Coalition
Latest news and comment on the Coalition, Tony Abbott and Australian politics
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The Tax Justice Network says taxpayers deserve a fair return on their natural resources
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Federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation says coal ‘seriously challenged’ as a commercial investment
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Katharine Murphy on politics Structural shift on Coalition's right sets off some frantic repair work
This week’s fine-tuning is aimed at trying to keep disaffected voters in-house, rather than drifting off to splinter groups -
Some of the largest donors to Australia’s two main political parties are wealthy individuals or businesses – they are companies set up by the parties themselves known as ‘associated entities’
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Greens senator Rachel Siewert urges date change after Coalition’s John Williams says it should remain as 26 January
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Greens criticise new bill it says gives immigration minister ‘extreme vetting’ powers to cancel visas of people based on place of birth, passport or religion
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Body would have less teeth than Asic, ACCC and tax office and shield some MPs who incorrectly claim entitlements from publicity
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Labor leader says ‘name calling’ showed the prime minister was under intense political pressure
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Coalition to cut phase-in period of building code attached to Australian Building and Construction Commission Act
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Cory Bernardi tells the Senate he is ‘both reluctant and relieved’ to have made what he called the most difficult decision of his political life – to leave the Liberal party
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Former Liberal senator says he decided to quit the party because the Australian public was being let down
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Only former prime ministers should be entitled to taxpayer-funded business-class flights, PM says
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The evidence suggests the push for government help is an attempt to squeeze money out of unwise investments made at the end of the mining boom
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Education minister Simon Birmingham has said federal schools funding will increase to $20bn in 2020 while most states have cut their budgets
Sinodinos ducks query on preferencing One Nation above Nationals