Kim Carr
D-Day for Holden workers' job hopes
Mark Kenny, Mark Hawthorne Thousands of Holden workers are expected to find out their fate on Tuesday morning, many weeks after their US head office in Detroit decided to cut them adrift.
Tribute to Nobel prize-winning scientist John Cornforth
Opposition science spokesman Kim Carr has paid tribute to Professor John Cornforth.
Car manufacturer Holden may quit Australia in 2016
Mark Kenny Senior federal ministers believe Holden will cease production in Australia as early as 2016, it has been reported.
The rise and fall of Julia Gillard
Riding the powerful upwelling of public support that greeted her advent as Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard rushed to call an election just 24 days later.
The rise and fall of Julia Gillard
Peter Hartcher In the fourth part of a five-part investigation, Peter Harcher reveals that factors that led to the downfall of Australia's first female prime minister,
Holden exit in next few years is inevitable, say ministers Subsidies Cabinet division looms
Mark Kenny Holden will stop manufacturing in Australia in three or four years no matter what Canberra does to prop it up, senior ministers in the federal government now believe.
The end of the road?
Michael Short The Zone: Damien Cantwell has spent 20 years studying public policy and manufacturing
Jobs to go without ongoing support for car industry, peak body warns
Sam Hall Australia's peak automotive parts body has warned thousands of jobs outside of Holden and Toyota will be inextricably wiped unless the Abbott Government commits to ongoing financial support for the...
Poll could kill car industry
Tim Colebatch Holden chief says company will decide after election whether it will continue manufacturing here.
Carr suggests university vice-chancellors provide alternative suggestions for savings
Daniel Hurst Kim Carr asks university vice-chancellors to come up with alternative savings to cover $2.3bn in cuts the sector wants reversed.
Carr offers olive branch on tax plan
Tim Colebatch Mark Kenny The Rudd government could change its car plan to compensate Australian manufacturers if its reform of the fringe benefits tax leads to ''unintended consequences'', says Industry Minister Kim Carr.
Abbott to oppose Labor's fringe benefits tax reform
Jonathan Swan, Tim Colebatch and Mark Kenny Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will oppose Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plans to tighten the rules on tax benefits for salary-sacrificed cars, requiring the Coalition to find another $1.
Sydney Uni rejects base cut-off
Josephine Tovey The University of Sydney says it has no plans to follow the University of NSW and set a minimum entrance score for admission.
Abbott to fight changes to tax on fringe benefits
Jonathan Swan, Mark Kenny, Tim Colebatch Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will oppose the government's plans to tighten the rules on tax benefits for salary-sacrificed cars, even though it means rejecting a $1.8 billion boost to the budget.
Politics by the book as publishers eye poll date
Jason Steger Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is not the only one getting restless. Publishers are itching for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to call an election as they unleash a raft of political books they hope...
PM weighs up new poll date
Michael Gordon and Mark Kenny Kevin Rudd has dumped Julia Gillard's proposed September 14 election date and is weighing up whether to go earlier or delay the poll to maximise his chances of rebuilding public confidence in the...
Shock resignations to prompt reshuffle
The retirement of Government ministers Chris Evans and Nicola Roxon will mean a cabinet reshuffle in delicate times.
Gillard backers fear seismic shift in support for PM
Jessica Wright The storm clouds in Canberra hovering over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership manifested in physical form today with the annual Prime Minister's XI cricket match set to be cancelled due to...
Parents in limbo on Newstart swap
Amanda Parkinson Tens of thousands of Australian parents with concession cards are in limbo as the government switches them to Newstart from the single-parenting payment.
