Second complaint filed against DPP
Sally Dowling has been hit with a second formal complaint after a criminal barrister reported her to the NSW legal watchdog, arguing her conduct in a sexual assault matter may have prejudiced his client.
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Saputo workers demand cheese boycott
Unions are calling for a nationwide boycott of Saputo cheese products to pressure the dairy giant to lift the pay of Tasmanian employees.
Lehrmann case back in court
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s committal hearing over two rape charges resumes in a Queensland court on Thursday.
Pollster warns of sheep export backlash
A former Labor strategist turned pollster says the Albanese government’s live sheep export ban won’t help re-election chances.
‘National interest’ to deport New Zealand menace
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has cancelled the visa of New Zealand-born menace who terrorised his family and neighbours, but was saved from deportation by Direction 99.
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The West hasn’t figured out what’s going wrong. Voters are the problem
We have become a civilisation that’s all about ‘now, now, now’ and ‘me, me, me’ – the antithesis of what the West once represented.
How ‘democratic’ is it to back a man who can’t finish a sentence?
You don’t get to deceive, dissemble and gaslight us for years about how Biden is brilliantly competent at his job, and now tell us, when your deception is uncovered, that it’s bedtime for Bonzo.
Why Kamala would be Biden’s likeliest replacement
If the president ends his re-election bid, his vice president would be the clear frontrunner to lead the Democratic ticket – despite her own political weaknesses.
The mess Democrats have made, Kamala Harris Edition
The problem is that Democrats are now left with a likely nominee who is in obvious mental decline, and a Vice President in Kamala Harris who is even less popular than Joe Biden.
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.
Pollies have a ball with fashion and frivolity
Politicians, business leaders and media figures gathered for the social event of the parliamentary year – but at least one found a way to turn the party into political protest | PICTURES
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.
We can make our future here, PM … but not your way
They are among the nation’s leading manufacturers working in cutting-edge industries, and they have a simple message for Anthony Albanese: a future can be made here but your policy needs fine tuning.
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Politics Now: Senator Payman’s looming defection a ‘terrible distraction’
Amid fervent speculation the first-term senator will quit Labor today for the crossbench, government frontbencher Brendan O’Connor says the saga has diverted attention from cost of living relief.
Social media ‘link’ to young women’s mental health
The start of last decade saw the beginning of two things – the rapid rise of social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, and the rapid fall in the mental health of young women. Coincidence?
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.
Pollies have a ball with fashion and frivolity
Politicians, business leaders and media figures gathered for the social event of the parliamentary year – but at least one found a way to turn the party into political protest | PICTURES
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.
We can make our future here, PM … but not your way
They are among the nation’s leading manufacturers working in cutting-edge industries, and they have a simple message for Anthony Albanese: a future can be made here but your policy needs fine tuning.
‘Losing faith’: PM warned over stalled religious bill
An unlikely alliance of faith groups, equality advocates, the Coalition and Greens demand the PM intervene to save his religious discrimination bill or concede the reforms are dead.
Leader clear-eyed on threat of Muslim political group
Anthony Albanese is worried the threat of a Muslim party or candidates at the next election is potentially as damaging as the fatal six-seat teal independent grab from the Liberals in 2022.
Epidemic to lower life-span forecasts
The escalating diabetes epidemic threatens to plunge Australia’s life expectancy into reverse and push health systems to the brink of collapse.
Time to treat sugar the same way we do tobacco
Australia has so far utterly failed to combat the rising tide of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. It’s time to get serious.
No more kid gloves as ALP seeks to stem the bleeding
Anthony Albanese’s prediction of the resignation of rogue senator Fatima Payman from the ALP may spawn a new existential threat to Labor in its heartland.
Regulator an enabler for shady operators
ASIC was supposed to stop the sharks preying on innocent victims. Instead it’s been providing a business model for shady operators who know they will never be held accountable.
Force found fault with acquitted cop
The constable acquitted by a jury over the death of a 29-year-old Aboriginal woman was formally and privately found by WA Police to have failed in his duties on the day he shot her dead.
Cricket greats salute family high flier
Greg, Ian and Trevor Chappell reunited in Canberra on Wednesday to see Greg’s son Stephen assume command as Chief of Airforce.
‘Headline grabber’: ASIC break-up plan rejected
Labor has all but rejected a radical proposal to split up the corporate regulator, despite senator Andrew Bragg’s inquiry finding ASIC had failed to protect Australians.
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