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.
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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.
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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’.
$1bn for new homes defies Green-Lib block
Anthony Albanese will unveil $1bn to help states and territories build new homes amid a Senate impasse, with the Liberals and Greens uniting to block Labor’s build-to-rent reforms
Coalition pushes to boost uranium mining
A new front in the nuclear debate is being opened with fresh calls for Australia to unlock more uranium and boost exports to assist the transition to net zero by 2050.
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