Today
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- US election
Rudd, Wong scramble to shore up Trump ties in coin-flip election
Senior Albanese government figures met with Mike Pompeo, the former president’s close ally, and others associated with his last administration.
- Andrew Tillett
David Rowe cartoons for November 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
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- David Rowe
- Exclusive
- Political lobbying
Rex donated thousands of dollars in free flights to political parties
The regional airline, which is now under administration, flew party officials for no cost during the last two election campaigns, disclosures show.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Mining
Crossbench MPs eye tax credit overhaul on major miners
Teal independent Kate Chaney is working to build support in federal parliament to overhaul a lucrative fuel tax credit system accessed by major mining companies.
- Tom Rabe
Trump win would pressure Australia to cut 30pc corporate tax rate
Competition between nations on business taxation and investment will be heavily influenced by the US election outcome.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Federal election
PM’s plan to spend Labor’s way out of trouble
Over the weekend we saw the emergence of a plan, or at least the latest plan, to try to shift the government out of its torpor.
- Phillip Coorey
HECS architect says Labor loan cut leaves the real problems unresolved
The Albanese government wants to cut student debts as it frets about younger voters turning to the Greens. Economists say it is a very heavy cost to the budget.
- John Kehoe
Barristers seek exemption from tougher money-laundering laws
Bar associations are concerned draft AML/CTF legislation will force them to conduct due diligence on clients already conducted by instructing solicitors.
- Maxim Shanahan
Albanese pledges 100,000 fee-free TAFE places annually
Labor will expand access to TAFE by funding 100,000 fee-free places each year from 2027; Jason Clare admits to receiving a free flight upgrade from Qantas in 2019. Follow updates here.
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- Staff writers
Yesterday
PM chases young voters with pledge to wipe $16b from student debt
Every student will have their debt cut by 20 per cent at a cost to the budget of $16 billion, as Labor escalates its pitch to young voters.
- Phillip Coorey
This Month
Labor seeks political reset through HECS debt tweak
Younger Australians struggling with cost-of-living pain will be given freedom to earn more before they have to repay university loans.
- Tom McIlroy
No quid pro quo in Dutton’s travel on Rinehart jet: McKenzie
The Coalition frontbencher is likely to update her own public disclosures over flight records within days.
- Tom McIlroy
Flight risk: Albanese’s Qantas saga hurts repair job with voters
The prime minister wants to show he is acting on cost of living, but the focus remains firmly on his flight upgrades and the fading prospect of a pre-Christmas rate cut.
- Andrew Tillett
Wong buys $3.4m Adelaide home
Penny Wong bought the property days before Anthony Albanese’s $4.3 million purchase; Pauline Hanson to appeal “racism” judgment against Muslim senator. Follow live updates.
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- Lucy Slade
The Australian companies paying the most – and least – tax
Miners paid more corporate tax than all other sectors of the economy combined in 2022-23, according to new data from the Australian Taxation Office.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Federal election
How the WA premier became Labor’s top influencer
Roger Cook is not the same grenade thrower as his predecessor, but the WA premier is quietly going about getting his state exactly what it wants.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Federal election
PM’s $5b ‘cheaper childcare’ subsidy gobbled up by fee hikes
The government’s $4.7 billion childcare subsidy has been all but eaten up by fee increases in just over a year
- Phillip Coorey
Chris Ellison-style tax deals in the public interest: ATO
The Tax Office says secret legal settlements like its controversial deal with Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison are subject to strict independent oversight.
- Tom McIlroy
October
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Without trust, our institutions lose authority. Just ask Trump
In 2016 Donald Trump stormed into office on the back of a widespread voter cynicism and distrust. He is a coin toss away from doing so again.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Scandal
Inside Qantas’ revolving door with Parliament House
The flight upgrade saga engulfing politics this week has shone a light on the grey areas in which political staffers, lobbyists and government regulations executives operate.
- Ronald Mizen
