Nats opposing AFL stadium to win Tassie seats
The Nationals believe they can ‘take Tassie by storm’ at the state election and are controversially joining the Greens in opposing a key Liberal pet project.
Greens
Labor’s ex-Greens senator defector slammed party’s ‘state capture’
Footage shows then-Greens senator Dorinda Cox describing the Albanese government as an example of ‘state capture in real time’.
‘Anti-racism party’: Greens react to fiery letter
The Greens have denied stunning claims of racism stemming from a First Nations senator’s bombshell resignation letter.
‘Anti-racism party’: Greens react to fiery letter
The Greens have denied stunning claims of racism stemming from a First Nations senator’s bombshell resignation letter.
Tasmanians head to July 19 election after Governor’s green light
Barbara Baker has granted Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s request for an early election – after his second visit to Government House.
Tehan warns of ‘left-wing alliance’
Opposition frontbencher Dan Tehan has warned that Climate 200, Labor and the Greens are working as a ‘progressive front’, urging his Coalition colleagues to be wary of the threat.
Activists demand Greta Thunberg’s release in protest outside PM’s office
Pro-Palestinian activists have rallied outside Anthony Albanese’s Sydney electorate office,demanding action over Israel’s detention of international activists — including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg — who attempted to breach a naval blockade off Gaza.
Greens say Cox should resign
Former colleagues of Dorinda Cox have urged the West Australian senator to resign from parliament following her defection from the Greens to Labor.
Coalition locks in its opposition to super tax plan
Sussan Ley’s shadow cabinet has signed off on its first major policy position since Labor’s landslide May 3 election victory, determining Jim Chalmers is not serious about negotiating with the Coalition.
Greens face grim future in Albo’s brave new world
The election result cast the Prime Minister as the Grim Reaper, scythe in hand, pointing a skeletal index finger at his political opponents.
Frantic race to fix Allianz pitch ahead of triple blockbuster revealed
The ‘unacceptable’ Allianz Stadium playing surface has undergone drastic renovations in a desperate bid for the embattled ground to recover in time for three weeks of blockbuster clashes.
Minns budget hurtling towards compo barrier
NSW Premier Chris Minns has accused the Coalition of letting the Greens ‘call the shots’ as it stands in the way of what he says are fiscally critical changes to workers’ compensation.
Showdown set over compo plan
A showdown has been set over Labor’s controversial plan to reform workers compensation in one Australian state.
Defecting politicians must remember the rights of the electorate
Isn’t it time the rules were changed? If politicians want to switch party then their seat should be declared vacant to give another chance to put forward a new candidate to fill the vacancy.
Defection seldom ends well for Senate turncoats
Dorinda Cox’s shock decision to leave the Greens to join Labor is the latest in a string of upper house defections and departures, many of which didn’t work out too well.
Albanese leaves door ajar to super tax compromise
Anthony Albanese has left open the chance of rewriting his proposed superannuation tax reforms to strike a deal with the Coalition that would sideline the Greens.
‘Bizarre’: Rivals join forces against compo
The NSW Coalition has made strange bedfellows with the state’s unions and the Greens over a Bill they say is “mean and nasty” to injured workers.
‘Some may say’ Albo hypocritical: Payman
Fatima Payman, the WA senator who last year angered Anthony Albanese by quitting the Labor Party, has been asked if it was hypocritical of the PM to welcome a Greens defector.
‘Toe the party line’: PM to defector Cox
Anthony Albanese says outspoken North West Shelf critic Dorinda Cox must support Labor’s policies. The run of inflation-beating pay hikes are not sustainable without a pickup in productivity growth, the Ai Group warns.
Dreams in ashes, the Greens must decide what they stand for
The Greens once dreamt of replacing Labor as the main centre-left party but that goal is now extinguished.
Greens fume as Senator Cox jumps ship to Labor
Dorinda Cox’s shock defection from the Greens to Labor has blindsided her former colleagues and angered ex-staffers who had complained of bullying during their time in her office.
Greens senator makes shock switch to Labor
A Greens senator has made the bombshell announcement that she will join the Labor Party, just a month after the federal election.
Greens senator makes shock switch to Labor
A Greens senator has made the bombshell announcement that she will join the Labor Party, just a month after the federal election.
Greens lash ‘McCarthyist’ uni crackdown on Palestine activists
Two University of Melbourne students have been expelled, and two suspended, after storming the office of a Jewish academic, prompting criticism from Greens deputy Mehreen Faruqi.
Greens leader blasts Dorinda Cox’s bombshell Labor defection
Larissa Waters questions how the senator’s values will align with Labor, while revealing she had been given just one hour’s notice of the move.
Super tax plan touches a low on bid to raise revenue
If the government must raise revenue to cover its spendthrift ways, it could show some courage and begin reforming the tax system. It could start by widening the scope of the GST.
Super cash grab breeds mistrust
As the government’s proposal for punitive taxes on high-balance superannuation reminds us, the Greens will always try to make things worse and the left-wing commentariat will always get it wrong.
Coalition shadow cabinet revealed as Labor approves NW Shelf life
Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud have announced the new shadow cabinet: O’Brien treasury, Cash foreign affairs, Taylor defence, Paterson finance; Environment Minister Murray Watt has approved a four-decade extension for Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project.
Unrealised gains tax ‘in play’ as Greens unveils policy aims
Labor’s controversial tax on unrealised capital gains is on track to gain the approval of the Greens, setting up a test for Jim Chalmers over whether to run with the left-wing party’s support or listen to those warning him to dump the proposal.
Labor landslide sweeps 21-year-old into upper house
Anthony Albanese will have to win over only the Greens to pass legislation through the Senate under the post-election line-up, as the final vote count catapults a 21-year-old to the upper house.
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