Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk

Higgins accused Lehrmann of assaulting her in the parliamentary office of Reynolds, who was defence industry minister, in March 2019, after a night out drinking in two Canberra bars …

In this podcast, we talk to Chalmers, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, and the head of the Grattan Institute Danielle Wood about power prices, tax pressures and spending reforms …

Delivered against a background of rising inflation, increasing interest rates and huge global uncertainties, Labor’s first budget will also contain $33 billion in extra funding for pensions and payments. …

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the economic impact of the recent floods will push up prices and “cost billions”. …

In this podcast, Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss next week’s budget, which is set to slash Coalition programs and promises and implement the Albanese government’s priorities …

One in three women has experienced physical violence since age 15; the figure for sexual violence is one in five. A woman is killed by a current or former intimate partner every ten days …

The present scheme is for 18 weeks government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate “Dad and Partner” payment for two weeks. …

The treasurer’s Tuesday’s appearances were his first after receiving a major rebuff when Anthony Albanese at the weekend quashed any prospect of rejigging the Stage 3 tax cuts in the budget. …

the government on Monday will point to 28 major defence projects running a total of more than 97 years late, as it highlights pressures it faces on the budget …

Stage 3 has long been built into both federal budget planning and market expectations. Drawing on the British experience is more a convenient argument than a meaningful parallel. …