Politics
Inflation numbers take pressure off Reserve Bank for rate rise
New inflation figures show that despite a further rise in the cost of living, it is not climbing any faster than expected by the Reserve Bank.
- by Shane Wright
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Burke dismisses as ‘idiotic’ opposition claims he would be soft on Palestinian refugees
- by Paul Sakkal and Stephanie Peatling
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Resolve Political Monitor
We trust the police. But the court system? Not so much
- by James Massola
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COVID inquiry
COVID left us poorer, sicker and with a big financial headache, inquiry told
- by Shane Wright
Opinion & Perspectives
Neither Dutton nor Pezzullo convinced me to set up Home Affairs
I must correct my former colleague. I was persuaded to set up the department of home affairs, in the end, by my own team.
Malcolm Turnbull
Former prime minister
‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’: Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed
Despite the warnings of Australia’s most senior national security professionals, Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo convinced Turnbull to act in error.
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
Why Wednesday’s inflation figures mean the RBA faces its toughest decision in a generation
Some economists believe the result of tomorrow’s consumer price index is all the RBA will need to push the official cash rate to a fresh 12-year high.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Federal
Opinion
National security
Neither Dutton nor Pezzullo convinced me to set up Home Affairs
I must correct my former colleague. I was persuaded to set up the department of home affairs, in the end, by my own team.
- by Malcolm Turnbull
Federal government puts recommendation for disability rights act on hold
Of the 222 recommendations made by a royal commission, the government accepted just 13.
- by Olivia Ireland
Editorial
Political leadership
Albanese government has work to do to keep electorate onboard
- The Herald's View
NSW
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Schools
‘Concerns have been raised’: $40m contract to upgrade schools axed, referred to the ICAC
- by Chris O'Keefe
Opinion
Indigenous justice
‘It’s not good enough’: Police crack down harder on young Indigenous offenders
- by Don Weatherburn
Victoria
Opinion
Political leadership
Messy power struggle gives ammunition to Pesutto’s Liberal enemies
- by Annika Smethurst
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Victorian budget
The multibillion-dollar blow primed to hit Victorian taxpayers and the budget
- by Kieran Rooney
Queensland
Western Australia
