The academic frog is in the productivity pot and the water is simmering. Universities cannot keep doing what they have always done and demand more public money to do it.
POLITICSBreaking NewsAnthony Albanese has wasted no time in spruiking Labor’s “positive agenda” after his new ministry was sworn in.
Hannah Wilcox and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer The message was clear at the second term Albanese ministry’s swearing in – this is a revitalised government focused on families. But we all know two people never made it to the swearing in – Edham Nurredin Husic and Mark Alfred Dreyfus.
Sussan Ley has managed to get under Anthony Albanese’s skin in the past and the re-elected Prime Minister will have to be cautious in his approach.
The US economy needs our terbium and other key rare earths to operate, and it’s totally dependent on China. Donald Trump needed to do a deal, and fast.
POLITICSBreaking NewsAnthony Albanese has wasted no time in spruiking Labor’s “positive agenda” after his new ministry was sworn in.
Hannah Wilcox and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer POLITICS NOWPoliticsJacinta Nampijinpa Price says there were probably ‘many reasons’ why her and running mate Angus Taylor’s ticket failed in the Liberal Party leadership contest; Bradfield may have been called and projected too early, with teal candidate Nicolette Boele now just 59 votes behind Liberal Gisele Kapterian.
Anthony Albanese wants to be remembered as the prime minister who introduced universal childcare. The only problem is, how to pay for it when government debt is already at a record high?
Anthony Albanese should have intervened to save both Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus from factional execution.
EditorialThe Treasurer must optimise conditions for economic growth.
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New ministryPoliticsAnthony Albanese has used his post-election ministerial shake-up to shaft longtime factional rival Tanya Plibersek and promote close ally Murray Watt to finalise Labor’s contentious nature-positive reforms.
Cabinet reshufflePoliticsDisability advocates have slammed Anthony Albanese’s move to shift the National Disability Insurance Scheme to Mark Butler and the broader health portfolio.
environmentPoliticsAnthony Albanese confirmed that Tanya Plibersek would be dumped from the environment portfolio after a turbulent three-year tenure.
VATICAN DIPLOMACYPoliticsAnthony Albanese will kickstart new trade negotiations with Europe on the sidelines of the Pope’s inaugural mass at the Vatican on Sunday.
Anthony Albanese has moved to address the perennial weakness that national security has been for Labor, while the rivalry between he and Tanya Plibersek won’t be extinguished by shunting her into social services.
Election analysisPoliticsTanya Plibersek may have lost her prized portfolio in Anthony Albanese’s new-look ministry but she can claim bragging rights over her old rival, and every other MP in the country.
NewsNewsWirePrime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Rome to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass and meet with foreign leaders.
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UPDATEDNewsWireAnthony Albanese has revealed his new frontbench picks after factional fighting pushed out two senior ministers, with some surprise winners.
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POLITICS NOWPoliticsTanya Plibersek will take over social services in the PM’s reshuffle, as Murray Watt moves to environment and Health Minister Mark Butler adds the NDIS portfolio; Tim Wilson says he won’t seek the Liberal Party leadership; David Littleproud retains the National Party reins.
A victorious Anthony Albanese can’t dodge the hard questions on the environment versus energy policy.
EditorialFor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, making Indonesia his first overseas visit of the new term is wise. The nation needs a strong security and economic relationship.
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EXCLUSIVENationForeign policy experts warn Anthony Albanese’s Jakarta visit may be all photo ops and no strategy, as Indonesia edges closer to Russia and China.
POLITICS NOWPoliticsMuslim community leaders including representatives of the Islamic Councils and Imams Council have deplored Labor’s cabinet dumping of fellow Muslim Ed Husic, pressing Anthony Albanese to explain or intervene.
EXCLUSIVEIndigenousNoel Pearson has broken his long silence since the defeat of the Indigenous voice with an excoriating critique of both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
The question now is whether Albanese dares to be bold and makes the much needed course corrections or does he double down on a leftist agenda that locks in a cycle of economic doom.
When Australians are faced with crippling power prices, or surging mortgage foreclosures, make no mistake. Albanese will remind us he has a Medicare card.
BREAKINGNewsWireThe Labor Caucus has promoted four MPs for Anthony Albanese to pick for ministry positions, after two senior figures were booted.
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NEWSNewsWireAnthony Albanese has already asked the new pope to keep a date open in 2028, only hours after the pontiff’s election.
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UPDATEDNewsWireAnthony Albanese has faced a ‘crisis’ in the dying hours of the election campaign, calling into a radio station to share his struggle.
POLITICS NOWPoliticsLeadership candidate Angus Taylor, running against Sussan Ley with Dan Tehan deciding not to stand, pledges to rebuild the Liberals on a foundation including ‘reward for effort’; Nats leader David Littleproud faces a challenge.