Anthony Albanese has requested the return of five drug traffickers from Indonesia. But it’s not a done deal – and officials fear it may be thwarted.
Labor argues keeping United States-style mega-spending out of politics is a good thing for Australian democracy.
Labor wants to ram through sweeping reforms that would cut the power of big donors and restrict the fundraising of independent candidates.
The shake-up will have far-reaching consequences for all political parties,upending the way they raise,spend and disclose campaign funds.
“It doesn’t get any better than this,” the Trade Minister Don Farrell remarked,framed by the city’s shimmering high-rise skyline.
Who flew where,how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.
The product of the decision was the creation of a Ponzi scheme where the fastest way to a quick buck was through capital gains on housing. House prices are now more than 10 times the average annual earnings. This investment in housing was not for income from rent but capital gain,and the tax advantages it provides.
A fresh front on the trade wars is coming from a surprising quarter.
It sounds wonderful to anyone fed up with blanket advertising and robocalls,but there will be a temptation to replace the lost money with more public funding.
The Albanese government’s sweeping reforms to political donations and election spending are imminent,but teal independent MPs are likely to object.
The prime minister will insist that serious disagreements will not disappear simply by being treated as taboos.