MARGIN CALLMargin CallThe CEC true believers might rather be seen dead than support any extension of ‘transitional gas’. But here we are. Could a quasi boardroom coup by some powerful players be the reason?
ResourcesPoliticsPeter Dutton has refused back Anthony Albanese’s plan to create a strategic reserve for critical minerals and rare earths.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsChina’s ambassador to Australia is demanding Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton stand with Beijing against the ‘bullying’ of the White House’s tariff war.
Election 2025NationPeter Dutton does not need to visit the site of a proposed nuclear power plant during the campaign because the policy is popular in those communities, Nationals leader David Littleproud has claimed.
public servicePoliticsThere were 68,435 public servants in the ACT at the end of June 2024, Australian Public Service Commission figures show: 41,000 workers represents 60 per cent of that total figure.
Politics NowPoliticsAustralia’s richest person has called on both major parties to dramatically increase their defence commitments, saying ‘we urgently need to do more to defend Australians’.
EditorialCoalition’s targets are crucial, but more policy detail is required.
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EditorialBusiness gets few answers on what’s in store for industrial relations.
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ViolencePoliticsPeter Dutton has vowed to deliver an extra $90m in funding to curb soaring rates of domestic violence across the country, while implementing a register to track perpetrators.
It’s still too little, too late and shrouded in the most cack-handed amateurism in delivery, messaging and substance you could possibly imagine.
The scale of the negative campaign against Peter Dutton is colossal. Yet the Coalition appears to have no strategy to counter this, unless it is one that is deeply hidden from the rest of us.
defenceDefencePeter Dutton has revealed he will pay for his $21bn defence funding boost by hitting households with higher income taxes, amid blowback over his failure to say what new military capabilities a Coalition government would buy.
childcarePoliticsPeter Dutton’s refusal to continue Labor’s policy of scrapping the activity test for three days of subsidised childcare a week has been met with alarm by advocates, who warn it will ‘hurt parents’.
renegadePoliticsThe Liberal heavyweight who orchestrated Peter Dutton’s 2019 and 2022 wins in his Brisbane electorate is telling voters to support Liberal National Party defector Gerard Rennick in the Senate.
DawsonPoliticsClive Palmer says his decision to put Peter Dutton’s MPs last on his Trumpet of Patriots how-to-vote cards could threaten about 20 marginal Coalition seats.
election 2025PoliticsThe Opposition Leader has committed another campaign blunder, wrongly declaring the Coalition would retain Labor’s tax breaks for electric vehicles.
Jack Quail and Greg Brown CricketUsman Khawaja does not buy the suggestion immigrants are making life tougher for others, making clear his stance in a week Opposition leader Peter Dutton linked increased house prices with rising immigration rates.
FEDERAL ELECTIONNewsWirePeter Dutton is under fire after making a major announcement on defence spending but leaving key questions unanswered.
Nathan Schmidt and Jessica Wang UPDATEDNewsWireThe Coalition has announced it will cut a tax break on the sales of electric vehicles just days after Peter Dutton said he would keep it.
Jessica Wang, Nathan Schmidt and Georgie Kibel Politics NowPoliticsMark Butler admits some people will continue to be charged a gap fee under a re-elected Labor government, despite Anthony Albanese saying they only need their Medicare card for doctors’ visits
Coalition Defence policyDefencePeter Dutton will unveil his Defence plan today, pledging to pump at least $21bn more than Labor over five years, lifting military spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 and vowing to meet the Trump administration’s 3pc target within a decade.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsLabor will release its pre-election costings within days and pressure Peter Dutton to outline where he will cut spending as part of his pledge to deliver a better budget bottom line.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsPeter Dutton would reinstate the activity test for parents wishing to access childcare if he wins the election, reversing Labor’s decision to give three days of care a week.
AnalysisPoliticsBenson, Sheridan, Kenny, Trinca and Bramston analyse the performances of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in the third leaders debate of the election campaign.
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third debatePoliticsAnthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have engaged in a tense exchange over claims of lying and abuse.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsPeter Dutton will say households and small businesses have been hit with an extra $22.5bn in costs under Labor power price rises, as he moves to counter Labor’s nuclear energy scare campaign.
The political reality of the Pope’s death is that another disruption to the campaign means it is more difficult for Peter Dutton to regain momentum.
pollingPoliticsPeter Dutton’s hopes that Victoria would power him to The Lodge looking less likely as Liberals warn of limited gains.
NewsWireThe winner of the heated third leaders’ debate has been revealed, as Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton clashed over the lies in the May 3 election campaign.
ExclusivePoliticsA Newspoll state by state and demographic analysis shows the Coalition has also lost significant ground in Middle Australia, with the mortgage belt swinging back toward Labor | FULL TABLES