Dutton to revamp his election-year frontbench as MPs head for exits

Dutton to revamp his election-year frontbench as MPs head for exits

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a revamped frontbench as soon as this weekend,in a shake-up to replace two shadow ministers and promote younger MPs.

  • byNick Bonyhady andJames Massola

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Christmas strikes to roil Australian ports as CFMEU ‘plays Grinch’

Christmas strikes to roil Australian ports as CFMEU ‘plays Grinch’

Bulk goods such as building supplies,fertiliser and grains will be held up as the Maritime Union calls rolling strikes at several ports around the country.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Dutton doesn’t have an ideology,he has a personality
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Dutton doesn’t have an ideology,he has a personality

For all his image as a conservative dogmatist,if Peter Dutton has outward faith,it is in his own judgment,and he has used it to back abortion rights.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Failed AI tech company boss charged with misleading investors

Failed AI tech company boss charged with misleading investors

The billion-dollar AI start-up Metigy collapsed in 2021,with its former CEO now facing five counts of making false and misleading statements,and one count of misusing his position as a company director.

  • byAnthony Segaert andNick Bonyhady
The remarkable hide of Bridget McKenzie
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The remarkable hide of Bridget McKenzie

Dutton may have a glass jaw,but the same can’t be said of McKenzie,who will not let her own chequered record deter her from her pursuit of the prime minister.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘Bullied’ Marles staffer says support service lawyered up after ouster

‘Bullied’ Marles staffer says support service lawyered up after ouster

The deputy prime minister’s chief of staff claims she was ‘bullied out’ of her job after reporting workplace issues,leaving her with panic attacks and flashbacks.

  • byNick Bonyhady andPaul Sakkal
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Albanese’s Tourette’s slur capped a question time too dire for Liz Truss
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Albanese’s Tourette’s slur capped a question time too dire for Liz Truss

The former UK prime minister had already left by the time current Australian PM lost his cool and resorted to an offensive playground insult.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘Ask that question again’:Dutton rebukes ABC reporter for Hezbollah question

‘Ask that question again’:Dutton rebukes ABC reporter for Hezbollah question

The opposition leader accused the national broadcaster of failing to understand why Hezbollah is listed as a terrorist organisation,in a tense exchange with a reporter.

  • byNick Bonyhady
The people most likely to have negatively geared properties

The people most likely to have negatively geared properties

Some of Australia’s top earners are among the most likely to have a negatively geared investment property – but many people in lower paid jobs use the tax concession too.

  • byMillie Muroi andNick Bonyhady
Albanese snapped at an ABC host,but he didn’t mind these FM radio questions
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Albanese snapped at an ABC host,but he didn’t mind these FM radio questions

The prime minister told ABC’s Patricia Karvelas her questions were “not terribly clever”. Here are some he’s answered without complaint.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘Catch a dub’:Fatima Payman tries to make ‘skibidi’ happen in the Senate
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‘Catch a dub’:Fatima Payman tries to make ‘skibidi’ happen in the Senate

The senator made a play for the most new words in Hansard in a two-minute speech,in Gen Z language that came with a glossary for Boomers.

  • byNick Bonyhady