Bill Shorten spent a lot of his Tuesday press conference to support Jay Weatherill answering questions about Adani.
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Adani is being seen as a test of Bill Shorten’s commitment to policy integrity versus his willingness to say and do whatever is politically expedient.
Land clearing, as seen here in a property near St George, Queensland, does not trigger Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act.
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Australia’s federal environment laws are inadequate to halt Australia’s alarming rates of land clearing and species loss. A more robust set of laws are urgently needed.
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Michelle Grattan discusses the week in Australian politics with Nicholas Klomp.
Mathias Cormann is taking full advantage of this rare moment as acting prime minister.
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Barnaby Joyce’s position appears to have been weakened rather than strengthened by his publicity tactic.
Adani faces court over allegations of concealing the amount of coal water released in Caley Valley Wetlands last year.
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The federal government considered prosecuting Adani’s potential environmental negligence over the history of its Australian CEO.
Steve Martin has been sworn in to take Jacqui Lambie’s place as a Tasmanian senator.
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The reallocation is short and long Senate terms for Tasmania distorts the 2016 election result.
Bill Shorten on Sunday announced a Labor government would freeze health premium increases to 2% in each of its first two years in office.
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The Coalition now trails 48-52% on the two-party vote – the best result for it since April last year.
Bill Shorten said he had become increasingly sceptical of Adani in recent months.
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Bill Shorten has taken a further step toward opposing the proposed Queensland Adani coal mine.
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Politics Podcast: Matt Canavan on divorce in the LNP and discipline in the Coaliton
Nationals cabinet minister Matt Canavan doesn't agree that breaking up the Queensland LNP would solve any problems politically.
The Adani project is already a stranded asset.
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The Adani project is already a stranded asset, and definitely not worthy of taxpayer support, or the risks to the Chinese of any involvement.
Voters still prefer Malcolm Turnbull over Bill Shorten, according to focus group research ahead of Saturday’s state election.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s cancellation of next week’s House of Representatives sitting has been received sceptically by Queensland ‘soft’ voters, but they still prefer him over Bill Shorten.
The board of Indian mining firm Adani has approved its A$16 billion Carmichael coal mine.
Here’s what it means for Queensland, Australia and the world if the mine goes ahead.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation will contest ten of 12 northern electorates.
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Major voter concerns for North Queensland reflect the expectations that minor party preferences will determine the election outcome.
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Politics podcast: swinging into the Sunshine State’s election
The pundits are reluctant to place bets on who will win Queensland's November 25 election.
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Despite Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s veto of a loan to Adani, the company could still receive funds from a new government or via previous arrangements.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is seeking a second term as premier when the state goes to the polls on November 25.
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Whichever major party ‘wins’ the Queensland election will likely be forced into tricky negotiations with minor parties to form government.
As a crusader for coal, Tony Abbott is an undisputed champion of the emotional logic of ‘truthiness’.
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There are telltale signs when regard for the facts of the matter is sacrificed to ‘truthiness’ to win a political debate.
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Politics Podcast: Darren Chester on the infrastructure spending spree
Darren Chester says there is too much hyper-partisanship in Australian politics.