Coalition frontbencher James Paterson has offered Labor bipartisan tax reform while he and Trade Minister Don Farrell have looked to next week’s G7 summit as a chance for Anthony Albanese to score a US tariff reprieve on steel.
A well-known economist whom Jim Chalmers said ‘wrote something supporting’ the proposed super tax hike says he is not a major proponent of the policy.
Liberal leader Sussan says she and Nationals Leader David Littleproud had ‘a good first meeting’ on Friday about a future Coalition agreement while Nationals sources say their party is taking no position before next week.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says there were probably ‘many reasons’ why her and running mate Angus Taylor’s ticket failed in the Liberal Party leadership contest; Bradfield may have been called and projected too early, with teal candidate Nicolette Boele now just 59 votes behind Liberal Gisele Kapterian.
Tanya Plibersek will take over social services in the PM’s reshuffle, as Murray Watt moves to environment and Health Minister Mark Butler adds the NDIS portfolio; Tim Wilson says he won’t seek the Liberal Party leadership; David Littleproud retains the National Party reins.
NSW Labor Right legend Paul Keating has lashed Anthony Albanese for allowing the Victorian Right to garner more power, saying the Prime Minister failed to make another ‘captain’s call’ to keep Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus in the ministry.
Analysis of election figures shows the share of the two-candidate-preferred voted counted by midnight on election day has fallen over the past six election.
Kooyong has come down to just 365 votes, while Goldstein has reverted to blue after three years in teal.
Anthony Albanese has slammed an ousted Green MP after the party’s leader lost his seat; Liberal Amelia Hamer has made further cuts to Ryan’s lead in Kooyong, while Labor claims another WA win.
Marcia Langton says Anthony Albanese must use his once-in-a-generation election win to be courageous in Indigenous policy to address extreme disadvantage.
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