Childcare in focus in revised agenda
Anthony Albanese will shift his focus to Labor’s universal childcare vision amid plummeting support for his government, releasing data claiming families are $2768 better off on childcare.
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Fijian PM gives Pacific allies a dose of green clarity
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka rejects claims that Pacific countries are being endangered by Australia’s ‘hypocritical’ expansion of gas and coal production.
Standing in silence, 80 years on, and the message ‘never again’ must hit home
Auschwitz’s last day, January 27, has become the day the world remembers all six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.
Bishop ‘has confidence’ in V-C
In her first public comments since the upsurge in anti-Semitism that has swept university campuses, Julie Bishop expressed ‘absolute confidence’ in her vice-chancellor.
Mayor to fight rivals’ bid for media gag
Ipswich mayor Teresa Harding has twice being popularly elected by her city, but now says her rivals are trying to gag her.
Coalition puts UN on notice
The Coalition’s new foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman has signalled a Dutton government would push for reforms of the UN amid criticisms of the body’s stance on Israel.
Confident Albanese immersed in self-belief
The Prime Minister’s self-confidence in his campaigning prowess and popularity remains high, despite Labor being on track to lose majority government and his personal appeal hitting new lows.
Coalition’s migration cuts ‘are unreachable’
Immigration expert Abul Rizvi says Peter Dutton’s election pledge to slash the permanent migration program may limit the skilled worker intake and damage the budget bottom line.
‘Hostile Macca’s limits delegate access’
Enforcement of right of entry permits by employers is generally associated with the militant CFMEU, but McDonald’s is forcing delegates to get ROE permits to talk to young workers.
Albanese’s Newspoll fall is slow and steady
While Anthony Albanese has avoided something that befell all his predecessors in the past three decades, he has suffered a seemingly inexorable decline in support.
Teal candidate for Dutton’s seat open to a minority Coalition government
With ambitions to win Peter Dutton’s Brisbane seat of Dickson, Climate 200-backed independent Ellie Smith said she would be open to forming a minority government with the Coalition.
PM, Dutton mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have attended a solemn ceremony in Perth to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp, as world leaders gathered in Germany to commemorate the atrocity that took the lives of six million Jewish people and millions of others.
Dreyfus says criticising Wong and politicising anti-Semitism is ‘grotesque’
Hours before the 80th commemoration of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has slammed the opposition over attempts to ‘politicise’ the Holocaust and rising anti-Semitism in Australia.
‘Back on track’: Dutton launches new election ad
Amid record insolvencies, struggling small business owners have put heat on Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton | WATCH DUTTON’S CAMPAIGN VIDEO
Academics ‘open door to Jew hate’
Marcia Langton, one of the nation’s most eminent professors, has accused university bosses of failing to call police when criminal activity occurred and allowing ‘anti-Semitic protagonists’ to hijack campuses.
ALP to ‘pay heavy price at election’ over anti-Semitism
A Labor life member says the party will ‘pay a heavy price at the ballot box’ for failing to act decisively on anti-Semitism, and Jewish Labor voters will abandon Anthony Albanese.
Newspoll: voters’ summer of discontent with Albanese
A majority of voters for the first time expect the Coalition to win the next federal election, with Anthony Albanese sliding to the lowest approval levels since becoming Prime Minister amid a fall in support for Labor.
Cost-of-living reality cruels Labor reset
Other prime ministers – like John Howard and Paul Keating – have been in similar positions in their first term and won. But Anthony Albanese’s slide has been gradual and consistent.
‘Do not let this history repeat itself’
Auschwitz horrors revisited on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the evil death camp have significant relevance today to Australians, says Alex Ryvchin.
Gloomsters, listen up – the people are speaking out
Australians are proud of their country, proud of how it has evolved into one of the world’s most prosperous, fair and free societies. That’s something mighty to celebrate.
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