Official figures revealing the Yes campaign spent more than double that of the No campaign during last year’s failed Voice to Parliament referendum should send a “clear message” to large corporations, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said. The Australian Electoral Commission on Tuesday published the financial disclosures, six months after the proposalContinue Reading
NSW Liberal Party members will vote to preselect a candidate for Scott Morrison’s safe south Sydney seat on Cook on Monday night. The seat was put in the running following Mr Morrison’s retirement from politics, with a yet-to-be-announced by-election slated in the coming months. About 300 members will choose betweenContinue Reading
The price of plane tickets are halved when travellers can choose between three airlines on a route rather than one, research by the government’s new Competition Taskforce has revealed. The findings come after the government faced huge backlash for rejecting Qatar Airways’ request for more flights into Australia last July.Continue Reading
Dallas Hayden has died less than three months after the death of her husband, former governor-general and Labor luminary Bill Hayden. The 87-year-old, who was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2020 for her significant service to the Australian community, died peacefully at home in Queensland, surroundedContinue Reading
An emerging Australian political party is writing serious cheques, demanding free university, no income tax for under 25s, net zero and nuclear power, and drug decriminalisation. And it’s hoping to get it done with an army of political social media influencers. The Gen Z Party emerged from the ether thisContinue Reading
Barnaby Joyce has blamed “union thugs” for the shock resignation of Annastacia Palaszczuk over the weekend. “I think we know why she has gone — the union thugs have got in there,” the Nationals MP told Seven’s Sunrise on Monday morning. The Queensland Premier announced on Sunday that she wasContinue Reading
Annastacia Palaszczuk has made a striking revelation about her plan for when she officially hangs her hat on her time as Queensland Premier. The outgoing leader, who held the top job for nine years, revealed on Sunday in her resignation announcement that she has “no job” lined up for nextContinue Reading
Labor has been slammed for being “obsessed” with renewables and “out of touch” on its nuclear energy policy, ahead of a major climate change conference in the Middle East. Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash accused Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s opposition of having a “completely, totally and utterly out of date” onContinue Reading
Daniel Andrews has resigned as Premier of Victoria after making his mind up “in the last few days”. Mr Andrews, 51, said he’s decided to step down as the leader of the state after “always working hard to do what’s right, not simply to do what’s popular”. The Victoria LaborContinue Reading
Australia’s migration program is at risk unless the government urgently acts to defuse the housing crisis “stink bomb”, the top construction union boss says. Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining And Energy national secretary Zach Smith called on Labor to be “bold” and adopt the union’s idea of a super profits taxContinue Reading