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I’ll tell it as it is on the economy: Chalmers
Jim Chalmers says his first duty is to level with voters, as he comes under fire for saying the RBA was smashing the economy with rate rises.
- 51 mins ago
- Phillip Coorey and Michael Read
CFMEU ban to deny Labor millions in election cash
Party figures expect rival unions including the United Workers Union and the conservative Shoppies to fill a funding void left by the CFMEU’s administration.
- 1 hr ago
- Tom McIlroy and David Marin-Guzman
Extra 21,000 childcare workers needed now: report
Low pay, excessive overtime, lack of career progression and high levels of burnout are contributing to high attrition rates in the childcare sector.
- Julie Hare
Feds launch takeover of dysfunctional NSW Liberal division
The NSW Liberal Party will be placed under control of party elders amid fears its ineptitude could cost Peter Dutton dearly at the federal election.
- Phillip Coorey
Peta Credlin had hand in Higgins’ statement, trial told
Sky News political commentator Peta Credlin helped Brittany Higgins draft a statement outlining the former staffer’s plan to reform how parliament handled sexual harassment, a trial has been told.
- Aaron Bunch
CFMEU launches High Court challenge against government
Sacked CFMEU officials have submitted the challenge; TWU disbands Victorian branch in shock move; Journalist recounts China arrest and detention at Asia Summit. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade
Opinion & Analysis
Australia’s Constitution isn’t that hard to change
Most of the 44 attempts to change the Constitution involved taking power from the states and giving it to the Commonwealth. Virtually every time, voters said “no”.
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Why Albanese is talking big in WA
The Albanese cabinet is trying to prop up its electoral standing in Western Australia with the promise of new jobs and economic opportunities. The resources sector is highly sceptical of Labor’s agenda.
Columnist
Greens, Coalition set the pace on a hapless government
Anthony Albanese’s Labor has been left as piggy-in-the-middle, trying to catch a ball being thrown by the opposition parties.
Columnist
At CFMEU protests, the most important group didn’t turn up
The average trade union member these days is not a big beefy bloke in a hard hat and black T-shirt, but a 46-year-old female nurse.
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Australia’s Constitution isn’t that hard to change
Most of the 44 attempts to change the Constitution involved taking power from the states and giving it to the Commonwealth. Virtually every time, voters said “no”.
- James Allan
Yesterday
David Rowe cartoons for September 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
- David Rowe
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- Perth
Why Albanese is talking big in WA
The Albanese cabinet is trying to prop up its electoral standing in Western Australia with the promise of new jobs and economic opportunities. The resources sector is highly sceptical of Labor’s agenda.
- Jennifer Hewett
Albanese backs in Chalmers over RBA rates stoush
Dr Chalmers said at the weekend that global uncertainty and rate rises were “smashing the economy”. The opposition has accused Labor of trying to blame others for its failures.
- Tom McIlroy
Student caps about education quality, not houses: Labor
Assistant Immigration Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said the changes were not about easing housing pressures, but instead about maintaining quality in higher education.
- Tom McIlroy
Reynolds picked wrong target in Higgins defamation suit
Brittany Higgins’ barrister said she spoke out about her alleged rape in parliament to ensure nobody experienced a similar ordeal, not to traumatise her former boss.
- Aaron Bunch
Flights delayed, cancelled across east coast airports amid high winds
At least 26 domestic flights departing from Sydney Airport have been cancelled; More than 100,000 residents without power in three states as island records 157km/h winds. Follow live updates.
- Lucy Slade
AUKUS jobs and Korean carbon planned for Labor’s big week in WA
Anthony Albanese’s bid to woo Western Australia includes a cabinet meeting and a swathe of events and announcements throughout the week.
- Ronald Mizen
This Month
Greens’ housing solution: hire 1000 public servants and slug landlords
The minor party wants a new national authority to crack down on dodgy real estate agents and landlords, promising to hire 1000 federal public servants to enforce renters rights.
- Tom McIlroy
‘More for a second-hand toothbrush’: Why EVs are on the nose
The most commonly held concerns about buying an electric vehicle related to upfront cost, charging facilities, and deterioration.
- Gus McCubbing
Coalition eyes student caps amid housing crunch
The Coalition has backed caps on the number of international students; a campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio has begun. Here’s how the morning unfolded.
- Lois Maskiell
August
Going rogue: The big questions over the CFMEU clean-out
Secret meetings of a self-described “leadership in exile” are raising fears the administrator has yet to take control of the union.
- David Marin-Guzman
David Rowe cartoons for August 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
- David Rowe
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- International students
‘Irrational’: caps cut best overseas students from mix
The government’s attempt to cap new overseas students is a “train wreck” as universities struggle to understand their numbers and colleges don’t have theirs.
- Julie Hare
AUKUS chiefs torpedo submarine sales fears
AUKUS is a strategic imperative for all three navies, a top US Navy commander says, although there are challenges ahead.
- Andrew Tillett
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- Political leadership
Greens, Coalition set the pace on a hapless government
Anthony Albanese’s Labor has been left as piggy-in-the-middle, trying to catch a ball being thrown by the opposition parties.
- Laura Tingle
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- Federal election
Cost of living concerns start to moderate, but it’s still number one
Concerns have moderated for the first time in almost three years, but it leaves no room for complacency for the Albanese government as the federal election approaches.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese backflips on sexuality census question
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has agreed to reinstate a census question on sexual orientation, but remains under pressure to survey all gender identities.
- Tom Burton and Phillip Coorey
Watchdogs, whistleblowers need more power on union thuggery: report
The review into Victoria’s construction sector follows an investigation into illegal and unethical behaviour at taxpayer-funded worksites, but the opposition has labelled it a ‘whitewash’.
- Gus McCubbing
Frustrated Elliott pushes back on accusations of a scandal
ANZ’s Shayne Elliott faces questioning in the big four banks review; Kamala Harris says in CNN interview she was cooking bacon when Biden quit. How the day unfolded.
- Lucy Slade
