In a sensible bit o forward planning Albanese told caucus it should be focused on crafting an offer for the second term, evidence of how politics is now in what’s dubbed the “permanent campaign”.
Many of the party’s more ambitious proposals – like free cancer treatment and dental care for pensioners – were abandoned after the 2019 election, and have not resurfaced.
Tasmanians head to the polls on Saturday in an election that was called more than a year early. After a largely uninspiring campaign, here’s your guide to state election.
In this podcast we talk with Wayne Swan, the Labor Party National President. Swan was treasurer and deputy prime minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
The Albanese government had no intention of giving the Low and Middle Income Tax Offset a further lease of life. It just would have preferred that a pesky journalist hadn’t highlighted the fact
The treasurer has outlined a blueprint for an economy that will solve problems while still looking after the people at its centre. And despite the detractors, there is much to be said for it.
The Greens backed Labor’s moderate emissions cuts to avoid being seen as unwilling to compromise. But it’s only the start of a new wrestle over climate ambition.