Bipartisan meeting on energy security may show way forward
On the nation’s energy policy, the government must immediately establish a bipartisan convention to explore the best way forward. If we continue down the same path we are on, we are doomed.
Peter Dutton
Principles abandoned: Liberals under attack
Labor has mocked Peter Dutton’s forced divestiture plan as an abrogation of Liberal Party principles, accusing the opposition of outsourcing policy development to the Nationals.
Reasoning is sound, with a wedge to boot
Peter Dutton has made a deliberate and dramatic play to inject himself into a cost-of-living debate that appears to have fallen on deaf ears in Canberra.
How NZ’s obsession with a clean green image is holding it back
As Peter Dutton promotes his vision of a nuclear-powered Australia, Kiwis are sitting atop a geothermal goldmine. Instead of taking advantage of that, they cling to the country’s ‘100 per cent pure’ image.
Politics Now: Big names gather for Midwinter Ball
Politicians, business leaders and media figures have gathered in Canberra for the social event of the parliamentary year.
Why the Coalition must rethink its nuclear pitch
The Coalition cannot afford a binary policy debate: nuclear versus renewables. This is a phony debate. To the extent it occurs, the Coalition will lose.
Dutton’s ‘big stick’ sets dangerous tone for business
From energy to supermarkets, Peter Dutton is proving instincts are built on more, not less, market intervention.
Coalition dips into Greens’ populist junk policy bag
Peter Dutton and David Littleproud have flicked the switch to the kind of junk policy you’ll usually only find in the Greens’ box of free-market atrocities.
Price check, Dutton aisle as Liberals split
The Coalition has split over Peter Dutton’s plan for new divestiture powers to break up major hardware and grocery retailers, with Liberal MPs saying they were ambushed over the policy.
‘Act of respect’: Rare honour for Katter
The father of the house Bob Katter will have his image immortalised, in a tribute to the maverick Queensland MP’s 50-year career in politics.
‘Act of respect’: Rare honour for Katter
The father of the house Bob Katter will have his image immortalised, in a tribute to the maverick Queensland MP’s 50-year career in politics.
Big promise to stop grocery prices rising
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has put major supermarkets on notice, with the Coalition promising harsh penalties and policies which could split up the duopoly.
Politics Now: CFMEU demerger laws pass Senate after AFL threat
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’.
‘Sorry for him’: Support for Dutton’s son
A man with a very unique perspective on public life has put an arm around Peter Dutton’s son after a controversial image of the teenager surfaced.
‘Sorry for him’: Support for Dutton’s son
A man with a very unique perspective on public life has put an arm around Peter Dutton’s son after a controversial image of the teenager surfaced.
Support for Albo, Dutton plunges
Voters are becoming increasingly fed up with both major leaders, the latest Newspoll shows, with Peter Dutton’s nuclear bid failing to garner support.
PoliticsNow: Albanese not taking further action against ‘exiled’ Payman
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’.
Last throw of the dice to save Senate career
Renegade Queensland senator Gerard Rennick will launch a bid for the LNP to hear his appeal after being ousted in an internal ballot that wrongly refused Peter Dutton from voting.
Newspoll: Support fading for both leaders
Primary support for the Coalition and Labor has fallen following the release of Peter Dutton’s nuclear power strategy, with the community almost evenly split over the plan.
Leaders’ mediocrity leaves voters dulled, frustrated
The nuclear debate is there to be won for Peter Dutton but the bigger problem lies with electoral disillusionment deepening with neither Labor nor the Coalition having an answer.
Politics Now: Social media does no harm to kids, claims Meta
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.
Inflation jump ‘not a turning point in RBA’s outlook’
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.
Why Dutton has turned energy debate on its head
Labor’s response to Dutton’s nuclear proposal shows just how debauched our public debate has become.
Anti-Greens campaign simply ‘a Liberals, fossil-fuels plot’
Christine Milne says conservative activist group Advance Australia is a front for fossil fuel interests and wants to suppress the Greens vote to give Peter Dutton a shot at minority government.
‘Saved my life’: Assange thanks Albanese
Needing ‘time to recuperate’, Julian Assange failed to front media at a WikiLeaks press conference where lawyer Jennifer Robinson revealed Assange told the Prime Minister he had ‘saved his life’.
Payman defies Labor, crosses floor for Gaza
The Albanese government is talking down calls to expel Fatima Payman after the Labor senator crossed the floor to vote against her party on a motion to recognise Palestine.
Peter Dutton’s son captured ‘with white powder’
The Opposition leader’s office says an image showing Tom, 18, holding a small bag containing a white substance is a ‘private matter for the Dutton family’.
Nats helping Big Tobacco cash in on our children
Senate has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass legislation that will return vaping to its original purpose: helping hardened smokers to quit.
Nuclear debate ‘could undermine AUKUS’
The lead author of the government’s Defence Strategic Review has warned the political debate over Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan could threaten bipartisan consensus on AUKUS.
Dutton leaves Labor’s attack facing the wrong way
The Opposition Leader again has the government reacting to him and his ideas, but still faces risks in the coming two-week sitting of parliament.
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