Embattled Qantas boss Alan Joyce will quit immediately, bringing forward his retirement by two months. A Qantas statement early Tuesday said the CEO had advised the board he was doing this “to help the…
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Like most governments, this one arrived in office promising more accountability and transparency. Also like others, in practice it has a penchant for control and secrecy.
A suite of protections for gig workers will be contained in legislation to be introduced into parliament next week, and will also include measures on rights for casual workers and stopping wage theft
History is on the “no” side. Only eight of 44 referendum questions have been carried since federation
In this podcast, we are joined by the campaign director for Yes23, Dean Parkin, and former deputy prime minister John Anderson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the long-anticipated date to an enthusiastic audience of about 400 in Adelaide.
The government has not been able to convincingly explain its decision to refuse Qatar Airways’ bid to expand its flights to Australia.
The ageing population will strengthen the trend towards a service-based economy, with the care and support sector potentially doubling over the coming four decades.
The report to be released on Thursday says an increase in global temperatures of 3-4°C would cost Australia $135 billion to $423 billion.
This week on Word from The Hill, @michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the coming date for the Voice referendum, the Intergenerational report and Labor's national conference
The report, to be released in full on Thursday, puts the number of people 65 and over at about nine million by the early 2060s – from nearly 4.4 million in the 2021 census
The full report, which puts a long lens on the nation’s future, will be released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Thursday
The Intergenerational Report puts a long lens on the nation’s future, looking at the implications of demographic changes and covering a broad range of economic and social areas
For this podcast we caught up with Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, and canvassed issues like the cultural heritage law backdown, and the Voice.
After last-minute deliberations between Labor powerbrokers and unions, the AUKUS pact was endorsed by the ALP at its national conference this Friday
The Prime Minister’s message to delegates at the Labor national conference was, in essence: be patient, don’t rock the boat, you shouldn’t expect the government to do all you want all at once.
The conference, being held in Brisbane, runs three days, with Albanese delivering his keynote address on Thursday morning
Outgoing Qantas chief Alan Joyce appeared on Monday with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to unveil the livery
Peter Dutton has been open since the election about nuclear energy being on the Coalition’s agenda - but that has allowed the government, especially Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, to attack the idea
In this podcast we talk with Wayne Swan, the Labor Party National President. Swan was treasurer and deputy prime minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the WA government scrapping a controversial law, the government's policy on Palestine, and the fallout from the Lehrmann case inquiry.
WA Premier Roger Cook has apologised to the state for getting the rollout “wrong”, while rejecting suggestions he was under pressure from the federal government to drop it to remove a referendum impediment
Sparked by the PwC scandal, the measures will expand tax promoter penalty laws to make it easier for the Australian Taxation Office to apply them to advisers and firms who promote tax avoidance.
The ACT Attorney-General, Shane Rattenbury, said in a statement on Sunday that he and Drumgold discussed the report and both agreed that his position was no longer tenable.
The PM pays tribute to Indigenous leaders and elders past and present, while calling out the Opposition at the Garma Festival this weekend.
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