May budget to boost cultural and historical institutions with $535m four-year injection
The government also promises that beyond the four years, the institutions will get indexed funding …
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Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk
View from The Hill: the Liberals talk about ‘rebuilding’ but how, exactly?
Peter Dutton and his demoralised team, shocked beyond belief by their Aston drubbing, say the party has to “rebuild”. But
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Labor’s unexpected Aston win is body blow for Dutton
This is the first time in more than a century that a government has won a byelection from an Opposition …
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Grattan on Friday: We need more tax revenue, but don’t ask the major parties how we’ll get it
The government is hamstrung by its election promise to not raise taxes or bring in new ones. That’s for this term, but its narrow majority is likely to make Labor wary at the next election of bold tax reform promises. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous communities
Michelle Grattan sits down with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie to chat about Alice Springs, The Voice to Parliament, Indigenous employment and the Stage 3 tax cuts …
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View from The Hill: Dutton saddles up for Aston race amid Victorian Liberal infighting
Byelections for leaders are rather like steeplechases for horses: there is always the risk of serious injury. Ahead of the
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Grattan on Friday: A ‘No’ vote in the Voice referendum would put a serious dent in Australia’s image abroad
Imagine the impression sent abroad if voters defeated a proposal for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body to advise the federal parliament and government …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael Brennan on Australia’s parlous productivity growth
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan discusses the blueprint for reform with commission chair, Michael Brennan …
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First Australian charged with war crime of murder in Afghanistan
The arrest follows a joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator and the Australian Federal Police …
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Grattan on Friday: History will judge Keating’s assessments of AUKUS and China, but his performance went over the top
Despite the bipartisanship over both the China threat and AUKUS, the views of experts are divided. …
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