Victoria’s Labor government will move to ban terrorist flags and symbols in public, ban face coverings at protests, and introduce legislation to curb protests at places of worship following an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue last week.
Peter Dutton says his $331bn nuclear energy policy will cut power prices for struggling Australians, as he defended its modelling by a firm ‘that’s done millions of dollars of work for Labor’. The PM dismissed the plan as a ‘Friday 13th nightmare’.
The food and grocery code, including multimillion-dollar penalties for serious breaches, would target big retailers after a review found a voluntary code was ‘not good enough’, the PM says.
Jim Chalmers has attacked Adam Bandt’s $514bn ‘Robin Hood’ tax slug targeting companies, saying the Greens’ primary task is to ‘make up numbers and put out press releases’, as the Treasurer hails today’s inflation figures which saw headline rates drop to 3.5pc.
Free Palestine Melbourne has told its followers the weekly marches, which have angered traders, will stop but the group will continue to advocate for Gazans.
Politicians, business leaders and media figures have gathered in Canberra for the social event of the parliamentary year.
The bill was supported by the Opposition but opposed by the Greens, with senator Nick McKim arguing the new laws were backed by the Liberals who were ‘no friends of unions’ and had a ‘history of union bashing’.
The Prime Minister is not considering further punishment against the rogue senator, who says ‘some members are attempting to intimidate me into resigning from the Senate’.
Local Meta executives told a joint select committee that social media was ‘safe and positive’ for children, while admitting the tech giant had no local staff to police dangerous content.
Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser noted there had been ‘substantial market reaction’ to the recent inflation rise but suggested it was ‘not a turning point’ in the central bank’s outlook.
The Coalition’s uncosted nuclear power plan is a scam that doesn’t survive contact with analysis, Chris Bowen has told The Australian’s Energy Forum.
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters ‘regrets’ the Albanese government’s decision to re-write a controversial ministerial direction.
Disciplinary action may be taken against ADF personnel who signed an open letter accusing the Australian government of complicity in ‘the genocide, ethnic cleansing and illegal occupation of Palestine’.
Peter Dutton has called on the PM to pressure the International Criminal Court to reverse the ‘terrible decision’ to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Albanese government is not satisfied with a verbal briefing by Israel on its probe into the killing of seven aid workers and wants a detailed report.
The Immigration Minister is facing a Question Time grilling as the PM is accused of blocking ‘appalling’ AFL drug claim documents.
Demanding a one-night Senate inquiry the Coalition has left open the possibility of rejecting Labor’s emergency migration removal powers, concerned about ‘unintended consequences’.
Rebecca White has rejected Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s claim of victory, suggesting Labor may be able to form a government.
Peter Dutton blasts Labor as dozens of men arrive by boat in WA, claiming people smugglers have targeted ‘a weak prime minister’.
Conflict looms between the island’s standout features – a wind resource unencumbered by land from South America to Tasmania, on the one hand, and precious biodiversity, on the other.
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