‘Trade summit matters to ordinary Aussies’
A meeting of world leaders in Peru this week will be a significant opportunity for millions of Australians whose jobs rely on global trade, Anthony Albanese says.
Politics
Privacy bill a class-action threat: business
Labor warned businesses across Australia would become the target of crippling class actions in response to data breaches under reforms to the privacy act being proposed by the Albanese government.
Don’t rush to mediate US-China ties, Coalition warns
The Coalition has warned the Albanese government not to get ahead of itself in seeking to mediate tensions between the incoming Trump administration and China.
Cbus’ sway on housing policy needs exposure
It’s clear Cbus, under the ownership of the disgraced CFMEU, has been a key adviser to this government in developing its housing policy. We should be told why.
China makes $1.8 trillion climate demand
China has led a call for developed countries, including Australia, to provide more than $1.8 trillion a year to developing nations, as Chris Bowen prepares to play a key role in negotiations at COP29.
Only one man can solve Rudd’s Trump problem
The longer that controversy is fuelled over Kevin Rudd, the more it could also become an internal problem for Anthony Albanese. But what happens from here is a decision for Rudd to make.
Trump ally issues pointed warning over Rudd’s future
A member of Donald Trump’s inner circle has signalled Kevin Rudd’s days as Australia’s US Ambassador could be numbered.
MAGA’s doomsday haters need to get a grip
To help terrified progressive adults get through Trump’s inauguration, may I suggest purchasing a small sign that says: ‘Dry your eyes, Princess’.
Principals hail social media ‘age of consent’
‘Social media cesspit’: School principals have thrown their support behind a bipartisan plan to ban social media use by children younger than 16.
Treasurer’s $900m incentive play to ignite productivity
State and territory governments are set to vie for $900m in federal funding to advance productivity-enhancing reforms, as the rapid expansion of the care economy threatens to exacerbate Australia’s productivity malaise.
Greens vow $1bn to boost abortion access
The Greens are pledging $1bn over a decade so that all public hospitals can provide abortion services, in a policy move designed to pressure Labor to commit to universal reproductive healthcare.
‘Musk and mate won’t stop social media ban’
Anthony Albanese has blasted concerns his government’s agenda on tackling social media harms faces opposition from Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues.
Inflate this: PM’s public service splurge costs taxpayers extra $5bn
The Albanese government has added more than 26,000 new permanent public servants to the payroll since it was elected.
Pre-poll splurge ‘not on the cards’
Anthony Albanese is under pressure to mimic Queensland Labor’s big-spending election promises at the federal election, but Senator Murray Watt insists the government will heed the RBA’s inflation warnings.
Burke under fire for lack of visa cancellations
Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Tony Burke did not revoke a single visa due to poor character in his first month in the portfolio, after his predecessor cancelled 77 visas in about a year.
Border concerns as boat sneaks in
The incident was described by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as the 23rd boat arrival and the latest to go undetected by Border Force.
PM spruiks ‘perfect friendship’ with Trump
Anthony Albanese will not hold formal meetings with Joe Biden at the APEC and G20 summits, and the Prime Minister pushed back against Coalition attacks by revealing parts of his conversation with Donald Trump.
‘We can’t lose race for super computer’
Lawyers will be called in by Queensland’s new Liberal National Party government to give advice about whether the state can tear up a $470m agreement to build a super computer in Brisbane.
Clashing poll dates in the west would spell disaster for Albanese
The Prime Minister used the furore around a potential clash with the West Australian election to renew his call for fixed four-year terms.
‘Village idiot’ Trump slur casts new cloud over Rudd
Fresh doubt has been cast over Kevin Rudd’s future as Australia’s ambassador to the United States amid revelations he branded Donald Trump “incompetent” and a “village idiot”.
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