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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
BHP warns on ‘made in Australia’
BHP has warned the Albanese government that its flagship Future Made in Australia policy risks being undercut by the economy’s high costs, unproductive workplace laws, and uncompetitive tax system.
- Phillip Coorey
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
Revolving door of PMs embarrassed Australia: Albanese
Anthony Albanese has acknowledged Labor’s contribution to the chaos that blighted Australian politics for almost two decades.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
O’Neil jumps from the frying pan to the fire in deft reshuffle
Anthony Albanese’s reshuffle is a deft piece of people management. No-one can really argue they’ve been demoted, and it plugs holes that needed to be plugged.
- Phillip Coorey
July
Albanese guts Home Affairs in pointed reshuffle
Anthony Albanese has gutted the Home Affairs department and moved aside the two ministers responsible for the troubled Immigration portfolio, in a modest but pointed reshuffle.
- Phillip Coorey
Kennett calls on Dutton to establish a CFMEU royal commission
Peter Dutton has blasted the beleaguered CFMEU and identity politics as the opposition leader rallies Liberal Party faithful.
- Callum Godde
NSW Labor formally backs Palestine state ‘as priority’
NSW Labor has sent a message to its counterparts in Canberra, passing a motion demanding the federal government recognise Palestinian statehood.
- Alex Mitchell and Samantha Lock
Albanese kills uranium mining at Jabiluka
Anthony Albanese has ended a decades-old dispute over uranium mining in the NT by ending the mineral lease on Jabiluka and pledging to add the mine site to the Kakadu National Park.
- Peter Ker and staff writers
Labor Right pushes for extra spot as O’Neil speculation swirls
Speculation is intensifying that Clare O’Neil will be shifted from Home Affairs and be replaced by Agriculture Minister Murray Watt.
- Phillip Coorey
PM stresses stability ahead of first reshuffle in two years
NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy is the hot favourite to replace Linda Burney in cabinet and Indigenous Affairs.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Stability is one thing PM can promise that his opponent cannot
When Fatima Payman claimed that “unlike my colleagues, I know how it feels to be on the receiving end of injustice”, she’d clearly never met Linda Burney.
- Phillip Coorey
Upfront nuclear power cost will be significant: Dutton
Solar energy and gas are the most popular energy sources. Nuclear is near the bottom, just ahead of coal.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- AFR Freshwater poll
Albanese knows how messy a hung parliament will be
Peter Dutton could be within striking distance of government, underlining Labor’s fragile position and why it is nervous at the prospect of another rate rise.
- Phillip Coorey
AFP must have adequate resources to protect MPs: Coalition
Amid increased attacks and acts of vandalism on local MPs’ offices, opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said AFP resourcing was an area of concern.
- Ronald Mizen
Albanese makes three-day assault on Queensland battleground
The prime minister has thrown down the gauntlet in Queensland during a pseudo-election-campaign tour.
- James Hall
- Opinion
- Opinion
Will the PM set up an election while the sun is still shining?
The legislative gridlock, a tricky economy and a Trump crisis all make a case for going to voters sooner rather than later.
- Laura Tingle
Political donations reform push faces tough opposition
Labor’s plans for speedy disclosure of political donations by big businesses and Rich Listers could be scuttled by the Greens and the Coalition.
- Tom McIlroy
PM’s pitch to Queensland: we’re not the Greens
Anthony Albanese has brushed off the anger of Queensland voters, insisting Labor can pick up federal seats as progressive voters pull back their support for the Greens.
- Tom McIlroy
Cattle farmers go to war with Labor over class action
Cattle farmers have accused Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus of launching an appalling, contemptuous and “outrageously misleading” attack on them.
- Ronald Mizen
UK results signal Labor threat from Muslim Vote
Labor believes the war in Gaza will boost independents and the Greens, including in the Melbourne electorate of Wills.
- Tom McIlroy and Gus McCubbing
‘Folly’: Littleproud brushes aside Qld LNP’s nuclear stance
Nuclear energy was the elephant in the room at the LNP convention in Brisbane on Saturday, where Peter Dutton forged ahead with the pitch.
- Updated
- James Hall
Faith-based politics will be bad for social cohesion and Islam: PM
The introduction of sectarian politics would risk further harm to social cohesion and be bad for the Islamic community, Anthony Albanese has warned.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Fatima Payman
Fatima Payman goes from rising star to Labor rat
The senator, who had a promising future as a Labor politician, says her conscience left her no choice but to quit. Party insiders, however, are fuming.
- Andrew Tillett
The war in Gaza is dividing Australians. Business is worried
Paul Bassat says Australia is fighting a “war of ideas” and losing; John Mullen says business people are too scared to say what they really think and Rod Eddington fears multiculturalism is under threat.
- Patrick Durkin
