No tax relief for you:Deficits,cost put cuts in too-hard basket

No tax relief for you:Deficits,cost put cuts in too-hard basket

Neither major party will try to win over voters at the federal election with an offer of substantial tax relief.

  • byShane Wright

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Migration scheme in turmoil as Coalition,Greens torpedo overseas student caps

Migration scheme in turmoil as Coalition,Greens torpedo overseas student caps

Labor’s laws to limit the number of foreign students have been blocked,the government calling Peter Dutton “a fraud” over his party’s decision.

  • byPaul Sakkal andNatassia Chrysanthos
Teena McQueen defends Alan Jones in encrypted WhatsApp group rant

Teena McQueen defends Alan Jones in encrypted WhatsApp group rant

Many in politics were keen to cosy up to Alan Jones when he was a powerful radio broadcaster. While most have ducked for cover,one stands by him.

  • byTony Wright
A ‘good life’ can be ours:The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

A ‘good life’ can be ours:The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

The major parties may seem bitterly divided,but we might be entering a new era of political consensus about the way we should be living.

  • bySean Kelly
A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

Jim Chalmers has used an off-the-cuff speech to rally Labor supporters … while also exposing the government’s fears.

  • byShane Wright
Crossbench in the gun under laws to shut out big money and ‘protect democracy’

Crossbench in the gun under laws to shut out big money and ‘protect democracy’

Labor wants to ram through sweeping reforms that would cut the power of big donors and restrict the fundraising of independent candidates.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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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
Labor,Coalition strike in-principle deal to shut out big money donors

Labor,Coalition strike in-principle deal to shut out big money donors

The shake-up will have far-reaching consequences for all political parties,upending the way they raise,spend and disclose campaign funds.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Albanese questioned on Trump,AUKUS by local Labor branch

Albanese questioned on Trump,AUKUS by local Labor branch

Labor voters in the prime minister’s progressive electorate of Grayndler aren’t thrilled by the incoming US president.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Flight upgrades for work OK,but voters frown on MPs getting holiday perks

Flight upgrades for work OK,but voters frown on MPs getting holiday perks

The Resolve Political Monitor found voters were divided on upgrades,but Coalition MP Bridget McKenzie is still pushing for a Senate inquiry into the PM’s trips.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Peter Dutton backs away from tax cuts for the rich

Peter Dutton backs away from tax cuts for the rich

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Australians were just as focused on inflation as Americans who elected Donald Trump as he refused to commit to the reform.

  • byOlivia Ireland