Anthony Albanese rules out early election – and wishes federal terms were longer
Anthony Albanese has said there will be an early budget next year which seems to rule out a early election. …
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Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk
Now it’s Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey who’s had a glass too many
Deputy nationals leader, Perin Davey, stumbled over words while at a Senate committee hearing last Tuesday night, after attending the party’s regular staff drinks function. …
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Boat arrivals land on remote Western Australian coast
Australian Border Force officials are investigating the arrival of a group of more than 20 men by boat in Western Australia Late Friday. …
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New commissioner will focus on vexed issue of Indigenous children in out-of-home care
Delivering the Closing the Gap annual report, the prime minister has announced a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children among other measures. …
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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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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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