Richard Marles
‘We have to win coal seats’: Labor campaigners worried about party’s direction
Labor campaigners are calling for an urgent change in the party’s direction to address household concerns about costs and wages in a bid to win blue collar votes.
- by David Crowe
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Climate policy
‘A 20 per cent vision’: Labor’s environment group lashes embrace of coal
A fresh internal stoush over the ALP’s climate and energy policies is poised to erupt on the federal stage after the party struggled to a 20 per cent primary vote in the NSW’s electorate of Upper Hunter, behind the victorious Nationals.
- by Rob Harris
Tax cuts for highest income earners causing Labor clash
The future of billions of dollars in tax relief for high income earners has created a rupture in Labor with internal rivalry and conflicting positions on display from MPs, amid fears mishandling the policy debate threatens to cost them the election.
- by Rob Harris and Jennifer Duke
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Federal budget
141,000 new apprentices but Labor doubts how many more will sign up
The government and Labor are at odds over how many young Australians can really be enticed to take up apprenticeships over the next year.
- by Katina Curtis
Letters
Letters
Women can’t solve all the problems of men
Age readers on the Liberal Party push for female MP quotas, Scott Morrison’s response to accusations of sexual misconduct in Parliament House, restrictions on electric vehicles in Australia and Dark Mofo’s decision to cancel a controversial piece of art.
Australia will be central to discovery of alien life, says deputy Labor leader
Labor’s deputy leader Richard Marles believes a super telescope being built in the Australian desert will be key to finding alien life within 10 years.
- by Rob Harris
Quarantine expansion faces cyclone delay to April
The NT government believes it should not add more places for international arrivals at a former mining camp near Darwin until the region comes out of cyclone season in about two months.
- by David Crowe
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Political leadership
Albanese tells shadow cabinet to find cuts and spending offsets ahead of campaign
Mr Albanese is preparing Labor for a potential early election by ordering his top team to help restore the party’s economic credibility as it readies its pitch to form government.
- by Rob Harris
Nationals threaten to flex muscles over 2050 net zero pledge
Coalition tensions over Australia’s long-term emissions reduction targets are threatening to reignite the climate wars within the federal government.
- by Rob Harris
Labor asks A-G to probe submarines as manufacturers jump on board local build
Labor has asked the federal Auditor-General to look into the escalating cost of Australia's $90 billion submarine program as more than 100 local businesses registered interest in making specialised equipment for the fleet.
- by Anthony Galloway
Labor MPs round on Joel Fitzgibbon as climate spat turns nasty
Labor MPs have lashed out at their colleague amid a bitter spat over climate policy, which threatens to further destabilise Anthony Albanese's leadership.
- by Rob Harris