Let the fake federal election campaign begin
The fake election campaign has begun. In truth it probably has never ended, merely intensifying in an election year while the clock runs on a Prime Minister who has few benefits of incumbency left to him.
Politics
Blowback on DEI as the world finds its voice
Like a rock band that’s gone off the rails, the entire DEI team is being disbanded. Those who value fairness will be celebrating.
Libs’ guardrails no guarantee of fiscal prudence
The Coalition’s self-imposed expenditure limits would allow for higher spending than what is being forecast by Labor, prompting economists to accuse Angus Taylor of failing to outline a credible pathway towards a lower spending and lower taxing future.
Rise of menacing minority: scourge among worst in the West
Australia is experiencing a surge in anti-Jewish sentiment that is among the worst in comparable Western democracies, global research has found, as the PM puts himself at odds with his hand-picked envoy’s recommendations to fight anti-Semitism.
Pressure grows over ‘dead’ Aussie
A bipartisan commitment to the ‘strongest possible action’ against Russia should it be found to have executed Oscar Jenkins raises questions of how to punish authoritarian regimes on a tense global stage.
Weak courts ‘fuel rise of hatred’
Australia’s peak Jewish body has slammed ‘grossly inadequate’ sentencing guidelines for anti-Semitic attacks.
‘Utterly extraordinary’: Labor MP lashed for returning boy to abuser
A judge has blasted the decision to return a ward of the state into the home of a child sex predator, and called for a rethink over whether WA wanted to fight a compensation claim against it.
Judgmental teals go easy on PM
Teal MPs have criticised political leaders for exchanging insults, but declined to single out Anthony Albanese for escalating his personal attacks on Peter Dutton for being ‘nasty’.
NT rejects hand sanitiser ban after killing
After a man was charged with murder in Alice Springs following a session drinking hand sanitiser, the Territory government is facing calls to restrict sales of the product.
Timber industry wants Albanese to take an axe to forest lock-up proposal
The timber industry wants the Albanese government to axe a proposed scheme that would allow states to generate carbon credits for locking up state forests.
Bosses baulk at Dutton’s January 26 election vow
Some of Australia’s largest businesses will avoid celebrating Australia Day and allow staff to work the national day for another day off as flexibility around public holidays takes hold.
‘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.
Albanese flags law reform to protect salmon farming jobs
Anthony Albanese flags laws to protect salmon and other industries from the kind of review his minister is undertaking in Tasmania. Critics say he just ‘needs to lead’.
‘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’.
PM rejects envoy’s call on synagogues, sentencing
Anthony Albanese has failed to endorse several key measures being urged by his anti-Semitism envoy, Jillian Segal, suggesting sentencing should be left to judges.
Coles bans sale of kitchen knives after worker allegedly stabbed by teen
Coles will pull kitchen knives from all Australian stores after 13-year-old allegedly stabbed a staffer as she stacked shelves in Queensland.
How the left-wing pundits got it so wrong on Europe
The US is racing ahead of Europe with very strong gains in productivity and employment. It’s shown that affordable and reliable energy is the bedrock of economic prosperity.
‘Democracy is at stake’: SOS from PM’s envoy
Anthony Albanese’s hand-picked envoy on anti-Semitism has declared the nation’s judiciary is failing Jewish Australians with weak sentences for anti-Semitic criminals, calling on the PM to convene national cabinet to take immediate action.
MPs push Dutton on super reform
Peter Dutton will face pressure from Coalition MPs to implement wide-ranging reforms to the nation’s retirement savings system if he becomes prime minister.
‘Superior moral reasoning’ in war on anti-Semitism
The PM must call an emergency national cabinet meeting to deal with the most sickening outbreak of genuine racial hatred modern Australia has seen.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/page/12