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Housing Minister Clare O’Neil and Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Secret RBA notes reveal harsh judgment of Labor’s housing policies

As Jim Chalmers fights back against claims Labor’s housing budget would not get more homes built, RBA documents reveal just what the Reserve Bank thought about Labor’s agenda.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Angus Taylor believes the Liberals, at best, can neutralise One Nation on culturally conservative issues and immigration, but can beat it on the economy.

Change or die: Inside Angus Taylor’s high-wire act to save the Liberals

A bruising byelection and brutal polling show the Liberals heading off a cliff. Labor’s budget may have given them a ladder, but can Angus Taylor win back Hanson voters without tearing his own party apart?

  • Rob Harris
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has defended his “mass migration” rhetoric, insisting he is blaming the government, not migrant communities.

Taylor’s ‘historic’ migration cut could amount to just 5 per cent

Labor’s housing and migration projections nearly converge by 2028, posing a challenge to the opposition leader’s vow to slash migration.

  • Brittany Busch
Senator Andrew Bragg.

Coalition might keep negative gearing, CGT changes they oppose to pay for pledges

The opposition is engaged in a spirited internal debate about how firmly to oppose Labor’s proposals on property investment.

  • Paul Sakkal
Senator Andrew Bragg has demanded a better response from the government over modelling on a key housing policy.

Senate wars rumble as Labor slammed for transparency failures

The government has claimed constant requests for documents are a ‘fishing expedition’. Others say they are vital to the democratic process.

  • Nick Newling
Senator Jane Hume and Tim Wilson last year.

Price and Hastie return as Taylor revamps economic team

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor revealed his Liberal frontbench on Tuesday afternoon, four days after toppling Sussan Ley.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Nationals Leader David Littleproud and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley in the House of Representatives.

Fate of Coalition still in limbo after hopeful peace talks

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s backers are pleading with wavering Liberal MPs to keep her in the job until at least the federal budget in May.

  • Paul Sakkal and Nick Newling
Morrison made a speech at a Jerusalem antisemitism conference overnight in which he demanded Australian Islamic institutions enforce stricter regulations to quash “radical Islam”.

‘Deeply damaging’: Aly says Morrison’s Islam speech risks inflaming tensions

The comments follow a fresh rift that former PM Scott Morrison opened with Australian Muslims when he gave a speech in Israel on Tuesday night.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Morrison made a speech at a Jerusalem antisemitism conference overnight in which he demanded Australian Islamic institutions enforce stricter regulations to quash “radical Islam”.

Muslim leaders slam Morrison as ‘reckless, irresponsible’ after Islam speech

Andrew Bragg has urged Australian Muslims to take some responsibility for religious extremism, after Scott Morrison told an antisemitism conference in Israel that Islamic leaders should enforce stronger standards on their communities.

  • Brittany Busch and Mostafa Rachwani
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley with Senator Andrew Bragg.

Liberal moderate speaks out on Indigenous acknowledgments at events

Moderate and conservative Liberals are locked in an existential tug-of-war over climate change and migration. That’s about to spread further into cultural and national identity.

  • Paul Sakkal