Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson canvasses the economy and the budget, says the Liberals need to sort out its stance on net zero sooner rather than later.
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The prime minister avoided any major pitfalls during his week in the US. Back at home, the Liberal party’s infighting has shown no signs of stopping.
The former Australian ambassador turned scholar says despite more countries recognising Palestine as a state, a peaceful two-state solution is slipping away.
After all the speculation, the prime minister finally has his meeting with the mercurial American president. Now attention will turn to how to manage it.
Foreign policy is proving a sticking point for both the prime minister and the opposition leader, with both presenting lacklustre performances.
The Albanese government on Sunday formally recognised Palestine as an independent state.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Bill Shorten has called for a “fundamental re-imagining” of Australia’s universities
The Albanese government will hope its new 2035 target will be well received internationally as it seeks to balance its global relationships.
The Albanese government has announced Australia will commit to cutting emissions by between 62% and 70% on 2005 levels by 2035.
The energy expert says Australia’s only on track to cut its emissions by around 50% by 2035 – ‘so we’re going to have to step up the pace’ in the next decade.
Albanese put the best face on the situation after his plan to sign a major defence treaty with Papua New Guinea while in Port Moresby fell through.
The stoush comes as the prime minister prepares for his long-sought meeting with the president.
Sussan Ley will give her first major economic speech as leader to call for Australians to move “off welfare and into self-reliance”
Only a few months into her leadership, Sussan Ley is facing an extraordinary insurgency from Liberal frontbenchers.
After mishandling the initial incident, Ley now has to contend with a freelancing backbencher in a deeply divided opposition.
Sussan Ley has sacked frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price after she failed to back her leadership of the Liberal Party.
The former NSW Senator has said Australia is an “active, eager participant in the US-led order” and urged the Albanese government to abandon AUKUS.
The ructions within the Liberal Party deepen over Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent comments on Indian immigration.
The Senator made life difficult for the Liberal Party with her comments about Indian immigration. When they blew up, she made it worse.
Despite he and his government being in an overwhelmingly dominant position politically, Anthony Albanese sounded quite tetchy at times this week.
The settlement is still to be approved by the federal court, would be the largest class action settlement in Australian history.
Some 20,000 home care packages will be brought forward to be delivered before the end of October.
A former deputy secretary of the immigration department under the Howard government says ‘it’s time politicians on both sides pulled up their socks’.
Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced the figure amid a fresh divisive debate about immigration, intensified by the weekend marches calling for lower numbers.
The government’s trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done, however admitting it can’t be one-size-fits-all.
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