Opinion
Assange saga
Assange, hero or villain? Either way, Albanese is keeping his distance
Now Julian Assange is free, a huge divide remains about whether he is right to insist on the unfettered release of information.
- by David Crowe
Latest
Assange’s defiant gesture on return as wife asks for time to recover
Stella Assange says her husband needs time to recover but also signalled the start of a campaign for a presidential pardon.
- by Matthew Knott, David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Three meetings, one minister, a $27m contract … and a $135m blowout
Tech giant Salesforce met with then-cabinet minister Stuart Robert three times before securing a lucrative contract, sparking strong criticism from a parliamentary inquiry.
- by David Crowe
‘He did the right thing’: Assange’s father ready for reunion
Assange’s father, John Shipton, arrived in Canberra on Tuesday night in the hope he could embrace his son on Australian soil for the first time in 15 years.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Assange saga
The campaign to free Assange is over. The public argument about him is not
The campaign to free Julian Assange has reached a dramatic final moment. A moment that will divide opinion just as much as every other phase in his remarkable life.
- by David Crowe
Delay in NDIS vote will cost $1 billion: Shorten
The Greens and Liberals joined forces in parliament on Monday to postpone the vote on the overhaul until at least August.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Climate policy
How Labor convinced a former Liberal treasurer to take a key climate job
Matt Kean’s appointment to head the Climate Change Authority has outraged federal Liberals and Nationals, who believe one of their own has joined the enemy.
- by David Crowe
Exclusive
Nuclear energy
Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash
A survey shows voters strongly back using subsidies to help families install solar panels, amid a wider argument about whether to embrace nuclear or renewable energy.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Nuclear energy
Dutton’s nuclear plan is surrounded by false claims and policy gaps – but people are listening
Australians are still paying a price for the energy policy disputes of the past. The nuclear proposal is unlikely to end the argument.
- by David Crowe
Exclusive
Nuclear energy
Voters split on nuclear but most see renewables as way forward
Many Australians are willing to consider nuclear power even if they are not sure, raising the stakes for Labor and the Coalition in an election fight on energy.
- by David Crowe
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Protests
What do we want? Peaceful protests
Australians are in favour of peaceful protests about the war in Gaza – not the blockading and wrecking of electorate offices.
- by David Crowe