Liberal backbencher Bridget Archer has split with her party and its leader Peter Dutton over the Coalition’s plan to scrap Labor’s 2030 emissions reduction target. On Saturday, Mr Dutton revealed the Coalition would abandon the Albanese government’s legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 43 per cent belowContinue Reading
The ABC’s chief political correspondent insists Australia has an “issue with racism” after it was revealed she had been “counselled” by the broadcaster’s news director over her comments at an event last weekend. Laura Tingle made controversial comments at the Sydney Writers’ Festival when she was asked to comment onContinue Reading
Jim Chalmers has taken aim at Peter Dutton, branding the alternative prime minister’s pitch to small business leaders as a “rant long on nasty negativity” that lacked creditably. The Treasurer’s accusation followed an address by the Opposition Leader to a conference in Sydney on Wednesday morning, where he laid outContinue Reading