Rosie Lewis

Rosie LewisPolitical Correspondent

Rosie Lewis is The Australian’s Political Correspondent. She made her mark in Canberra after breaking story after story about the political rollercoaster unleashed by the Senate crossbench of the 44th parliament. Her national reporting includes exclusives on the dual citizenship fiasco, women in parliament, the COVID-19 pandemic, voice referendum and climate wars. Lewis has covered policy in-depth across most portfolios and has a particular focus on climate and energy.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 8, 2025. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks during a press conference in Brisbane, following the release of monthly CPI data.Picture: Dan Peled / NewsWire

Chalmers fails to sway crossbench on super tax

Jim Chalmers fails to win crossbench Senate support for his bid to raise tax on super accounts worth more than $3m.

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EXCLUSIVENation

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Call to ‘change bullying council culture, like federal parliament’

The overhaul of federal parliament’s toxic workplace culture should be rolled out across Australia’s 537 councils, the peak body for women in local government has declared.

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US-AUSTRALIA ALLIANCEPolitics

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 15, 2025:, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears at a press conference in Hobart. Picture: NewsWire / Eddie Safarik

‘Trump didn’t make it here under the Coalition’

Anthony Albanese notes that Donald Trump couldn’t make it to Australia during his first term, when the Coalition was in power.

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Election 2025Politics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. SEPTEMBER 5, 2023: Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt and Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Hamas rape deniers’: Greens preferences ‘a test for PM’

Julian Leeser demands Anthony Albanese preference the Greens last at the election, saying it’ll be a test on whether he is ‘serious about doing all he can about anti-Semitism’.

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NOWRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 14 , 2025: Prime minister Anthony Albanese visits Nowra on the NSW South coast to help announce $5 million dollars for re-vitalisation of the Nowra River front. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

Down Under Donald: Albanese’s invite to Trump

Anthony Albanese invited Donald Trump to Australia in their first phone call a day after the incoming US president won the November 5 election.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - January 13, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service Katy Gallagher, Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland and CEO of the NBN, Ellie Sweeney hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

$3.8bn to upgrade NBN and see off Starlink

Labor has blamed the Coalition’s ‘unreliable’ copper NBN for scores of Australians switching to Elon Musk’s Starlink, warning the foreign-owned network was a ‘risk’ in areas where there was no credible alternative.

Rosie Lewis and Joseph Lam

US-AUSTRALIA ALLIANCENation

Anthony Albanese's first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump could be at a Quad leaders meeting some time this year.

Crucial face-to-face with Trump? It’ll be a journey to the summit

Anthony Albanese has pointed to a Quad leaders meeting that could be months away for his possible first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump, as Julie Bishop cast doubt on how long Australian ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd will last.

Rosie Lewis and Brad Thompson

Election lines rehearsedPolitics

Albanese, Dutton trade personal attacks as gloves come off

Anthony Albanese said Peter Dutton represented ‘a cold-hearted, mean-spirited, sometimes nasty response’ to governing, while the Opposition Leader called the Labor leader the ‘weakest prime minister since federation’.

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EXCLUSIVENation

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 13, 2023: The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee heard from the Department of Home Affairs (incl. Australian Border Force), and Australian Federal Police, in Parliament House in Canberra. Secretary Department of Home Affairs Michael Pezzullo with Associate Secretary Immigration Stephanie Foster and Senator Murray Watt.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Home Affairs alarm over staff culture, morale

Home Affairs received the highest number of workers’ compensation claims and shared the No.1 position for the most bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints.

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EXCLUSIVEPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 22, 2024: Australian Greens Adam Bandt and Senator Jordon Steele-John hold a press conferecne at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Labor should join with Greens’

Adam Bandt urges Anthony Albanese to learn from the past and co-operate with the Greens if there’s no clear winner after the election.

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