Bill Shorten
‘For too long it has operated in secrecy’: Inside Canberra’s anti-corruption identity crisis
For almost two years, the storm that has now engulfed the National Anti-Corruption Commission gathered slowly, unexpectedly and often behind closed doors.
- Rob Harris
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- Federal budget
Labor open to changes on ‘death tax’, not on CGT
Bill Shorten told this masthead’s Inside Politics podcast that there was lots of “noise” from critics but said Labor could win the long-term argument.
- Paul Sakkal
Minns needs to think hard about bracket creep
The NSW premier rightly points out the federal government’s failure to address the issue. Now it’s time to act.
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- Federal budget
‘Ahead of my time’: Shorten takes negative gearing victory lap
Bill Shorten has welcomed Labor’s plans to wind back tax breaks for capital gains and negative gearing, policies he unsuccessfully took to the 2019 election.
- James Massola
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Twenty years on, the ballad of a damaged Beaconsfield mine survivor
Brant Webb and Todd Russell were almost miraculously rescued from the Beaconsfield gold mine disaster 20 years ago. Webb reflects on the ups and downs since.
- Tony Wright
‘Morphine drip’: Shorten warns of international student addiction, calls for new tax to fund unis
In a major intervention on the future of tertiary education, Bill Shorten says the broken higher education system forces universities to act as migration levers rather than centres of research.
- Rob Harris
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- One Nation
‘Underestimate Hanson and Joyce at your peril’: Shorten’s warning as One Nation rises
Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce do not change their convictions to suit a particular issue. It’s a strategy that means, although the Coalition is facing an extinction-level event, Sussan Ley and David Littleproud are not the only ones in danger.
- Jacqueline Maley and Paul Sakkal
Palmer admits he spoke to Trump strategist Bannon about 2019 campaign
Palmer, who told the ABC this week he had “never spoken to Bannon”, said on Wednesday he had received a short phone call from the former White House adviser.
- Rob Harris
Shorten says Bannon’s texts about Palmer show he ‘must have been doing something right’
The former Labor leader said: “I worked hard but I didn’t realise that our ambitious reform agenda resonated across the Pacific.”
- Matthew Knott and Rob Harris
Just six months ago, Albanese was seen as untouchable. Now some say he’s politically shrunk
The prime minister’s reputation as a canny strategist is under fire as he resists calling a royal commission.
- Rob Harris