Dutton pledges no tightening of NDIS eligibility
Peter Dutton said he would not tighten access to the scheme to ensure NDIS funding targets were met or exceeded, if he became prime minister.
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‘Don’t take eye off opportunistic Russia’: former envoy
The nation’s former envoy to Moscow has warned that Russia was looking for opportunities to expand into the Asia-Pacific as Indonesia opened the door for visits for ‘peaceful missions’.
Queensland government member appointed for redrawing electoral boundaries
Despite criticism from corruption fighters and opposition leaders, Queensland’s deputy premier’s right-hand-man has been appointed to the Queensland Redistribution Commission.
Negative gearing ‘war’: Treasurer sought ‘advice not modelling’
Jim Chalmers sought ‘a view’ from Treasury about overhauling negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, as Peter Dutton claimed the government was ‘at war’ over the issue.
Why a housing tax shake-up may end up back on the table for Labor
The Prime Minister and Treasurer are splitting hairs to suggest the government didn’t commission Treasury analysis on negative gearing changes or that the advice was not modelling.
Indonesia ‘welcomes’ foreign militaries on ‘peaceful missions’
Indonesia’s foreign ministry speaks for the first time on Russia’s request to use a base in Papua, saying it will always ‘receive and permit’ foreign militaries on ‘peaceful missions’.
Labor accused of failing ‘transparency test’ on Indonesia
The Coalition has accused Labor of failing ‘its own transparency test’, saying the government had failed to brief the Coalition on whether Russia had made a request to Indonesia to station military aircraft 1300km from Darwin.
Defence treading water as costs soar
A new budget analysis reveals Labor’s claims to have massively increased defence spending are wildly overblown.
Dutton’s tax oath: vow to end bracket creep when budget is in shape
Peter Dutton has moved to recharge his election campaign with an aspirational pledge for the indexation of the personal income tax scales to signal his credentials as an economic reformer.
Dutton finally flicks the switch
The Opposition Leader has opened his heart on his economic and security convictions. It is an attempt to restore confidence in the Libs’ fidelity to tax reform.
Dutton’s $260m bid to get kids into trades
Peter Dutton will pledge to build 12 new technical colleges under a $260m plan aimed at training high school students in trades.
Who won the leaders debate: our experts deliver their verdicts
Kenny, Benson, Sloan, Bramston, Trinca and Sheridan analyse the performances of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in the second leaders debate of the election campaign.
Albanese fumbles as Dutton applies the pressure
The Liberal leader wanted his rival to reveal a side of his character that has been kept under wraps for long enough for voters to forget. A propensity to get cranky. He came close to succeeding on several occasions.
PM’s truthfulness on tax modelling up for debate during TV bout
Anthony Albanese claimed during the second debate his government didn’t model an overhaul of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, despite Jim Chalmers last year revealing he tasked Treasury to provide advice on paring back the property tax breaks.
Unis slam foreign student ‘phantoms’
The Coalition has vowed to get rid of immigration ‘rorts and shonks’ after a top university revealed half of its foreign students had dropped out of their degrees.
Trump sinks trust in US, cruels Dutton run
Donald Trump’s toxicity to Australian voters and Peter Dutton’s election campaign has been laid bare in a new poll revealing Australians’ trust in the US has plunged.
Big ask to show ministers the door
Muslim Vote-backed independents have a mountain to climb in toppling two Labor ministers following the release of how-to-vote cards.
Coal power station ‘too dangerous, old’
The embattled Callide coal-fired power station is too dangerous and unreliable to underpin the state’s future energy needs, according to new modelling.
State’s database for guns missing its targets
Queensland still does not have a working digital gun licensing system, nearly five years after police were warned the current regime was risking officers’ lives.
ALP rejects push for foreign tradies
As a chronic undersupply of workers threatens to exacerbate housing affordability, Labor has rejected industry overtures for a relaxation of migration controls on foreign tradies.
Indonesia a master of strategic ambiguity
Has Russia fallen for the subtle Indonesian art of strategic ambiguity in believing it might be in with a shot to base long-range aircraft in Southwest Papua’s Manuhua Air Force Base?
Parliament House staffer ‘bullied after revealing historic rape’
A researcher for the Department of Parliamentary Services has blasted the handling of a historic sexual assault claim, says hope after Higgins saga ‘sadly misplaced’.
Coalition to put a rocket under defence spending with ‘significant’ boost
Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would spend more than Labor on defence and provide the money earlier.
PM rejects doctors’ bulk-bill concerns
Anthony Albanese hit back at criticism from doctors that Labor’s flagship $8.5bn election policy promoting bulk-billing won’t guarantee that all GP consultations will be free.
Heritage body’s implosion leaves city projects in limbo
The implosion of the Aboriginal corporation representing traditional owners of Perth has stalled 16 city projects that require heritage assessments under West Australian law.
Nauru too humid for detainee, court told
A convicted wife killer freed under Labor’s NZYQ bungle is fighting his deportation to Nauru, arguing the weather is too humid and hot.
Trump deal could hang on WTO dispute
A top Washington trade lawyer says Donald Trump and Scott Bessent wanted to resuscitate a WTO dispute where Australia, the EU and Canada attacked US tax treatment of exporters.
Australia viewed as a ‘weak nation’ under Albanese: Dutton
The Opposition Leader has attacked the Prime Minister for his ‘lack of interest’ and inexperience in dealing with matters of national security.
Fair Work endorses historic 35pc pay rises
The FWC has recommended pay rises of up to 35 per cent for 175,000 low-paid workers, raising a prospect of higher childcare fees if the commonwealth does not fund wage increases.
Lib preferences may save Collins’ career
A preference decision by the Liberals may save a Labor minister from an independent endorsed by Bob Brown, after a dramatic series of events in a key Tasmanian seat.
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