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Demand for carbon credits is already high, says Kerry Schott
Dr Kerry Schott says demand from firms and governments for carbon credits is already high; Victoria’s Premier criticises the state’s Liberals as MP Moira Deeming is set to face an expulsion motion. Follow updates here.
- 15 mins ago
- Lois Maskiell
Caucus gets raucous over AUKUS
Dissent within Labor over the AUKUS pact has begun to surface, with MPs voicing concerns about issues of cost, sovereignty and the adoption of nuclear technology.
- 51 mins ago
- Phillip Coorey
Andrews calls Liberals ‘nasty, hateful little rabble’ after Nazi rally
Daniel Andrews condemned the anti-trans protest as Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming faces expulsion from the parliamentary party room.
- Gus McCubbing
Top green group tells Bandt to back safeguard ‘before’ ban
The latest UN warning sends an ‘urgent message’ that parliament must strengthen and pass the safeguard mechanism and then halt new fossil fuel projects, the Conservation Foundation says.
- Jacob Greber
Tesla’s former Australia head banned over insider trading
Kurt Schlosser has pleaded guilty to two offences, but has been spared jail despite pocketing nearly $30,000.
- Georgie Moore
Schott to push Greens, crossbench on emissions reform
Energy and climate policy expert Kerry Schott is urging Greens and crossbenchers to pass Labor’s safeguard mechanism trading legislation, saying the goal is to “decarbonise, not deindustrialise” the economy.
- Jacob Greber
Opinion & Analysis
Letters: Is AUKUS a worthwhile defence strategy?
Nuclear subs, their value and cost, and Keating’s questions; GST v economic rent tax; Credit Suisse response; electricity and gas supply; NAPLAN and education.
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Senate’s consultancy inquiry promises plenty of fallout
Besides PwC’s leaks scandal Senators face a strange trail of appointments by the former government.
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NSW election a bleak choice between flat white and a latte
In the Tweedledum/Tweedledumber proscenium arch of Australian politics we have two politicians facing each other, with nothing of substance to separate them.
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PM’s AUKUS call was about an election, not war and peace
A cosy silence between the parties means Australians will not be allowed to debate a huge strategic change of direction for their country.
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Letters: Is AUKUS a worthwhile defence strategy?
Nuclear subs, their value and cost, and Keating’s questions; GST v economic rent tax; Credit Suisse response; electricity and gas supply; NAPLAN and education.
NSW judge Paul Brereton to lead national corruption body
The judge who led the investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan has been tapped to lead the National Anti Corruption Commission.
- Michael Pelly
Government circumspect on inflation wage rise for low paid
The Albanese government will argue in its annual wage submission that the lowest paid should not go backwards.
- Phillip Coorey
David Rowe’s cartoons for March 2023
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column. You can see all of his political cartoons for March 2023 here.
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Perrottet says $187b debt is ‘affordable’
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has upped the tone of a campaign hitting out at Labor’s economic credentials in the state election’s last days.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Former Australian soldier charged with Afghan war crime
Police have charged the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan, three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 could face charges.
- Rod McGuirk
Senate to pass Voice referendum machinery bill
Labor will stare down Coalition demands for public funding to go to campaign groups in the Indigenous Voice to parliament referendum.
- Tom McIlroy
Ex US navy boss says he hopes Australia would help defend Taiwan
The United States would expect Australia to join in the defence of Taiwan if China attacked the self-governing island, a former senior Pentagon official says.
- Andrew Tillett
Budget office doubts Greens’ $10 billion housing plan would work
The Parliamentary Budget Office has raised significant doubts over a Greens’ proposal to spend $10 billion a year on public and affordable housing.
- Phillip Coorey
Business navigates a maze of data obligations, law firm warns
Firms are facing a maze of data retention obligations that even Australia’s largest businesses will struggle to navigate, according to Gilbert + Tobin analysis.
- Tom Burton
Ex-SAS soldier arrested over alleged Afghanistan war crime
Former special forces soldier to face court over alleged war crime, following Brereton inquiry into claims Australian personnel killed Afghan prisoners of war. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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- Georgie Moore
Liberal MP’s position ‘untenable’ after Nazi rally
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto will move to expel outspoken MP Moira Deeming from the parliamentary party over her role in an anti-trans rally.
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- Gus McCubbing
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NSW teals change tack as polls predict poor result
A state-based voting system where voters have the option to give preferences has put Climate 200-backed independents at tough odds of winning seats.
- Samantha Hutchinson
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Senate’s consultancy inquiry promises plenty of fallout
Besides PwC’s leaks scandal Senators face a strange trail of appointments by the former government.
- Neil Chenoweth
Voice faces make-or-break moment over legal action
The government and its Voice working group are at odds over the words that would be added to the Constitution
- Michael Pelly
This booze-delivery app can now verify your age
The first commercial use of NSW’s digital identity system will enable online alcohol purchasers to verify they are older than 18.
- Tom Burton
Majority of 600,000 undecideds like Leena voted Coalition last time
Leena Gupta, who lives in the seat of Manly, is yet to decide who to vote for. The options feel like “the best of a bad lot” she says.
- Campbell Kwan
Howard turns blowtorch on Labor as Liberals claim $13b costing gap
The former PM backed in NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet as the NSW Liberals up an assault on Labor’s economic credentials and allege a $13 billion funding gap.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Bank crashes create ‘perfect’ conditions for bitcoin’s 30pc surge
Bitcoin surges 30 per cent after a week of bank crashes; Warren Buffett is in contact with US officials over the banking crisis; a deal for UBS to buy Credit Suisse could cost 10,000 finance jobs; bonds in the embattled Swiss bank soared. See how the day unfolded here.
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- Andrew Hobbs
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- Australian economy
NSW election a bleak choice between flat white and a latte
In the Tweedledum/Tweedledumber proscenium arch of Australian politics we have two politicians facing each other, with nothing of substance to separate them.
- Graham Young
