ALP
Student incomes to receive further government boost as Labor goes after youth vote
Education Minister Jason Clare also warned any intimidation on university campuses was “intolerable”.
- by Angus Thompson and Matthew Knott
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Political leadership
It’s not corruption, but the Albanese government is guilty of cronyism
Corruption’s insidious cousin has become one of the dominant motifs of this government.
- by George Brandis
Labor wipes $3b off student loans as cost-of-living relief measure
Facing blowback over its agenda to help financially insecure Millennials, Labor has revealed a major change to the calculation of student loan indexation.
- by Paul Sakkal
Dutton says there’s a ‘strong argument’ for domestic violence royal commission
“I think there’s a strong argument for a royal commission if we know that it’s going to produce the evidence,” the opposition leader says.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Federal budget
Six simple words that could fire the gun on the next election
The federal budget, if you pay close attention, could reveal Labor’s hand – and its plan to be sensible but boring.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Productivity
Is a Future Made in Australia a good idea or a bad one? Maybe a bit of both
Why would Anthony Albanese and his smart economists, Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen, want to reverse the bipartisan policy of the past 40 years and take us back to the future?
- by Ross Gittins
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Domestic violence
Women forced to live in tents, sleep in car parks to escape violence
The emergency housing crisis is emerging as one of the most pressing issues ahead of Friday’s urgent cabinet meeting.
- by Alexandra Smith, Michael McGowan and Perry Duffin
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Domestic violence
How police could spot red flags for violent men who fly under the radar
Australia’s police ministers will discuss how they can improve their response to high-risk offenders – which could involve looking at their GPS data, online activity, mental health data or involvement in family law disputes.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
‘A welcome backflip’: Porn passport trial to keep kids off adult websites
Children will be blocked from watching explicit content online under a $6.5 million federal trial as governments attempt to counter the rising rate of violence against women.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Domestic violence
Lou’s Place saves women every day – without a cent from Macquarie Street
Successive NSW governments have underfunded services for domestic violence victims. It now falls to Chris Minns to step up.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Political leadership
Young voters aren’t disengaged by choice, we’re missing in parliament
There are more than three million Australians in their 20s, yet no one in the House of Representatives is under 30. The party that can fix this stands to win a large tract of voters.
- by Daniel Cash