This Month
Labor’s silence is TikTok’s boon
The federal government may have banned TikTok on government-issued devices, but the Australian public has been left to its own devices.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Immigration
Populist surge makes it essential to spread gains of migration
Conflict over migration is now breaking out into the open in Western nations. But excessive limits would have a high cost too.
- Tanveer Ahmed
ASX dives 3pc; CFMEU boss defiant; Citi boss jumps ship
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Burke working on steps for 2000 Palestinians to stay in Australia
“Obviously, no country in the world would send people back to Gaza at the moment,” says the Home Affairs minister.
- Ronald Mizen
Tony Burke has his eyes on the job that comes after Home Affairs
A successful stint in his new portfolio would boost Burke’s leadership chances – but the opposition won’t let up on what it sees as a Labor weak spot.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Like Howard, Albanese knows two heirs apparent are better than one
Labor’s leadership succession plan seems less obvious than it did six months ago.
- Phillip Coorey
Greens prepared to be flexible on housing demands
The Greens say their demands to curb the CGT exemptions and negative gearing deductions are not a condition of their support for housing bills in the Senate
- Phillip Coorey
July
New ministers target CFMEU, people smugglers and Greens
Murray Watt cited a CFMEU clean-out as his number one priority, Clare O’Neil refused to yield to the Greens on housing, and Tony Burke headed to Indonesia to talk tough on people smuggling.
- Phillip Coorey
Political poison: Unions, the Labor Party and the CFMEU
With an election due within a year, the CFMEU scandal will be an issue that dogs Labor and the unions all the way to polling day.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Only a full judicial inquiry can lift the lid on the CFMEU
The scandals at the construction union leave a host of unanswered questions that will shape the future of industrial relations in Australia.
- Graeme Watson
‘Not a threat, it’s very real’: CFMEU retaliation tactics in focus
Victorian firms strong-armed into signing enterprise bargaining agreements say they are too afraid of speaking out against the CFMEU for fear of reprisals.
- Ronald Mizen
- Updated
- Building Bad
CFMEU crackdown doesn’t go far enough
Business groups are demanding an inquiry into the CFMEU’s alleged criminal activities and the return of a permanent independent regulator.
- Phillip Coorey and David Marin-Guzman
ASX hits record; Burke moves on CFMEU; Accolade to buy Pernod
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
‘More action needed’: Albanese poised to move against CFMEU
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cast doubt on the ability of the renegade union to clean up its act.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Building Bad
Years of wilful incuriosity have enabled the CFMEU
The latest expressions of shock and platitudes about “zero tolerance” by senior figures in the labour movement come across as utterly disingenuous.
- Phillip Coorey
- Investigation
- Building Bad
‘Everybody eats’: secret recording exposes CFMEU kickback plan
Harry Korras was clear that to get a CFMEU EBA “there’s a fee. That’s business.” Meanwhile, police evidence mounts against John Setka’s anointed successor.
- Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman, Ben Schneiders and Amelia Ballinger
Business demands royal commission into ‘abhorrent’ CFMEU conduct
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has thrown down the gauntlet to the construction union after explosive misconduct allegations, but business groups want him to act now.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen, David Marin-Guzman and Hannah Wootton
‘Good’: PM welcomes Setka resignation after AFR investigation
Anthony Albanese slammed former CFMEU boss John Setka as calls emerged for him to take tougher action against the militant union after allegations reported today.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman and Callum Goode
June
Under poll pressure, Burke slams Setka ‘thuggery’
The CFMEU has demanded Labor back down on its law to break up the union, saying it will set a “terrible precedent”.
- David Marin-Guzman
Labor to introduce laws to break up CFMEU after Setka stoush
The move has come in response to union boss John Setka’s war on the AFL and is likely to fuel tensions between Setka and Labor.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
