View from The Hill: it’s time to put some new rules around upgrades for parliamentarians
The Qantas upgrades affair has turned from a missile targeted at Anthony Albanese to a cluster bomb hitting MPs on
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Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk
Albanese promises changes to HELP repayment arrangements to ease cost of living
People repaying HELP student debts would get cost-of-living relief under changes to repayment arrangements to be announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bruce Wolpe says personal relations between Trump and Albanese would be ‘rocky’
To discuss the state of the contest and what comes next, we’re joined by Bruce Wolpe, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. …
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NACC decision not to investigate Robodebt references will be revisited by ‘eminent person’
The commission’s inspector found NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton had not adequately excused himself from the decision not to investigate the six Robodebt referrals. …
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View from The Hill: ‘identity politics’ has challenged the Labor Party to define its identity
Saturday’s Queensland result provides the latest evidence of the dual tugs on the modern Labor Party, coming from its different
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View from The Hill: Queensland’s lessons for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt’s band
Often state elections don’t mean much federally, but Saturday’s Queensland’s result does carry implications for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and
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Grattan on Friday: a possible Trump victory is making the Albanese government cagey about its 2035 climate target
If Donald Trump wins the US presidency on November 5, his victory will have profound implications for other countries on many fronts. Not least of them will be climate change policy. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on what unions want from Labor and Innes Willox on business wish list for Dutton
we’re joined by ACTU secretary Sally McManus and Innes Willox, the head of the Australian Industry Group, one of the peak employer groups to talk about the state of IR laws and the CFMEU. …
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View from The Hill: We have bigger issues around freedom of speech than Lidia Thorpe’s noisy protest
King Charles – as the old-fashioned saying goes – didn’t come down in the last shower. He’s unlikely to have
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Grattan on Friday: whatever his policy, Peter Dutton will be a big target on workplace relations
The government is looking to reach for workplace issues as a potential lifeline. IR is made for a ferocious Labor scare campaign that the Coalition will find extremely difficult to counter. …
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