Joe Kelly

Joe KellyNational Affairs editor

Joe Kelly is the National Affairs Editor. He joined The Australian in 2008 and since 2010 has worked in the parliamentary press gallery, most recently as Canberra Bureau chief.

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Domestic ViolencePolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 22, 2024: Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth, Senator Katy Gallagher and Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers hold a press conference on the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Ban gambling ads to stop the violence’

A total ban on gambling advertising, tougher restrictions on alcohol sales and the promotion of healthier models of masculinity has been recommended by a review into preventing domestic violence

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Gaza refugeesPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 22, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

PM silent on Hamas supporters’ visas

Australians are in the dark on whether Hamas supporters are being issued with visas, as Anthony Albanese refusing to say if backers of the terror group would be barred from entry.

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campaignPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 21, 2024: Zali Steggall during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Coalition aims to blitz teal seats

Peter Dutton will launch an all-out assault to wrestle back seats lost to the teals and edge the Coalition closer to winning government.

Geoff Chambers and Joe Kelly

Housing Australia Future FundPolitics

02-08-2023 - Liberal Senator for NSW Andrew Bragg is seen at The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice: A Dialogue for Students event hosted by the Australian National University in Canberra. Picture: Martin Ollman / The Australian

Coalition sets sights on Cbus

A new Coalition bill is aimed at preventing the $10bn Housing Australia Future Fund from doing a business with Cbus Super because of its links with the CFMEU.

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industryPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - July 3, 2024: Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Greens’ demands set table for talks on Labor flagship policy

Adam Bandt has set his price for passing Labor’s Future Made in Australia legislation, demanding that $1.5bn for the NT’s Middle Arm precinct be redirected to clean energy projects.

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bank minutesEconomics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 6 , 2024: Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock delivers the RBA's Monetary Policy decision and Rates announcement. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

RBA sticks to its guns: no rate cut before 2025

The RBA minutes contain a slapdown for financial markets pricing in a rate cut by the end of the year, as it’s revealed how close the board came to increasing the cash rate in August.

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inquiryPolitics

‘Happy to comfort babies born alive after abortion’: midwife

A Queensland midwife has reflected on her experience of babies being left to die following an abortion, saying they should have the same right to care as any other human being.

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visitPolitics

TOPSHOT - Indonesia's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures after he cast his ballot to vote in the countryâs presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Bogor on February 14, 2024. Indonesians began voting for a new president on February 14 with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asia's biggest economy despite concerns over his human rights record. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Prabowo to talk with PM, Marles

Indonesian Defence Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto will hold high-level talks in Canberra with Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles.

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EXCLUSIVEPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 19, 2024: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Call for budget action as iron ore plunges

Business groups and economists are calling on Canberra to urgently address the structural budget deficit through spending restraint and tax reform.

Greg Brown and Joe Kelly

Jobs dataEconomics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 17, 2024: Commuters at Central station in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, (ABS) releases it's latest job figures tomorrow. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

Unemployment rises as participation rate jumps

Unemployment lifted to 4.2 per cent in July despite an extra 58,200 people finding work, with economists saying it further dimmed the chances of an RBA cut being delivered this year.

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