laws pass Senate after AFL threat
The bill was supported by the Opposition but opposed by the Greens, with senator Nick McKim arguing the new laws were backed by the Liberals who were ‘no friends of unions’ and had a ‘history of union bashing’.
‘Bring gas into Labor’s energy tent’
Labor faces fresh calls to include gas in its Capacity Investment Scheme which will see the government underwrite 32 gigawatts of renewable energy and storage capacity by the end of the decade.
Australia has ‘no visible plan’ to uphold food security
Labor faces calls to extend its Future Made in Australia plan and $15bn National Reconstruction Fund to the agriculture sector to buttress food security.
National security: will we be safe, or sorry?
As national security seeps into every portfolio there’s a risk of losing focus.
Bullying claim over abortion research
Law professor Joanna Howe has lodged a stop bullying application against her employer Adelaide University over her research on abortion and regulation of prostitution.
Leaders’ debate exposes ‘failing state’
The former foreign minister says it was an ‘absolutely woeful’ insight into the ‘degradation of the American political system’.
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