Threats of jail time or fines against former Qantas boss Alan Joyce should he fail to front up to a Senate inquiry have been renewed by Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie. In an interview on Sky News on Sunday, the inquiry’s chair and opposition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie reasserted her threatContinue Reading
Australia’s foreign-owned beer “duopoly” behind the likes of VB and Toohey’s has been accused of freezing out small local brewers from pub taps with “anti-competitive” contracts. Independent brewers have long complained about being unable to compete with lucrative deals offered to venues by deep-pocketed multinationals, including cash rebates and otherContinue Reading
Time is running out for the US to avoid a partial government shutdown in five days, as right-wing House Republicans refuse to budge on demands for massive spending cuts, including ceasing aid for Ukraine. President Joe Biden has called on Republicans in Congress to “start doing the job America electedContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese’s signature housing policy is now legislated after finally clinching support from the crossbench. After dancing between the two chambers of parliament, the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill finally passed on Thursday. The HAFF would invest $10bn with the Future Fund and will spend a minimum $500m a yearContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s signature housing policy is set to sail through the Senate after finally clinching support from the crossbench. A vote on the Housing Australia Future Fund bill will be held before question time on Wednesday after senators agreed to revive the shelved legislation and force the voteContinue Reading
An independent MP says she was left feeling unsafe on the floor of parliament after an unnamed Coalition male was “hostile” towards her. North Sydney MP Kylea Tink aired her concerns about the standards of behaviour in the House of Representatives following another rowdy question time on Thursday. Her interventionContinue Reading
The Coalition have been lashed for sparking a fresh argument over the Voice referendum, with one expert labelling the latest furore around whether you can use a tick or cross to mark your vote “petty, angry and Machiavellian”. In the upcoming referendum – the date of which will be announcedContinue Reading
Outgoing Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe is set to face his final interrogation in parliament, amid expectations the central bank’s rate hiking campaign may be over. Dr Lowe, incoming governor Michele Bullock, and other senior executives from the central bank are set to front the House of Representatives economics committeeContinue Reading
Senior Liberal senator Michaelia Cash has written to the Prime Minister demanding an apology and a retraction of a comment he made in Question Time that invoked apartheid. As Mr Albanese and his government face a barrage of questions from the Coalition about the Voice to parliament, he on TuesdayContinue Reading
Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has accused the federal government of acting at the “height of arrogance” over threats of a double dissolution if its $10bn housing policy fails to pass the upper house for the second time. Mr Albanese said the government would reintroduce the Bill into the HouseContinue Reading