‘Catastrophic failure’: freed detainees arrested
Two of the 148 dangerous non-citizens released from immigration detention following the High Court’s landmark decision have been arrested within a month.
Bill Shorten
Biden backs defence industry, apologises to PM
Joe Biden promises action to support Australian defence manufacturing as part of AUKUS, and Volodymyr Zelensky lobbies G7 leaders in Japan for more support.
NDIS cost curve flattens
The Albanese government is projecting a $500m cut in spending amid the state-federal agreement to target an 8pc growth target.
Bring migrants to the regions: Littleproud
David Littleproud has backed Labor’s proposed migration overhaul but wants a specific visa to attract migrants to regional Australia.
‘Today we get wages moving’: IR bill passes
Tony Burke thanks David Pocock and the Greens for helping pass the industrial relations reforms, which will now become law.
Shorten targets ‘NDIS criminals’
Bill Shorten has flagged a crackdown on policing the NDIS after raising concerns that organised criminals are fleecing’ the government’.
We must live with Covid: Shorten
Bill Shorten and Joel Fitzgibbon have backed an end to lockdowns when vaccination rates hit 80 per cent despite Anthony Albanese telling caucus the premiers could use them
Politically homeless in the hermit kingdom
Perhaps we have to accept that politics is less principled today than it was in the 1980s, 90s and early 2000s.
Rivals unite as issues hit virtual event
Bill Shorten hails Anthony Albanese as the ‘next prime minister’, as Labor’s first online national conference is plagued by tech issues.
PM furious at ‘bullets’ attack
Scott Morrison has rejected as ‘twisted’ and ‘partisan’ Anthony Albanese’s claims he told the thousands of women protesters they were ‘lucky’ because in other countries they would have been shot.
Shorten rules out Albanese challenge
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has ruled out challenging Anthony Albanese’s leadership ahead of the next election but refused to back down from policy criticism.
Shorten’s not sweet on timeline
Bill Shorten says he wanted Victoria’s lockdown restrictions to ‘come off a bit quicker’ but Richard Marles endorsed the controversial road map.
Shorten fuels ALP battle on energy
Bill Shorten has sided with senior Labor MPs declaring gas and lower energy prices as crucial in protecting Australia’s manufacturing sector and jobs.
Could Alberici’s next gig be shock jock?
Her position may have been made provisionally redundant, but there may be another twist for one of ABC’s most high-profile identities.
ALP perilously close to death spiral
Twelve months after the ‘unloseable election’, Labor has done nothing to regenerate itself.
Watchdog wants to reopen Shorten probe
The Registered Organisations Commission has launched court action against the AWU to revive an investigation into allegations Bill Shorten used its money without legal approval.
Shorten breaks ranks on school closures
Several Labor MPs have broken ranks with Anthony Albanese and state premiers to argue in favour of school closures.
Burnt by bad judgment: Left ignore damage done by panic
Anthony Albanese threatens to make the same mistakes that cost Bill Shorten the 2019 election.
Why Shorten was running scared
Scott Morrison just casually dropped it into the last question time before he called the election. A little throwaway line that would haunt Bill Shorten | EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT
Shorten’s ‘Deep Throat’ torment
A Liberal Party figure secretly advised the Bill Shorten camp during the 2019 election that a historic rape allegation would re-emerge.
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