View from The Hill: How does David Littleproud handle the latest Barnaby Joyce embarrassment?
What to do about Barnaby? That’s the question facing Nationals leader David Littleproud after the former deputy prime minister was
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Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk
Grattan on Friday: Can the Albanese government show muscle in Indigenous policy? One test is coming next week
On Tuesday the government will present its latest implementation plan for Closing the Gap. Which provides a major test for the government as it prepares the next steps after the referendum. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on fuel efficiency standards and the energy transition
The new fuel efficiency standards regime will move Australia in the direction of comparable countries, but it has its critics. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen joins the podcast to discuss this policy and more …
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View from The Hill: Albanese on front foot as both sides settle into the ‘permanent campaign’
In politics, fortunes often turn quickly. Anthony Albanese ended the last parliamentary year in a hole. He’s started this one
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Newspoll shows support for Albanese’s tax decision, as the PM defends his reputation as ‘an honest person’
Newspoll has found 62% of people surveyed believe the Albanese government did the right thing in reworking the stage 3 tax cuts. …
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Indigenous trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue dies aged 91
Dr O’Donoghue has been remembered as a “giant for our country”, who dedicated her life to the rights, health, and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. …
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Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s Stage 3 rework invites a wider tax debate the government doesn’t want to have
Anthony Albanese might not be Labor’s strongest policy innovator but as a tactician, he’s as shrewd as they come. …
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Former Labor minister Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund
Former Labor minister Greg Combet is to be the new chair of the Future Fund, replacing Peter Costello. Combet, a member of parliament in 2007-2013, served in the industry and climate change and energy… …
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Grattan on Friday: Tax debate tricky for Dutton, despite issue of Albanese breaking his word
Labor’s new tax package has turned the March 2 Dunkley byelection into a referendum on tax which may leave Peter Dutton with some difficult problems. …
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Melanoma treatment pioneers joint Australians of the Year
Pioneers in melanoma treatment, professors Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer, are the joint 2024 Australians of the Year. …
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