Negative gearing reform is complex and fraught, with a chequered recent history. The key to any future reform will be finding a way to equitably change it without losing its benefit.
As we get ready to vote in a federal election, satisfaction with democracy is at its lowest level since 1996.
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Tuesday’s budget will provide $153.6 million over five years to boost security arrangements for the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission.
Scott Morrison’s budget will determine whether the election campaign starts well or poorly for the government.
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“Are you nervous?” journalist Laurie Oakes asked Scott Morrison two days before the treasurer brings down his first budget. Morrison didn’t answer that but he has every reason to be anxious. As he keeps…
Malcolm Turnbull says ‘we cannot be misty-eyed’ on border protection.
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It is a shocking truth that, for the most part, the politicians are leaving their humanity at home as they debate the future of the men on Manus Island.
If the opinion polls continue as they are, the Turnbull government will likely be returned with a reduced majority.
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The future of senator Robert Simms, one of the freshest faces in the Greens team, may hang on whether he is first or second on his party's ticket.
Labor has promised 50% of electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050, but has left the detail for after the election.
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While the nation moves into unofficial election mode, Malcolm Turnbull is quick to emphasise he is still in a governing phase.
On Thursday, Bill Shorten was in Western Sydney promising a limited night ‘no-fly zone’ when the planned Badgerys Creek airport comes into operation.
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When asked this week whether in retrospect she regretted the government trying to undo Labor’s consumer protections, Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer denied it had happened.
Malcolm Turnbull kick-starts the unofficial election campaign with a visit to a Canberra construction site.
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Malcolm Turnbull was in full lawyer mode when he confirmed on Tuesday the July 2 double dissolution, hedging his wording to meet constitutional niceties. He said that “an appropriate time” after the May…
We’re off! The race to be Australia’s next prime minister has begun. What had until recently looked like being a gentle canter to the winning post for Malcolm Turnbull and his Coalition government now…
Malcolm Turnbull appears to have built his government’s electoral strategy on contesting a double-dissolution election.
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