Politics

Political donations

Trump backer Pratt gave Albanese $1 million before PM attended Katy Perry party

As they gear up for an election year, the Liberal and Labor parties and their state branches raked in more than $64 million each.

by Paul Sakkal

Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from a car on Sunday after a spate of attacks on houses and vehicles in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Antisemitism

Antisemitism stoush to dominate parliament as government blacklists white supremacist channel

by Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne

Peter Dutton says nuclear power will bring down prices by 44 per cent, but new analysis argues it will add more than $1000 to the power bills of people with rooftop solar.

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Electricity

Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit

by Shane Wright

Mortgage interest rates would up to 0.5 percentage points lower under more banking competition.

Property prices

House values slide amid fears Trump trade war will hit interest rates

by Shane Wright

Antisemitism

‘Astounding’: Dutton turns up heat over PM’s knowledge of caravan plot

by Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne

Opinion & Perspectives

As the fog of inflation lifts, Dutton is cast in a harsher light

For over two years, we’ve been waiting for serious Coalition policies. All we see is the adoption of ideas of an unserious man, Donald Trump. Is that it?

Sean Kelly

Columnist

Hooked on sugar-hit policies, we keep ignoring the tax elephant in the room

It’s been 25 years since a government sold tax reform to Australians. The time has come for them to try again.

Rachel Clun

Contributor

Right idea, wrong target: How Dutton’s 36,000 job cuts will leave him exposed

Getting rid of thousands of public servants in Canberra sounds like a vote winner, until the voters realise that the services on which they rely won’t be there any more.

David Crowe

Chief political correspondent

Federal

The Business Council of Australia wants a Trump-style war on red tape in Australia.

Company tax

Axe the red tape: Big business presses for Trump-like attack on regulation

Heads of some of the nation’s biggest companies are pressing both major parties to take a leaf out of the Trump administration by cutting red tape.

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by Shane Wright

Company tax

The $1.6b sandwich: Labor calculates bill for Dutton’s free-lunch pledge

The Coalition has yet to reveal the cost of its plan to allow small businesses to claim a tax deduction on work lunches. Labor says it will bust the budget.