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Not everybody in the Labor family is signing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to banning silica from kitchen benchtops.

Labor-linked lobbyists fight movement on engineered-stone ban

Major manufacturer Caesarstone has hired Labor lobbying firm Hawker Britton to help fight a potential ban on the use of deadly silica in kitchen benchtops.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell

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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says the Voice is an ‘elite experiment’.

Jacinta Price bills taxpayers $76,000 for business-class flights

The Country Liberal Senator and leading No campaigner has been travelling. A lot.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Property developer Tim Gurner said unemployment needed to rise by between 40 per cent and 50 per cent.

Property bro’s grovelling apology to ‘employees, tradies and families’

The multimillionaire said the economy needed more pain, and unemployment had to rise. After backlash, he vanished from social media, before apologising for his comments on Thursday

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce on Monday.

Qantas boss defends $2.47b profit, backs Qatar Airways rejection

Qantas boss Alan Joyce faced nearly two hours of relentless questioning over his airline’s relationship with the government and role in the cost of living crisis.

  • Amelia McGuire
Qantas boss Alan Joyce will appear before the Senate committee into the cost of living on Monday.

Qantas chief Alan Joyce summoned to front cost of living inquiry

Qantas boss Alan Joyce has been summoned to appear before the Senate next week to answer questions about the airline and the cost of living.

  • Amelia McGuire
X-rays showing the effects of silicosis.

Benchtop giant, health groups demand dangerous-stone ban

One of the world’s biggest engineered stone manufacturers and a coalition of health groups have called for action from federal and state governments.

  • Adele Ferguson and Angus Thompson
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Greens leader Adam Bandt says the party will use its leverage in the Senate to pursue a “right to disconnect”.

Greens to push for ‘right to disconnect’ in next wave of IR changes

Workers’ right to ignore calls or emails from their bosses after hours will be among the Greens’ key demands when the federal government begins its next wave of workplace reforms.

  • Angus Thompson

Who’s who get call from the Phantom

Not everyone got the black tie memo

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Tania de Jong and Peter Hunt, co-founders of Mind Medicine Australia.

Psychedelic drug advocates call in the lobbyists for help

After a difficult few months, Mind Medicine Australia has enlisted an influential lobbying firm in their fight to get psychedelics cleared for clinical use.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Senator Tony Sheldon rejects proposals to weaken the NSW Labor general secretary position.

Senator Sheldon says proposed reforms are 'antithetical' to ALP values

Labor senator Tony Sheldon is labelling proposals for a "corporatised" head office and a stripped-back general secretary as "antithetical" to party values.

  • Kylar Loussikian

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