Political leadership
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Daniel Andrews
Ambulance Victoria issues statement on Premier’s fall
The Victorian government has accused the Coalition of peddling “QAnon craziness” about the circumstances of Premier Daniel Andrews’ fall in March.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Opinion
Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison’s the man for optimistic narratives but one day Australia will need hard truths
A conversation about what risk the nation is prepared to live with is coming but can this government do it with the honesty and complexity required?
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
ABC
ABC versus the government is a song that remains the same
Tensions between the ABC and the government have once again boiled over, despite Scott Morrison’s intentions to steer well clear of the ABC controversies his predecessors delighted in stoking.
- by Stephen Brook
Analysis
ALP
MPs lose patience with Albanese as Labor faces fourth term in opposition
As a federal election approaches, there is growing talk in Labor about how to turn things around - and if Anthony Albanese is the right person to do it.
- by James Massola
Who is Chris Minns? NSW Labor’s new leader wants to be the next Keating
With 21 months until the next state election, the 41-year-old faces an uphill battle to give Labor a fighting chance against Gladys Berejiklian.
- by Lucy Cormack
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ALP
The 2023 campaign begins today: Minns’s plan to rally the troops as NSW Labor leader
Chris Minns said he firmly believed the next election would define the post-COVID economy and society and that his party would have a big role to play. Cost of living, stagnant wages, regional jobs and tolls will be the first areas he plans to target as leader.
- by Lucy Cormack
Last-minute deal reached to oust Netanyahu as Israel’s PM
Under the agreement, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett will split the job of prime minister in a rotation. Bennett will serve the first two years, while Lapid is to serve the final two years.
- by Josef Federman
Opinion
Factional politics
What matters most - power within Labor, or Labor in power?
The NSW Labor leadership battle between Chris Minns and Michael Daley poses an existential question for the opposition and the party’s members.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Factional politics
More MPs pick sides in Labor leadership tussle, as candidates prepare for possible ballot
NSW Labor leadership hopeful Michael Daley insists he has the 15 signatures he needs to trigger a full membership ballot despite another senior MP publicly endorsing his rival, the sixth in two days.
- by Lucy Cormack
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Factional politics
Senior Labor MPs publicly endorse Chris Minns to end bruising ballot battle
Three senior NSW Labor MPs have publicly endorsed party leadership hopeful Chris Minns in a bid to stop a bruising leadership battle that could further divide the party and have federal election ramifications.
- by Lucy Cormack and Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Plibersek should be the next prime minister, but Labor is wasting her talents
Plibersek has cut through, which is more than can be said for the blokes who think they can save the party.
- by Jenna Price