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A strong revenue flow, including from a pick-up in wages, appears to have made it possible for the government to do somewhat more on welfare payments than it originally intended
Extremist candidates and threats of federal intervention ensure the Victorian Liberal Party remains no closer to resolving its woes.
While Albanese (who lands back in Australia on budget eve) basks in the international limelight, at home Treasurer Jim Chalmers this week has been feeling the heat of the spotlight.
Menzies created the Liberals from the rubble of its once successful but ultimately dysfunctional forebear, the UAP. It wasn’t the first time the centre-right reinvented itself. It could happen again.
There are lessons from history in how to hold the Liberal Party together – and it’s about more than just opposing everything the government does.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and Marion Scrymgour discuss Alice Springs, the Voice and other issues facing the Northern Territory.
Anthony Albanese’s attention is laser-like on the Voice, and trying to get up a yes vote. Peter Dutton, for a mix of motives, is focusing on the NT situation, as he campaigns against the Voice.
Price, the new shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, has been one of the loudest, most trenchant opponents of the Voice.
The Coalition’s position on the Voice is entirely consistent with their partisanship in this area of Aboriginal policy since the 1980s.
Stepping down to the backbench and going against the overwhelming view of your party on a critical issue takes a good deal of political courage.
Peter Dutton’s success in holding the Liberal show together has been strictly limited. And it has come at the cost of deepening the division in the country.
Voters will justifiably ask why they should vote for a form of recognition opposed by the people who are to be recognised.
After a special party meeting to decide the Liberals’ position, Dutton accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of “dividing the country”.
@Michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the RBA's decision on interest rates, the Aston byelection result, the passing of First Nations leader Yunupingu, and TikTok bans
Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s net approval slumps to an all-time low.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has hardened his rhetoric criticising the Voice proposal in recent weeks
there are no obvious foundation stones for this mammoth task.
This is the first time in more than a century that a government has won a byelection from an Opposition
The government is hamstrung by its election promise to not raise taxes or bring in new ones. That’s for this term, but its narrow majority is likely to make Labor wary at the next election of bold tax reform promises.
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