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Strong quake rocks Taiwan, tsunami warnings issued
An offshore earthquake has rocked Taipei, knocking out power in several parts of the city; the peak body for small business has warned about growing numbers of insolvencies. Follow updates here.
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- Lois Maskiell
Albanese expresses ‘outrage’ to Netanyahu over aid worker’s death
Anthony Albanese has expressed Australian anger over the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom in a telephone call with Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Andrew Tillett
Sam Mostyn named as Australia’s 28th governor-general
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese named the businesswoman and former AFL commissioner as King Charles’ next representative in Australia.
- Tom McIlroy
‘We’ll stay off your backs’ Dutton tells business leaders
Peter Dutton has promised business leaders cheaper energy prices and less government interference under the Coalition.
- Tom McIlroy
NSW clubs ‘acutely aware’ of money laundering laws
Lobby group ClubsNSW said its members had recently met with the financial crime watchdog to ensure they were complying with anti-money laundering laws.
- Ronald Mizen
Australia locks in $1b defence deal with Germany
The manufacturing deal will create at least 600 jobs in Queensland but was thrown into doubt last year after Labor snubbed the company involved for its own defence contract.
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- Hannah Wootton
Opinion & Analysis
The era of majority rule is ending. Here’s what happens next
An ethnically diverse society – less amenable to political labelling – is leading a profound shift from the old two-party divide towards European-style minority government.
Senior writer
It’s the Malaysia Plan all over again
One can only imagine the reaction if Labor was in opposition and had done the same thing.
Political editor
Why the GST fiasco won’t be fixed
Fights about the distribution of GST revenue aren’t just about the money – they also reflect the political death of major tax reform. It’s a policy fiasco.
Columnist
Legislate rather than litigate: why Labor is feeling heat on detainees
Successive governments have felt they need to rush migration laws into parliament to stay ahead of people smugglers and the courts.
Foreign affairs, defence correspondent
Yesterday
David Rowe cartoons for April 2024
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 April 2024 here.
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- David Rowe
Labor’s $5m fundraising chief turns lobbyist
As director of the Federal Labor Business Forum, Kate Dykes spent 12 years as the all-important cog in the Labor fundraising machine.
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- Myriam Robin
PM ‘expects full accountability’ for aid worker’s death
The PM says the tragic death of Zomi Frankcom is “completely unacceptable”; Jim Chalmers says RBA minutes show it didn’t consider increasing the cash rate in March. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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- Lois Maskiell
Ramsay Foundation splashed $7m on failed Voice campaign
Rich Listers, major charitable foundations and big corporates spent millions on last year’s Indigenous referendum.
- Tom McIlroy
Six Sydney suburbs haven’t built a major project in years
Some of the suburbs earmarked for aggressive development haven’t had a single major unit project in five years. The NSW government wants to change that.
- Campbell Kwan
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AUSTRAC targets clubs’ pokies in $70b money laundering crackdown
New CEO Brendan Thomas says “massive” clubs that rival Sydney’s Star casino and host three in four of the states pokies pose a “significant risk”.
- Ronald Mizen
This Month
Former Deloitte consultant emerges as Liberal candidate for Wentworth
The Liberal Party now has its likely candidate but party members and officials have mixed views of the Liberals’ chances of regaining Wentworth.
- Ronald Mizen and Samantha Hutchinson
Retired judges demand $3m super tax exemption
Extending the tax increase to judicial pensions could endanger the courts’ independence and drain talent from the bench, judges warned Treasury.
- Hannah Wootton
AFR readers sceptical of Shorten’s NDIS promise
Almost 75 per cent of AFR readers doubt the Albanese government can reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme within five years.
- Tom Rabe
Ten seeks to call fresh evidence about Lehrmann days before judgment
The network’s lawyers have lodged an interlocutory application seeking that the high-profile Bruce Lehrmann case be reopened before the decision on Thursday.
- Savannah Meacham
March
SA uncorks support to bolster wine exports to China
South Australian winemakers are being urged to re-engage with China after the country lifted tariffs on Australian wine that inflicted pain on the local industry.
- Jack Gramenz
China can be a democracy: Scott Morrison
The former PM has dismissed the idea that China is unable to become a multiparty democracy, saying there is no “anti-democratic” instinct in the Chinese people.
- Ben Westcott
Tammy Tyrrell goes solo, quits Jacqui Lambie Network
Senator Tyrrell made the shock resignation announcement late on Thursday, citing a rift between herself and party leader Jacqui Lambie.
- Ronald Mizen
Rebel union calls for 28pc increase to minimum wage
A small retail union is calling on the workplace umpire to set a “living wage” of $29.82 an hour; Rio Tinto paid about $10 billion in taxes and royalties last year. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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- Lois Maskiell
‘Bad old days are back’: Albanese warned about his $1b solar push
Previous attempts at boosting solar panel manufacturing in Australia have failed. Experts and economists question why this time will be any different.
- Tom McIlroy
Corruption body first as bribe charges laid against airport worker
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has claimed a milestone with charges laid against a former Western Sydney Airport employee.
- Michael Pelly
Former Gillard adviser to become Melbourne lord mayor after Capp exits
Ex-Labor insider Nicholas Reece will take over from Sally Capp in June but will face stiff competition for the job later this year.
- Gus McCubbing
Housing targets would be in reach if migrants already here could work
The lobby group for the building and construction industry says helping overseas-trained tradies get skilled up to work in Australia will help meet workforce demand.
- Tom McIlroy
How migrants are changing the face of Australian politics
Aspirational migrants and their families will be the fastest growing demographic chunk of suburban Australia for at least the next two decades.
- John Black
- Analysis
- Political leadership
The era of majority rule is ending. Here’s what happens next
An ethnically diverse society – less amenable to political labelling – is leading a profound shift from the old two-party divide towards European-style minority government.
- Andrew Clark
