Government makes concessions on multi-employer bargaining bill
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said on Sunday there would be a change in the proposed way voting would work for these agreements. …
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Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk
Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese won’t be at COP27 but energy will be on his mind
The PM will be notably missing from the COP27 leaders summit in Egypt early next week. Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, will represent Australia later in the conference. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy expert Bruce Mountain on what to do about the gas crisis
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan talks with Professor Bruce Mountain, Director of the Victoria Energy Policy Centre …
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Grattan on Friday: Cost of living goes from a winner for Albanese in May to a weapon for Dutton in October
Dealing with the crisis, driven by the Ukraine war, is now Labor’s problem, and that gave Dutton something substantial to latch onto. …
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Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information
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 …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and Danielle Wood on the budget
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 …
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Australia’s growth downgraded and inflation drives massive rise in cost of pensions and payments in budget
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. …
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Floods drive up fruit and veg prices, while energy costs will prolong high inflation
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the economic impact of the recent floods will push up prices and “cost billions”. …
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Word from The Hill: Major review of NDIS, as government reveals multi-billion dollar cost blowout
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 …
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Blueprint to tackle violence against women unveiled but detailed Indigenous plan still to come
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 …
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