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Political donations reform push faces tough opposition
Labor’s plans for speedy disclosure of political donations by big businesses and Rich Listers could be scuttled by the Greens and the Coalition.
- Tom McIlroy
PM’s pitch to Queensland: we’re not the Greens
Anthony Albanese has brushed off the anger of Queensland voters, insisting Labor can pick up federal seats as progressive voters pull back their support for the Greens.
- Tom McIlroy
Cattle farmers go to war with Labor over class action
Cattle farmers have accused Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus of launching an appalling, contemptuous and “outrageously misleading” attack on them.
- Ronald Mizen
UK results signal Labor threat from Muslim Vote
Labor believes the war in Gaza will boost independents and the Greens, including in the Melbourne electorate of Wills.
- Tom McIlroy and Gus McCubbing
‘Folly’: Littleproud brushes aside Qld LNP’s nuclear stance
Nuclear energy was the elephant in the room at the LNP convention in Brisbane on Saturday, where Peter Dutton forged ahead with the pitch.
- Updated
- James Hall
This Month
Faith-based politics will be bad for social cohesion and Islam: PM
The introduction of sectarian politics would risk further harm to social cohesion and be bad for the Islamic community, Anthony Albanese has warned.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Fatima Payman
Fatima Payman goes from rising star to Labor rat
The senator, who had a promising future as a Labor politician, says her conscience left her no choice but to quit. Party insiders, however, are fuming.
- Andrew Tillett
The war in Gaza is dividing Australians. Business is worried
Paul Bassat says Australia is fighting a “war of ideas” and losing; John Mullen says business people are too scared to say what they really think and Rod Eddington fears multiculturalism is under threat.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- UK election
Why Starmer’s victory in Britain should scare Albanese
The Australian prime minister now has an ideological bedfellow in the UK. But he also has something in common with the loser: incumbency.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- Mark Dreyfus
Cattle farmers trying to boost profits at taxpayers’ expense: Labor
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the government was not budging on its $215 million offer to settle a decade-old class action.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Muslims and farmers, everyone wants a piece of Labor
An unanticipated backlash in WA is the last thing the government needs, given the prospect of the creation of a pro-Muslim political movement targeting heartland ALP seats.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Stay tuned’: Payman open to forming a new party
First-term senator Fatima Payman has not ruled out forming her own political party after she quit the ALP, citing its “indifference” to the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza.
- Phillip Coorey
Rebel senator to quit Labor, backed by ‘Muslim vote’
Fatima Payman is expected to quit Labor on Thursday to join the crossbench, heightening fears about sectarianism creeping into politics.
- Phillip Coorey
Australian Muslim Vote campaign mirrors the US, UK
It has been brewing for months, but the controversy over renegade Labor senator Fatima Payman and her full-throated support for Palestine has spurred it on.
- Andrew Tillett
Dutton moves to election footing after budget shift, NATO snub
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has told his party room to “be ready” for an election as early as September.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Albanese quietly frees up funds for election fight
The prime minister has implemented a shift in budget strategy that allows him to free up funds for election priorities, causing some dismay among senior officials.
- Phillip Coorey
June
Chalmers confirms second surplus amid rate rise fears
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed the budget will again be in surplus as he moves to firewall the government against responsibility for another interest rate increase.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Greens
Right-wing group asks Jewish donors for millions to target Greens
Advance’s campaign to portray the Greens as antisemitic worries some Liberals, who fear it will drive voters to the Labor Party.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- LNP
Peter Dutton could do an Abbott with time, if not God, on his side
With his nuclear power policy threatening inner-city seats, the opposition leader’s likely path to power is over two elections.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Anthony Albanese
Election countdown: Labor has plenty of laws to pass before voting day
With the election due within 12 months, Labor ministers privately concede that some policies could be pushed back into a likely second term.
- Ronald Mizen
Dutton promises back-to-basics economic plan
Peter Dutton says the coalition would simplify the definition of a casual worker in a wide-ranging policy speech on Saturday.
- Savannah Meacham
- Exclusive
- Nuclear energy
Switkowski backs nuclear push, Dutton promises costings
Ziggy Switkowski says nuclear power has a role to play in the zero-emissions energy mix and would deliver a positive return to taxpayers.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Dutton is prepared to take risks, but he is no onion eater
The signature difference between what the Coalition unleashed on Wednesday and the debilitating climate fights of the past is that both parties are operating from the assumption that emissions need to be reduced.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor’s AUKUS embrace negates nuclear waste argument: Dutton
Labor has already agreed to establish a high-level nuclear waste dump under the AUKUS pact.
- Phillip Coorey
UK’s nuclear plant will cost nearly three times what was estimated
Expert analysis of nuclear power in Australia and the experience of countries overseas suggests the Coalition may have to spend $60 billion on its energy plan.
- Tom McIlroy
