Politics
Federal
Business tax cuts back on the agenda
Labor is using a new attack ad to highlight Malcolm Turnbull's investment portfolio, suggesting he will personally benefit from the corporate tax cuts policy.
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Best of Fairfax cartoons June 25, 2018
Fairfax Media's talented team of artists, illustrators and cartoonists give us their very own humorous version of the news of the day.
The latest illustrations from artist Judy Horacek
The Age's Judy Horacek says "My life has been a quest to find new and better places to stick cartoons". Accordingly, her cartoons can be found in newspapers and magazines, online, on aprons and teatowels, on mugs, on fridge magnets and cards, and as limited edition prints. Her cartoons have been described as whimsical and quirky. As she says, "I take every day situations and make them strange"
Public service
Centrelink savings have shifted costs to community services: report
A decline in services has heaped more pressure onto stretched community service providers, Anglicare says.
- by Doug Dingwall
Labor attack ad goes after PM's wealth
With company tax cuts on the horizon, the Labor Party has released an ad reiterating their attacks on the prime minister for his personal wealth.
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The Pulse Live
Politics Live: Spotlight back on company tax after government's income tax victory
Labor is using a new attack ad to highlight Malcolm Turnbull's investment portfolio, suggesting he will personally benefit from the corporate tax cuts policy.
- by Fergus Hunter
Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
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Exclusive poll shows Turnbull's promised tax cuts a fizzer
A Fairfax-Ipsos survey suggests the prime minister is failing to gain traction over opposition leader Bill Shorten.
Exclusive
Ipsos poll
Polling gets personal: What voters really think of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten
A new Fairfax-Ipsos poll asked Australians to rate their leaders. We now know who has the edge - but will it be enough to win him the election?
- by David Crowe
China
Government and opposition seal weekend deal on foreign interference clampdown
A law to force people to declare themselves when they act on behalf of foreign governments is set to be passed by the federal Parliament, a first in the democratic world.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
Ipsos poll
Fairfax-Ipos poll: The PM's $144 billion tax cut offer seems to have fallen flat
Perhaps voters decided that a $10 weekly reduction is a bit low-rent in a country where the average dwelling costs $687,000.
- by Peter Hartcher