Politics
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Political lobbying
Albanese’s $22.7 billion spendathon a lobbyist honeypot
The rise of a new class of lobbyists with close access to political leaders has heightened concerns about the power of the top players in Canberra.
- by David Crowe
Opinion & Perspectives
The housing crisis needs repairing, now
Age readers respond to the housing crisis, the US presidential race and youth crime in Melbourne.
Compromise will be key for Allan to manage youth crime
Competing priorities within the Victorian government could see the push for stronger punishments on youth crime at loggerheads with ambitions for reform.
Annika Smethurst
State Political Editor
Identity politics has the power to be meaningful. If only we stopped making it an incoherent mess
Since the resignation of Senator Fatima Payman, fretting about identity politics has become a renewed national sport. Now it’s the frame through which all political actions must pass.
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Federal
‘Everything on the table’: Burke weighs deregistration of CFMEU construction division amid revelations
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has threatened deregistration if the union doesn’t clean house.
- by James Massola and Annika Smethurst
Albanese warns ‘things can escalate’ in local protests
Expressing shock at the attempt on the life of Donald Trump, the prime minister called on Australians to lower the temperature of public debate.
- by James Massola
Victoria
Jacinta Allan has some time to delay airport rail, but not for long
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
‘Everything is on the table’: Premier to meet police, courts on youth crime
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst
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Census
Essential service workers pushed to the fringes by housing crunch
- by Josh Gordon and Craig Butt
New South Wales
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Public housing
NSW’s new maintenance system will see 750 homes revamped with thousands to follow
- by Alexandra Smith
Queensland
Perspective
Government
A Queensland Senate may be the only thing to protect the LNP from itself
- by Cameron Atfield
