Craig Emerson
Woolworths and Coles face billion-dollar fines under stronger grocery code
The new maximum penalties – up to $5 billion for Woolworths and $3.8 billion for Coles – are designed to protect farmers and food suppliers in their dealings with the big supermarkets.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Latest
Pro-nuclear union boss blasts in to chair Labor think tank
Former Australian Workers Union national secretary Daniel Walton’s stance on nuclear power isn’t in tune with the rest of the Labor family.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Opinion
Supermarket inquiry
Everyone seems to be a victim in the supermarket review
While Woolworths and Coles point the finger at the behaviour of other big retailers, it’s a brain twister as to how giving suppliers more help will benefit customers at the checkout.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Retailer, business groups hit back at Dutton’s call for Woolworths boycott
Farmers, meanwhile, said the government was failing to ensure primary producers and households were not being ripped off by the big supermarkets.
- by Olivia Ireland and Mike Foley
What is the supermarkets’ code of conduct?
The government has warned supermarkets to pass savings on to shoppers. Can the sector’s code of conduct make that happen?
- by Olivia Ireland
‘Not good enough’: Albanese warns supermarkets to lower prices
As anger rises about high food and vegetable prices, the government says it could intervene to bring prices down.
- by Matthew Knott
Back in fashion: Life after politics suits Mitch Catlin
The former chief of staff to the former Liberal leader stepped out in style at Australian Fashion Week.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
The time Craig Emerson burst into song
The former Labor MP worked on the lyrics that included 'no Whyalla wipeout' for several days, and after his performance, he was described as a circus clown who needed singing lessons.
Opinion
ALP
George Orwell, me and the longest suicide note in Labor history
After Labor’s drubbing in the 2019 election, I was drafted to help rewrite its policy platform. Here’s how it happened.
- by Dennis Glover
Exclusive
LGBTQ
Albanese’s slimmed down policy platform lashed by LGBTI community
Equality campaigners have lashed Anthony Albanese’s move to strip back Labor’s policy platform ahead of the next election by removing almost 40 references to LGBTIQ rights.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Political leadership
Mansplaining is rife in federal Parliament, but do voters care?
A Labor schism over climate change took the heat off the Coalition's ongoing woman problem, as exposed by Four Corners.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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