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Climate policy
Nationals push Dutton with threat on net-zero
Australia’s bipartisan support for its key international climate pledge is under threat as the Nationals seek a deal in return for maintaining their support for a net zero emissions policy.
- by Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
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Doctors fear Medicare reforms could ‘reproduce failures’ of UK health system
There are early signs of pushback as the government probes changes that would give pharmacists, nurses and others greater authority to prescribe medicines or make referrals.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Political leadership
The PM has a grand plan for your future. Will it be a Utopia?
Australian companies welcomed Albanese’s Made in Australia policy this week, but the whole concept is pregnant with failure.
- by Peter Hartcher
‘I’m not trying to own the past, I want us to own the future’: Chalmers attempts to escape Keating’s shadow
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget in just over a month. Having Paul Keating, arguably the nation’s greatest economic reformer, as an idol is starting to weigh on him.
- by James Massola and Shane Wright
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Australian War Memorial
Former Lendlease employee approved developer’s tender for War Memorial redevelopment
The finding is contained in the Australian National Audit Office’s review of the handling of contracts for the project, prompting Veteran Affairs Minister Matt Keogh to demand answers about the $500 million project.
- by Angus Thompson
PM warned against ‘slippery slope’ of picking business winners with taxpayer billions
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood said the government’s push to subsidise manufacturing risks creating businesses that rely on handouts. And her predecessors agree.
- by David Crowe and Shane Wright
Warning made-in-Australia ‘manufacturing fetishism’ will make Australia poorer
While companies welcomed the budget boost promised to keep green tech in Australia, economist Saul Eslake says it will weaken the economy.
- by Mike Foley and Shane Wright
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Russia-Ukraine war
Marles prepares to visit Ukraine as Labor MPs call for embassy reopening
Richard Marles would be the first government minister to visit Ukraine since Anthony Albanese travelled to Kyiv in July 2022 and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- by Matthew Knott
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