Politics

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Political leadership

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

by James Massola

CSIRO said renewables deliver the cheapest electricity and a nuclear plant would cost up to $16 billion to build.

Energy

$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO

by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar.

Immigration

‘Ringing alarm bells’: Business panic mounting on Dutton’s migration numbers

by David Crowe

Exclusive

Immigration

Murder accused released from immigration detention a month ago

by Andrew Probyn and Bailey Kenzie

Weight loss

Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro

by Natassia Chrysanthos

Opinion & Perspectives

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

James Massola

National affairs editor

Page 97 of the budget kept me awake at night, and is a stain on Morrison’s legacy

A $6.5 billion funding allocation is an indictment against the Coalition’s treatment of veterans, and the backstory to it enough to make your blood boil.

Shane Wright

Senior economics correspondent

Why Labor’s budget is not enough to reverse its two-year slump

It is not unusual for governments to suffer a slump after two years in power – it happened to John Howard in 1998 and he recovered. But there are danger signs for Labor.

David Crowe

Chief political correspondent

Federal

Energy

$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO

The nation’s top science agency has found the cost of large scale nuclear plants backed by the federal Coalition cannot compete on price with renewables.