More dog than watchdog:How to fix our broken corporate regulator
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More dog than watchdog:How to fix our broken corporate regulator

ASIC has failed in its sole mandate to enforce the country’s corporate laws and is in a “dire” state with an unenviable prosecutorial rate.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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The unusual political pairing squaring up against Labor on housing

The unusual political pairing squaring up against Labor on housing

Max Chandler-Mather and Andrew Bragg have little in common - except for a shared conviction that the federal government’s agenda on housing is behind the times.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Hollie Hughes turfed from winnable Senate spot in NSW Liberal preselection

Hollie Hughes turfed from winnable Senate spot in NSW Liberal preselection

The centre-right senator will be replaced by Jessica Collins,who is aligned with conservative forces in the NSW Liberal Party,including shadow treasurer Angus Taylor.

  • byJames Massola andNatassia Chrysanthos
Coalition looks to turbocharge super withdrawals,easy loans in battle for first home buyer votes

Coalition looks to turbocharge super withdrawals,easy loans in battle for first home buyer votes

Party insiders say the shadow cabinet is weighing which policies to include in Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget-in-reply speech.

  • byPaul Sakkal andJames Massola
Bruce Lehrmann spotted at former chief justice’s Point Piper mansion

Bruce Lehrmann spotted at former chief justice’s Point Piper mansion

The former Liberal staffer spent time at the Point Piper home of late chief justice Laurence Street before Monday’s defamation judgment.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman
The superannuation rules setting up a ‘major generational clash’

The superannuation rules setting up a ‘major generational clash’

A Liberal senator is questioning why people cannot use their superannuation to buy a home,given self-managed super funds own almost $49 billion in residential real estate.

  • byRachel Clun
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Greens fire first election salvo with $12b housing policy

Greens fire first election salvo with $12b housing policy

A new federal housing department would build 360,000 affordable new homes over five years for people to buy or rent at a net cost of $12.5 billion under the Greens proposal.

  • byJames Massola andPaul Sakkal
Crimes of fashion:Conwoman’s designer wardrobe to be sold off

Crimes of fashion:Conwoman’s designer wardrobe to be sold off

Melissa Caddick’s collection of high-end clothes,shoes and bags by Gucci,Chanel,Alexander McQueen and others goes under the hammer this week.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
Crimes of fashion:Conwoman’s designer wardrobe to be sold off

Crimes of fashion:Conwoman’s designer wardrobe to be sold off

Melissa Caddick’s collection of high-end clothes,shoes and bags by Gucci,Chanel,Alexander McQueen and others goes under the hammer this week.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
‘What are they trying to achieve?’ Liberal MPs urge caution on religious discrimination

‘What are they trying to achieve?’ Liberal MPs urge caution on religious discrimination

Faith leaders and equality advocates are urging the Albanese government to deliver on religious discrimination laws.

  • byLisa Visentin
Hands off our trees

Hands off our trees

In the northern suburbs,residents need to be vigilant and stop illegal tree removals,as councils cannot police illegal tree removal on their own.