Peter Dutton will set a 2035 emissions reduction target if he wins the election, senior Coalition sources say, as he warned leaving the Paris accord – like Donald Trump – would damage Australia’s trade relationships.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has called for an end to pro-Palestinian protests across the nation, saying if ‘the guns can be silenced in Gaza’, the disruption to local streets can also stop.
Angus Taylor says the mid-year economic update shows the Albanese government is ‘the biggest spending outside of wartime or crisis’ and offers no pathway to restoring standards of living.
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.
After Victoria’s longest serving Treasurer Tim Pallas announced he was quitting politics, Opposition Leader John Pesutto said his legacy would be one of ‘enormous debt that Victorians in the present … and future generations will be saddled with’.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says she expects donors, who poured almost $2m into David Pocock’s 2022 campaign, will help secure the independent senator first place from Labor in the ballot next year.
Peter Dutton says the Albanese government has defected from long-held bipartisanship as it chases votes in western Sydney and the inner-city, after Australia backed Palestinian statehood and for the withdrawal of Israel from the Occupied Territories.
Australian Venue Co quickly walked back its directive to the managers of more than 200 pubs against celebrating Australia Day due to the ‘hurt it causes some of our patrons’.
Former treasurer Peter Costello has condemned Jim Chalmers’ changes to the $230bn Future Fund’s investment mandate, arguing the move risked lower returns.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has broken his silence after charges were filed against the Wayne Swan-chaired fund, amid confirmation its chief executive will front a Senate committee tomorrow.
Peter Dutton says the latest arrival of foreign nationals in a NT island shows the Albanese government is seen as ‘weak’.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to refer himself to the National Anti-Corruption Commission over revelations in a new book he requested upgrades from former Qantas boss Alan Joyce.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the easing of restrictions on lobster exports was part of his government’s effort to ‘stabilise the relationship’ with China, while dodging questions on leaders coming to a consensus over Israel at the ASEAN summit.
Protestors are in custody after a brawl broke out in the Melbourne CBD, as activists descended on an arms manufacturer expo.
Labor elder statesman Wayne Swan has waded into the RBA row, accusing the central bank of ‘hammering households’ and putting economic dogma over practical decisions that would boost an ailing economy.
Adding a census question on sexuality and diversity is common sense, the PM says, amid criticism Labor ‘doesn’t know what they believe in’ after the embarrassing reversal.
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt said the appointment showed the Albanese government was delivering on its promise to restore balance to the commission.
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’.
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.
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