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Cross-party MPs back Jewish community push to outlaw doxxing
People who publish identifying information with malicious intent could face jail under proposed changes to the federal Criminal Code.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Political leadership
Why our response to Joyce having one for the road is mid-strength
Alcohol is a force in our national politics, but the way Australians read the act of drinking depends both on the times and the person, and the ways the two are entangled.
- by Sean Kelly
Lobbyists gaining unfair access to ministers, says leading lawyer
A top constitutional lawyer has warned that federal parliament needs stricter rules on who gets favoured status when seeking influence.
- by David Crowe
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NACC
‘Reputation at risk’: Albanese government’s corruption watchdog pick pulled over party links
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wanted to install a legal figure with Labor links to the second-highest position in the new anti-corruption commission before the committee vetting the appointment baulked.
- by Paul Sakkal
Record numbers of renters and buyers under financial stress
Australia’s interest bill is $190 million a day, and soaring mortgage interest rates and the tightest rental market in a generation have left record numbers of people under financial stress.
- by Shane Wright
Coalition tax plan beholden to budget and inflation: Dutton
Liberal leader Peter Dutton has admitted his party’s tax plans will be hamstrung by the budget and economy, as the Greens press for negative gearing changes.
- by Shane Wright
Analysis
Income tax
The creep never ends. Both sides know more tax cuts are needed
Labor and the Coalition have claimed their various tax plans would “solve” bracket creep. But the silent tax on all workers will continue.
- by Shane Wright
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Home Truths
Drugs, guns, corruption: Australia paid suspect companies to run offshore detention
Former ASIO boss finds Home Affairs failed to conduct adequate due diligence when issuing contracts that led to public money being paid to suspected criminals and corrupt officials.
- by Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger
Jazmin and her husband work in the same industry, but she has less super
Women retire with about one-third less superannuation than men, but former health minister Nicola Roxon wants the government to pay super on parental leave.
- by Wendy Tuohy