Politics
Fury on the floor: Dutton and Albanese clash with Greens over Gaza protests
Greens leader Adam Bandt sought to condemn the government for being “complicit” in the invasion of Gaza but was shut down after Labor MPs branded him a “fraud” and a “liar”.
- by David Crowe
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Skills shortage
Four in five foreign tradies knocked back from even applying for skilled visas
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘I will not be cowed’: eSafety Commissioner on legal stoush with X Corp
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion & Perspectives
The mood on immigration is tinder dry and Dutton has lit a match
Politicians in strife, desperate to save their backsides, have often reached for dog whistles. But these days it’s a loudhailer.
Niki Savva
Award-winning political commentator and author
Australians have been dipping into their piggy banks just to make ends meet
Growth at 0.1 per cent is abysmal. GDP per capita has fallen by 1.6 per cent since mid-2022. You don’t see that sort of fall outside a deep recession.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
These chilling voicemails prove Islamophobia is thriving – despite one senator’s callous dismissal
Reports of Islamophobia have increased by 1300 per cent. Yet according to Senator Sarah Henderson, there’s nothing to it.
Susan Carland
Sociologist
Federal
This $24m website should let you compare medical fees. Only 20 doctors have used it
“So over $1 million per doctor on the website?” Senator David Pocock asked department officials at budget estimates.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Bandt digs in on attorney-general legal threat over Gaza protest comments
After Mark Dreyfus said on Wednesday the Greens had been “encouraging criminal damage”, Adam Bandt only condemned protesters vandalising MPs’ offices after repeated questions.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Skills shortage
Four in five foreign tradies knocked back from even applying for skilled visas
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
Victoria
New myki operator wants more money to run troubled system
- by Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
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Victorian budget
Victoria set up an offset account to save money. Then it went into the red
- by Annika Smethurst
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Courts
Court short: New justice hub to sit empty after government cuts funding
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victorian budget
Births, Deaths and Marriages – and more? Victoria’s quiet review of its public assets
- by Broede Carmody and Sarah Danckert
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Victorian Parliament
Inside the push to steal – and keep – Victoria’s businesses
- by Kieran Rooney
New South Wales
Opinion
Property development
A political wrecking ball could destroy urgent housing before it’s even built
- by Alexandra Smith
Queensland
Perspective
Government
Queensland says it’s doing ‘everything’ it can to help with housing. But is it?
- by Matt Dennien
Western Australia
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Indigenous culture
Leaked letter reveals internal concerns about science on Australia’s next world heritage site
- by Hamish Hastie and Peter Milne
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Environmental protection
Perth Zoo, Rottnest trees felled as borer spreads through 88 suburbs
- by Hamish Hastie