Eminent journalist Ken Randall dies aged 88
Ken Randall, a former chief political correspondent of The Australian whose varied six-decade career in journalism spanned newspaper, magazine, radio and television reporting has died.
Politics
Key role for Deeming in by-election
Moira Deeming has missed out on a spot in the Victorian Liberal Party shadow cabinet but newly elected leader Brad Battin says she will play an important role in the party’s campaign for the seat of Werribee.
Millions for housing as approvals stall
After Anthony Albanese poured millions more into bolstering housing supply in Queensland’s far north, new data signalled that the recent growth in new dwellings remains patchy.
Albanese shrugs off tariff concerns
The PM has been urged to meet with Donald Trump imminently after the US president-elect returns to the White House.
Swan accused of giving misleading Cbus evidence to Senate
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has accused Cbus chair Wayne Swan of providing ‘false or misleading evidence’ during his testimony to the Senate.
In election year, it’s the productivity, stupid
We’re not the only country facing low or negative productivity, but we need to work out why.
Albanese wide of the target? No, it’s just politics
The Prime Minister is opening the year by reviving his pre-2022 election pitch that he is a politician of conviction, as he puts a $873bn price tag on Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy.
Rudd holidays in Queensland before Trump inauguration
While Scott Morrison spent NYE at Mar-a-Lago, Australia’s ambassador to the US has been taking videos and pictures of lorikeets, cats and himself watching the cricket back in Australia.
Freed immigration detainees back to haunt ALP
Labor’s bid to neutralise the crisis over its bungling of foreign criminals being released from detention faces collapse, after the Federal Court freed a man who attacked his wife with a meat cleaver.
Federal opposition’s emissions retreat ‘would sideline Australia’
The opposition’s plan to unwind mandatory emissions reporting for polluters would marginalise Australia on the world stage as others seek greater corporate accountability, a top law firm says.
Therapy dogs, judge training: how our rape laws are evolving
A road map to improve the experiences of rape complainants has laid bare key goals for justice reform, including specialist sexual assault courts and mandatory rape training for people serving alcohol.
Queensland’s crackdown on kids leads to hundreds of arrests
Hundreds of children have been arrested and charged in the first three weeks under harsh new youth crime laws in Queensland, as the state’s police commissioner warns young offenders are becoming increasingly violent.
Two brekkie rolls, coffees: PM’s $53 wake-up call
In the old days, gouging of ordinary people would have been known as daylight robbery. But now everywhere voters go there is evidence of a cost-of-living crisis.
Albanese refuses to reveal tax plans
Anthony Albanese has refused to reveal if he will be taking new tax changes to this year’s federal election, as workers are predicted to fund a greater share of government spending despite the early benefits of the stage three tax cuts.
AUKUS accreditation fail ‘shows Labor lacks commitment’
A lack of properly accredited Australian firms to compete for lucrative AUKUS contracts has been lashed by the Coalition as a proof that Labor lacks ‘commitment and vigour’ to AUKUS.
Labor banking on PM’s battleground blitz
Senior Labor figures are banking on Anthony Albanese’s pre-election blitz of Queensland to build momentum in the battleground state.
‘Unfortunate’: PM laments canning of hockey matches over Israel
Anthony Albanese says Australia can continue to be a host for global sporting events, despite Ice Hockey’s fears of anti-Israel protests, and says he is committed to stamping out anti-Semitism.
Billions in funds announced for Bruce Highway upgrade
The Albanese government says it will pour billions into the notoriously dangerous highway as the federal election vote looms.
Mining group wants explorer tax breaks to be an election issue
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has made its top federal election issue a scheme that delivers tax breaks to investors who punt on junior explorers.
PM opens poll year in mining states tour
Anthony Albanese is set to pull the starter’s gun on his on-the-ground campaigning ahead of an election due by May, spending the week in regional Queensland and WA.
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