Inside and outside Parliament this week, the government’s performance was, for the most part, woeful, only partly redeemed by a strong counter-attack by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Thursday
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In this podcast @michellegrattan and politics + society editor @amandadunn10 discuss Anthony Albanese's defensiveness when pressed on treaty, support for the Yes case slipping in polls, the
In this podcast, Thomas Mayo and Derryn Hinch discuss misinformation in the Voice to Parliament campaign.
The former prime minister, who was excoriated by the commission, was unrepentant, giving no ground on any of the criticisms Commissioner Catherine Holmes made of him in her report.
A Productivity Commission report released this week highlighted the continued lack of agency First Australians have - even though a comprehensive framework is already in place to try to Close the Gap
In this podcast, our guest is Andrew McKellar, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He joins us to give a business take on the economy and relations with the Albanese Government
The broad-ranging criticism is contained in the commission’s first review of the 2020 “National Agreement on Closing the Gap”
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg, a ‘yes’ backer, suggested the referendum should be put off until mid-2024 in a radio interview last week
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he wanted to ‘revitalise and renew and refocus’ the commission with Barrett’s appointment, recognising that ‘productivity has evolved’.
Under the change, promised in Labor’s election campaign, there will be a new definition of when an employee can be classified as “casual”.
This is the first national wellbeing framework. Fifty indicators are used to measure wellbeing under five themes: how healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive and prosperous we are.
Labor has a long history of factions. What is distinctive about them now is how professionally they operate, as two powerful machines of control in an alliance of mutual convenience
In this podcast, @michellegrattan discusses the Voice with Indigenous Senators Dorinda Cox and Kerrynne Liddle
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and politics editor @amandadunn10
He says factional dominance causes unnecessary division, with the risk of forcing new recruits to the party into an “uncomfortable choice”
The official pamphlets for the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for the Voice referendum will be released on Tuesday
The federal Opposition have retained the Gold Coast seat of Fadden with a two-party swing of about 2%.
The government has announced who Philip Lowe's successor is, deputy governor Michele Bullock - She will be the first woman to hold the position.
The government has appointed Michele Bullock the new governor of the Reserve Bank – the first woman to occupy the post. Bullock, currently deputy governor, replaces Philip Lowe, who has weathered strong…
Fadden could deliver a blow or a boost to Dutton. He can hardly afford the former, and desperately needs the latter.
It is generally expected Lowe will be replaced, when Treasurer Jim Chalmers takes his recommendation to cabinet
The Measuring What Matters statement will be around the themes of “healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive, and prosperous”, Chalmers said in a speech in Melbourne delivered late Tuesday
In this podcast, Bill Shorten joins The Conversation to discuss the aftermath of the royal commission report, and progress reforming the NDIS to make it more sustainable.
Bill Shorten said on Friday he had “conflicting emotions” when he read Holmes’ recommendation on this, and Anthony Albanese said he did, too.
In a swingeing indictment of the scheme, the commission says: “Robodebt was a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, and it made many people feel like criminals.”
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