Competition head Ian Harper pulls away from North Sydney Forum
The opposition has succeeded in having the head of the government's competition inquiry, Ian Harper, dissociate himself from a Liberal Party fund-raising body linked to Treasurer Joe Hockey.
- by Phillip Coorey
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Long war ends with hope, says Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott came to Afghanistan on Monday to signal the end of the 12-year mission there and declare Australia's longest war had failed to secure victory.
- by Phillip Coorey
No victory but a job well done: Abbott
Tony Abbott came to Afghanistan on Monday to signal the end of the 12-year mission there and declare Australia's longest war had failed to secure victory.
- by Phillip Coorey and Tarin Kowt
States push to slash GST-free threshold
PRESSURE has intensified on the federal government to apply the GST to internet purchases valued under $1000, with every state and territory supporting the move.
- by Phillip Coorey
Faulkner appeals to PM to take on factions
THE NSW senator John Faulkner will push to reform the NSW Labor Party at its next state conference due next June, creating the potential for a messy brawl over internal party processes just months from a federal election.
- by Phillip Coorey
NSW backs disability plan
THE 140,000 disabled people in NSW will be guaranteed care and support within five years after the federal and NSW governments reached a $6 billion deal to implement the national disability insurance scheme by 2018 - and the federal opposition vowed to honour the deal if it was elected.
- by Phillip Coorey
Faulkner's reform calls unlikely to go anywhere fast
Until now, Faulkner had been railing against the corrosive effects of factionalism on the ALP's structure and membership. This week he drew the link with corruption and the extraordinary damage it is doing to Labor in the broader electorate.
- by Phillip Coorey
Integrity in politics: Faulkner says start with NSW Labor
THE veteran Labor senator John Faulkner has cited a ''desperate'' need to return integrity and accountability to politics and the public service, claiming that rising public cynicism was undermining democracy and support for legislative reform.
- by Phillip Coorey
Enemy within still the danger: Turnbull
MALCOLM TURNBULL has portrayed himself as the antithesis of Tony Abbott's political mentor, B.A. Santamaria, the staunch protectionsist and founder of the Democratic Labor Party.
- by Phillip Coorey
Garrett slams hoteliers' 'ugly' pokies campaign
Peter Garrett has broken the ceasefire between the Gillard government and the poker machine lobby by accusing the hoteliers of verballing community groups and schools in his electorate.
- by Phillip Coorey
PM to lean on 'dynamic' states over disability insurance
THE Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, will use this week's meeting with the state and territory leaders to lean on Queensland and Western Australia to commit to the national disability insurance scheme, saying it needs the nation's two wealthiest and most dynamic states.
- by Phillip Coorey
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